Datasheet | MS Switch Series

Cloud Managed Access Switches

MS220 & MS320 Series

Overview
The Cisco Meraki MS brings the benefits of the cloud to networks of all sizes: simplified management, reduced complexity, network wide
visibility and control, with lower operational cost for campus and branch deployments. Cisco Meraki access switching is available in both
Layer 2 and powerful Layer 3 models. Mission-critical features — like deep, Layer 7 application visibility, network topology, virtual stacking,
QoS for business critical applications, 802.1X access control, and more — are present in all models.

The MS320 is a powerful switch designed for branch access, with high-speed connectivity, high availability, PoE+, and optional redundant
power supplies. The MS220 family provides layer 2 access switching and is ideal for deploying to branch locations. This family also supports
an optional, rack-mountable remote PSU 1
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Except MS220-8/P models.

A FRESH APPROACH INDUSTRY-LEADING CLOUD MANAGEMENT

Meraki switches are built from the ground up to be Cloud management has a number of benefits that make it easier to build
easy to manage without compromising any of the networks large and small:
power and flexibility traditionally found in enterprise-
class switches. • Single pane of glass management of distributed switch deployments,
wireless APs, and firewalls across multiple sites through the browser.
Cisco Meraki switches are managed through an
elegant, intuitive cloud interface, rather than a cryptic • Virtual stacking: manage up to thousands of ports from a single pane of
command line. To bring up a Meraki switch, just plug it glass.
in; there’s no need for complicated configuration files,
• Layer 7 visibility with operating system, client, and hostname fingerprinting.
or even direct physical access to the switch.
• Powerful Live Tools such as packet capture and cable test to isolate
Meraki’s centralized management gives administrators network issues.
deep visibility into the network and how it’s used. See
which switches are near capacity across hundreds of • Alerts upon power loss, downtime, or configuration changes.
sites. Find all configuration changes made by a certain
person with instant search. • Role-based administration and automatic, scheduled firmware upgrades
over the web.

• Regular feature updates and enhancements delivered on demand from the

Meraki cloud.

• True zero-touch provisioning

ENTERPRISE-CLASS HARDWARE FULL ENTERPRISE FEATURE SET

Meraki switches feature high-end hardware and an exceptional Meraki switches include all of the traditional Ethernet features found
feature set, including: on the highest end products, including:
• Four built-in SFP/SFP+ ports (two SFP ports for MS220-8/P, shared • Quality-of-Service (QoS) to prioritize mission critical traffic such
on MS220-24 models) as voice and video

• GbE and 10 GbE uplink ports for high-speed connectivity to • IEEE 802.1X support for port based network access control
aggregation layer switches or other upstream devices
• MAC-based RADIUS auth and MAC whitelisting
• Wire-speed switch fabric (up to 432 Gbps) and QoS queues per
port for converged voice, video, and data deployments • Voice VLAN support for simplified VoIP deployments

• Low power consumption, quiet acoustic designs, and shallow rack • Port Mirroring to monitor network traffic
depth options, enabling flexible deployment in wiring closets as
• DHCP snooping to prevent users from adding unauthorized DHCP
well as offices and classrooms
servers on the network
• Fanless design on select models
• IGMP Snooping to optimize network performance with
• Up to 740 watt PoE budget with PoE+ support for powering APs, multicast traffic
phones, cameras, and other PoE enabled devices (124W for
• Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) for high-capacity
MS220-8/P)
trunking, and increased availability
• Power over Ethernet and PoE+, up to 30W per port
• Rapid spanning tree, BPDU guard, root guard, and other
• Lifetime hardware warranty and advanced replacement at no safeguards to help prevent misconfigurations and reduce
additional cost convergence time

• Field-replaceable, hot-swappable power supplies and fans. RPS • Per port VLAN configuration
option for mission-critical applications
• Multiple administrative roles with sophisticated security policy
management

• Layer 3 on MS320 series extends routing down to the network

edge

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Meraki Cloud Management Architecture Combined Views of Thousands of Ports

