Switch ports/stacking ports
- 48 × 1G port models
- 4 × 10G SFP+ uplinks
- Stack up to 8 units
- 80 Gbps of physical stacking
Power/PoE
- Unpowered model
- MS250-48LP includes 370W
- MS250-48FP includes 740W
- Up to 30W per port
- Modular power supply
Hardware platform
- Reliable platform with 24/7 Meraki Support
- 1RU rack mountable
- Non-blocking switch fabric
- Voice and video QoS
- Non-blocking switch fabric
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
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)