| Management |
| Managed via the Web with the Meraki cloud management platform |
| Integrated with Meraki Wireless and complete portfolio of IT products and solutions |
| Zero-touch remote provisioning (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 |
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| Remote Diagnostics |
| Email, SMS and Mobile push notification alerts 1 |
| 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 |
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| Stacking |
| Virtual Stacking supports thousands of switch ports in a single logical stack for unified management, monitoring, and configuration |
| Physical stacking of up to 8 switches with 400 Gbps stack bandwidth (MS450) |
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| 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: 64K |
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| Layer 3 capabilities |
| Static routing, OSFPv2 |
| Multicast routing |
| Warm Spare (VRRP) |
| DHCP Relay, DHCP Server |
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| Mounting |
| 1U rack-mountable |
| 4-Post Rack Mount kit |
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| Performance |
| Non-blocking fabric |
| Switching Capacity, MS450: 1.36 Tbps |
| Forwarding rate: 654.76 mpps |
| Jumbo frame support (9578 bytes of MTU) |
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| Interfaces |
| 1x RJ45 Management port |
| 12x 40G QSPF+, 2 x 100G QSFP28 uplinks |
| 2x 100G QSFP28 stacking ports |
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| Power |
| Power input: 100 - 240 VAC, 47-63 Hz |
| Power consumption: 57-138 W |
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| Environment |
| Operating temp: 0°C to 45°C, Humidity: 5 to 95% non-condensing |
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| Regulatory |
| CSA (US) |
| IC (Canada) |
| CE (Europe) |
| C-Tick (Australia/New Zealand) |
| RoHS |
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| MTBF Rating (in hours) |
| Model | MTBF at 25°C |
| MS450-12 | 436,776 hrs |