Scheduled Firmware Updates Automatic E-mail Alerts

Simplified Management and LAYER 7 VISIBILITY

Meraki is the only switch to include integrated Layer 7 fingerprinting.
Operations Identify hundreds of applications from business apps to BitTorrent
and YouTube. User fingerprinting with Google-like search allows
Meraki’s cloud managed architecture makes it simpler than ever to administrators to easily identify and control individual users, PCs,
quickly provision and reconfigure switch ports with security, QoS, iMacs, iPads, Androids, and other devices. This unprecedented
and other parameters. The Meraki dashboard provides unified visibility allows optimizing of network resources and maintaining
policies, event logs, and monitoring, which make it easy to manage optimal network performance.
and grow large network deployments.

By providing a complete, powerful set of management functions over

the web, Meraki’s cloud-based management eliminates the need
for proprietary command line configuration interfaces which require
expensive and time consuming certifications. Meraki MS switches
can be fully deployed and provisioned in minutes, without requiring
any local configuration or staging. Additional or replacement
switches can be sent to remote offices and installed by non-technical
staff, saving thousands of dollars in time and travel expenses.

The Meraki MS family also includes several remote diagnostic

features, from network connectivity and cable integrity tests to
latency measurement tools. For deep client troubleshooting,
administrators can even perform per-port remote pcap packet
captures without any additional probes or hardware on site.

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Integrated Remote, Live Tools Detailed Views of Individual Devices

NETWORK TOPOLOGY To ease deployment, Meraki switches support the industry-standard

Cisco Meraki switches include integrated network topology, which Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) and Cisco Discovery Protocol
automatically maps the whole network, shows direct and redundant (CDP), enabling switches to automatically discover Ethernet-enabled
links across wired and wireless infrastructure, and is essential for devices, determine their power requirements and join the correct
troubleshooting network issues that would otherwise require manual virtual LAN (VLAN).
mapping, overlay monitoring software, or keeping track of MAC
address tables.
MERAKI’S UNIFIED SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE
Meraki switches run the same Meraki operating system used by
Meraki’s firewalls and wireless LAN products. The use of a common
operating system allows Meraki to deliver a consistent experience
across all product lines.

LAYER 3
Cisco Meraki MS320 series switches augment security and
performance with built-in layer 3 features. Large network
deployments can use warm spare redundancy, or OSPF to manage
routing between VLANs through Meraki’s intuitive, web-based
dashboard.

Detail of a typical network topology view

CONVERGED VOICE, VIDEO AND DATA ENVIRONMENTS

The Meraki switch family is designed to unify data, voice, and video
onto a single IP backbone. All Meraki switches support rich quality-
of-service (QoS) functionality for prioritizing data, voice, and video
traffic. The switches support eight class-of-service (CoS) queues on
every port, enabling them to maintain end-to-end traffic prioritization.

PoE models provide power VoIP telephones, IP security cameras,

wireless access points (APs), and other IP devices. The Meraki MS
switches also support standards-based 25.5 watt (30 watt max per
port) IEEE 802.3at for powering networked devices like multiple
radio IEEE 802.11n APs, video phones and VDI terminals that may
require more power than available with IEEE 802.3af. In addition,
using CDP and LLDP, PoE power is intelligently budgeted to
maximize the number of PoE clients supported. Specifying Layer 3 Subnets and Routes

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Designed for Reliability & Environmental Efficiency
The Meraki switch family was designed for reliable, long-lived underlying switching logic from control, each unit is able to deliver
operation in wiring closet environments, which may be prone to high wire-speed switching even when advanced software features such
temperatures and limited ventilation. By minimizing total component as Layer 7 host and OS fingerprinting are enabled.
count and only using proven switching silicon, Meraki is able to
deliver mean time between failure (MTBF) ratings of over 750,000 Finally, the highly integrated designs of Meraki switches result in
hours on products such as the Meraki MS220-8. power and cooling savings in large deployment environments of 30-
60% when compared with similar managed Gigabit switches.
Each Meraki switch also operates with a split-plane architecture,
where silicon-based switching and data forwarding are separated
from software-based control and management. By decoupling the

