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  • Cisco/Meraki MS250-48 Access Switch

Cisco/Meraki MS250-48 Access Switch

Cloud-Managed Stackable Switching Designed for the Branch & Campus

  • Cloud management
    • Email alerts for switch management
    • Remote troubleshooting tools
    • Manage ports from a GUI-based dashboard
    • Zero-touch provisioning
    • Per-port and per-client usage statistics
    • Secure, user-scheduled firmware updates
  • Hardware platform
    • Reliable platform with 24/7 Meraki Support
    • 1RU rack mountable
    • Non-blocking switch fabric
    • Voice and video QoS
    • Non-blocking switch fabric
  • Power/PoE
    • Unpowered model
    • MS250-48LP includes 370W
    • MS250-48FP includes 740W
    • Up to 30W per port
    • Modular power supply
  • Switch ports/stacking ports
    • 48 × 1G port models
    • 4 × 10G SFP+ uplinks
    • Stack up to 8 units
    • 80 Gbps of physical stacking
  • Switching capabilities
    • Layer 3
    • Warm spare redundancy (VRRP)
    • OSPF Routing
    • MAC forwarding entries, up to 32K
    • DHCP Server, DHCP Relay
    • 802.1X Authentication
    • DHCP Snooping
    • STP Enhancements
    • IPv4 and IPv6 ACLs

Interfaces

  • 48 × 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ45)
  • 4 × 10G SFP+ ports for uplinks
  • 2 × stacking interfaces
  • Auto negotiation and crossover detection

Management

  • Managed via the Web using the Meraki cloud management platform
  • Integrated with Meraki Wireless and complete portfolio of IT products and solutions
  • Zero-touch remote deployment (no staging needed)
  • Detailed historical per-port and per-client usage statistics
  • Operating system, device, and hostname fingerprinting
  • SNMP and SYSLOG support for integration with other network management solutions
  • Automatic firmware upgrades with scheduling control

Remote Diagnostics

  • Email, SMS and Mobile push notification alerts
  • Ping, traceroute, cable testing, and link failure detection with alerting
  • Remote packet capture
  • Dynamic and interactive network discovery and topology
  • Combined event and configuration change logs with instant search

Stacking

  • Physical stacking of up to 8 switches with 160 Gbps stack bandwidth on all models
  • Virtual stacking supports thousands of switch ports in a single logical stack for unified management, monitoring, and configuration

Ethernet Switching Capabilities

  • 802.1p Quality of Service, 8 queues (w/ 6 configurable for DSCP-to-CoS mapping)
  • 802.1Q VLAN and trunking support for up to 4,094 VLANs
  • 802.1w, 802.1D Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP, STP)
  • STP Enhancements: BPDU guard, Root guard, Loop guard, UDLD
  • Broadcast storm control
  • 802.1ab Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) and Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)
  • 802.3ad link aggregation with up to 8 ports per aggregate, Multichassis aggregates supported on stacked switches
  • Port mirroring
  • IGMP snooping for multicast filtering
  • MAC forwarding entries: 32K

Security

  • Integrated multi-factor authentication for Dashboard management
  • Role-based access control (RBAC) with granular device and configuration control
  • Corporate-wide password policy enforcement
  • IEEE 802.1X RADIUS and MAB, hybrid authentication, and RADIUS server testing
  • Single-Host/Multi-Domain/Multi-Host/Multi Authentication
  • Port security: Sticky MAC, MAC whitelisting
  • DHCP snooping, detection and blocking, Dynamic ARP Inspection
  • IPv4 and IPv6 ACLs

Performance

  • Switching capacity: 176 Gbps
  • Forwarding rate: 130.95 mpps
  • Jumbo frame support (9600 byte Ethernet frame)
  • Flow control support

Layer 3

  • Static routing, OSFPv2
  • Multicast routing
  • Warm Spare (VRRP)2
  • DHCP Relay, DHCP Server

Power

  • Power input: 100-240 VAC, 47-63 Hz
  • MS250-48: 24-44 W max
  • MS250-48LP: 24-447 W max
  • MS250-48FP: 25-874 W max
  • 48V DC 802.3af/802.3at Power-over-Ethernet (PoE/PoE+) available on all ports (maximum of 30W per port for PoE+) for powered switches

Mounting

  • 1U Rack-mountable with included rack mount hardware
  • 2-post front mounting options available

Environment

  • Operating temperature: -5°C to 50°C
  • Humidity: 5 to 95% non-condensing
  • Variable speed fans

Regulatory

  • CSA-US (US, Canada)
  • FCC (USA)
  • IC (Canada)
  • CE (Europe)
  • RCM (Australia/New Zealand)
  • RoHS
  • For international availability, please contact sales@meraki.com

Warranty

  • Full lifetime hardware warranty with next-day advanced replacement included

MTBF at 25°C

  • MS250-48-HW: 392,157 hours
  • MS250-48LP-HW: 339,906
  • MS250-48FP-HW 338,366

Physical Specifications (H × W × D)

  • MS250-48-HW
    • 1.72 × 19.08 × 18.82″ (4.38 × 48.46 × 47.8cm)
    • 11.56 lb (5.24 kg)
  • MS250-48LP-HW
    • 1.72 × 19.08 × 18.82″ (4.38 × 48.46 × 47.8cm)
    • 12.37 lb (5.61 kg)
  • MS250-48FP-HW
    • 1.72 × 19.08 × 20.42″ (4.38 × 48.46 × 51.87cm)
    • 12.83 lb (5.82 kg)

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