DISTRIBUTED BRANCHES & REMOTE SITES CAMPUS EDGE

Meraki’s cloud-based system makes it easy to manage a single MS switches are ideal for small and large scale campus deployments,
switch, or thousands of distributed switches, from a single interface. where reliability, scalability, and manageability are top priorities.
• Virtual Stacking lets administrators manage up to thousands of
• Troubleshoot problems remotely, e.g., find which port has a bad ports in a single interface without having to physically connect
cable attached. stack members.

• Add or replace switches without having to send a technician • 10GbE cable SFP+ ports with link aggregation provide high speed
onsite. Switches automatically download their current configuration connectivity to aggregation switches such as the MS425.
as soon as they are connected to the network.
• Get alerts when any switch fails or goes offline, before users
• Receive email alerts or SMS messages whenever there’s a complain.
problem at a remote site.

Small Branch Large Campus

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Power Options
MS220 FAMILY

Model Description Available PoE/ Default Power Optional Redundant

PoE+ Power Supply Power Supply

MS220-8-HW Cloud-Managed L2 8 Port Gigabit Switch – Internal –

MS220-8P-HW Cloud-Managed L2 8 Port Gigabit 124W PoE Switch 124W Internal –

MS220-24-HW Cloud-Managed L2 24 Port Gigabit Switch – Internal External Redundant

Power Option*

MS220-24P-HW Cloud-Managed L2 24 Port Gigabit 370W PoE Switch 370 W Internal External Redundant
Power Option*

MS220-48-HW Cloud-Managed L2 48 Port Gigabit Switch – Internal External Redundant

Power Option*

MS220-48LP-HW Cloud-Managed L2 48 Port Gigabit 370W PoE Switch 370 W Internal External Redundant
Power Option*

MS220-48FP-HW Cloud-Managed L2 48 Port Gigabit 740W PoE Switch 740 W Internal External Redundant
Power Option*

* Cisco RPS Module (PWR-RPS2300)

MS320 FAMILY

Model Description Available PoE/ Default Power Optional Redundant

PoE+ Power Supply Power Supply

MS320-24-HW Cloud-Managed L3 24 Port Gigabit Switch – MA-PWR-250WAC MA-PWR-250WAC

MS320-24P-HW Cloud-Managed L3 24 Port Gigabit 370W PoE Switch 370W MA-PWR-640WAC MA-PWR-640WAC

MS320-48-HW Cloud-Managed L3 48 Port Gigabit Switch – MA-PWR-250WAC MA-PWR-250WAC

MS320-48LP-HW Cloud-Managed L3 48 Port Gigabit 370W PoE Switch 370 W MA-PWR-640WAC MA-PWR-640WAC

MS320-48FP-HW Cloud-Managed L3 24/48 Port Gigabit 740W PoE Switch 740 W MA-PWR-1025WAC MA-PWR-1025WAC

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MS220 FAMILY

Model Physical Dimensions (H x W x D) Weight Interface Idle/Full Load Power Switching Capacity

MS220-8 INCHES: 2.37 lb. (1.08 kg) • 8x 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet RJ45 5/10 W 20 Gbps

1.75 x 9.05 x 8.66 • 2x SFP for 1GbE uplink

• Auto negotiation and crossover detection

CENTIMETERS: (auto-MDIX crossover)

4.46 x 23 x 22.9

MS220-8P INCHES: 2.96 lb (1.34 kg) • 8x 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet RJ45 13/159 W 20 Gbps

1.75 x 9.05 x 8.66 • 2x SFP for 1GbE uplink

• Auto negotiation and crossover detection

CENTIMETERS: (auto-MDIX crossover)

4.46 x 23 x 22

MS220-24 INCHES: 5.97 lb (2.71 kg) • 24 x 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet RJ45 9/19 W 48 Gbps

1.74 x 19.1 x 10.11 (4 shared with SFP)

• 4x SFP for 1GbE uplink

CENTIMETERS: • Auto negotiation and crossover detection

(auto-MDIX crossover)
4.44 x 48.5 x 25.7

MS220-24P INCHES: 8.59 lb (3.9 kg) • 24x 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet RJ45 30/447 W 48 Gbps

1.74 x 19.1 x 10.11 (4 shared with SFP)

• 4x SFP for 1GbE uplink

CENTIMETERS: • Auto negotiation and crossover detection

(auto-MDIX crossover)
4.44 x 48.5 x 25.7

MS220-48 INCHES: 8.47 lb (3.84 kg) • 48x 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet RJ45 28/51 W 104 Gbps

1.74 x 19.1 x 14.17 • 4x SFP for 1GbE uplink

• Auto negotiation and crossover detection

CENTIMETERS: (auto-MDIX crossover)

4.44 x 48.5 x 36

MS220-48LP INCHES: 10.88 lb (4.93 kg) • 48x 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet RJ45 45/505 W 104 Gbps

1.74 x 19.1 x 14.17 • 4x SFP for 1GbE uplink

• Auto negotiation and crossover detection

CENTIMETERS: (auto-MDIX crossover)

4.44 x 48.46 x 36

MS220-48FP INCHES: 10.9 lb (4.94 kg) • 48x 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet RJ45 49/903 W 104 Gbps

1.74 x 19.1 x 14.17 • 4x SFP for 1GbE uplink

• Auto negotiation and crossover detection

CENTIMETERS: (auto-MDIX crossover)

4.44 x 48.5 x 36

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MS320 FAMILY
Dimensions and weight include the chassis assembly as it is shipped, with one power supply and one power supply slot blank.

Model Physical Dimensions (H x W x D) Weight Interface Idle/Full Load Power Switching Capacity

(depth includes PSU)

MS320-24 INCHES: 10.69 lb (4.85 kg) • 24x 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet RJ45 24/39 W 128 Gbps
1.74 x 19.1 x 20.39 • 4x SFP+ for 10GbE uplink

• Auto negotiation and crossover detection

CENTIMETERS:
(auto-MDIX crossover)
4.44 x 48.6 x 51.79

MS320-24P INCHES: 11.85 lb (5.37 kg) • 24x 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet RJ45 32/454 W 128 Gbps
1.74 x 19.1 x 20.39 • 4x SFP+ for 10GbE uplink

• Auto negotiation and crossover detection

CENTIMETERS:
(auto-MDIX crossover)
4.44 x 48.6 x 51.79

MS320-48 INCHES: 11.38 lb (5.16 kg) • 48x 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet RJ45 34/55 W 176 Gbps
1.74 x 19.1 x 20.39 • 4x SFP+ for 10GbE uplink

• Auto negotiation and crossover detection

CENTIMETERS:
(auto-MDIX crossover)
4.44 x 48.6 x 51.79

MS320-48LP INCHES: 12.62 lb (5.72 kg) • 48x 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet RJ45 46/480 W 176 Gbps
1.74 x 19.1 x 20.39 • 4x SFP+ for 10GbE uplink

• Auto negotiation and crossover detection

CENTIMETERS:
(auto-MDIX crossover)
4.44 x 48.6 x 51.79

MS320-48FP INCHES: 13.13 lb (5.95 kg) • 48x 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet RJ45 52/885 W 176 Gbps
1.74 x 19.1 x 22.31 • 4x SFP+ for 10GbE uplink

• Auto negotiation and crossover detection

CENTIMETERS:
(auto-MDIX crossover)
4.44 x 48.6 x 56.67

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What’s Included

MS220 Family

MS220-8 1 x Power Cord (MA-PWR-CORD-US), Inegrated slide-out mounting brackets

MS220-8P 1 x Power Cord (MA-PWR-CORD-US), Inegrated slide-out mounting brackets

MS220-24 1 x Power Cord (MA-PWR-CORD-US)

MS220-24P 1 x Power Cord (MA-PWR-CORD-US)

MS220-48 1 x Power Cord (MA-PWR-CORD-US)

MS220-48LP 1 x Power Cord (MA-PWR-CORD-US)

MS220-48FP 1 x Power Cord (MA-PWR-CORD-US)

MS320 Family

MS320-24 1 x Power Cord (MA-PWR-CORD-US), 1 x 250WAC Power Supply (MS-PWR-250WAC), 1 x Power supply slot blank

MS320-24P 1 x Power Cord (MA-PWR-CORD-US), 1 x 640WAC Power Supply (MS-PWR-640WAC), 1 x Power supply slot blank

MS320-48 1 x Power Cord (MA-PWR-CORD-US), 1 x 250WAC Power Supply (MS-PWR-250WAC), 1 x Power supply slot blank

MS320-48LP 1 x Power Cord (MA-PWR-CORD-US), 1 x 640WAC Power Supply (MS-PWR-640WAC), 1 x Power supply slot blank

MS320-48FP 1 x Power Cord (MA-PWR-CORD-US), 1 x 1025WAC Power Supply (MS-PWR-1025WAC), 1 x Power supply slot blank

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Accessories
The Meraki MS family supports pluggable optics for high-speed connectivity. Meraki offers several standards-based Gigabit and 10 Gigabit
pluggable modules. Supported Meraki accessory modules for MS Switches (no lock-out of third-party optics):

Model Description Standard Range Compatibility

MA-SFP-1GB-TX Meraki 1GbE Module for Category 5 Copper Wire, RJ-45 1000BASE-T 100m All access switches

MA-SFP-1GB-SX Meraki 1 GbE SFP SX Multi-Mode Fiber Module 1000BASE-SX 550m All access switches

MA-SFP-1GB-LX10 Meraki 1 GbE SFP LX10 Single-Mode Fiber Module 1000BASE-LX10 10km All access switches

MA-SFP-10GB-SR Meraki 10 GbE SFP+ SR Multi-Mode Fiber Module 10GBASE-SR 400m MS320 Series

MA-SFP-10GB-LRM Meraki 10GbE SFP+ LRM Multi-Mode Fiber Module 10GBASE-LRM 220m MS320 Series

MA-SFP-10GB-LR Meraki 10 GbE SFP+ LR Single-Mode Fiber Module 10GBASE-LR 10km MS320 Series

MA-CBL-TA-1M Meraki 10 GbE Twinax Cable with SFP+ Connectors 10GSFP+Cu 1m All access series

MA-CBL-TA-3M Meraki 10 GbE Twinax Cable with SFP+ Connectors 10GSFP+Cu 3m All access series

Full specifications and compatibility information is available in the Meraki Accessories datasheet: https://meraki.cisco.com/lib/pdf/meraki_datasheet_sfp.pdf

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 Specifications
Management Performance

Managed via the Web with the Meraki cloud management platform Non-blocking fabric

Integrated with Meraki wireless, security appliance, and device management 2.5 microsecond latency

Zero-touch remote provisioning (no staging needed) Jumbo frame support (9578 byte Ethernet frame)

Detailed historical per-port and per-client usage statistics

DHCP, client, and hostname fingerprinting Layer 3 (MS320 series only)

SNMPd allows integration with third party network management solutions Static routing

Automatic firmware upgrades DHCP Relay (Also supported on MS220)

OSPFv2 2

Remote Diagnostics Warm Spare for L3 gateway redundancy 2

Email and SMS (text) alerts 1 DHCP server

Cable testing Automatic DHCP failover in warm spare mode

Live remote packet capture

Power
Aggregated event and configuration change logs with instant search
Power input: 100 - 240 VAC, 47-63 Hz

Virtual Stacking Power consumption: 5-903W

Virtual stacking supports thousands of switch ports in a single logical stack for unified
management, monitoring, and configuration Mounting

Rack-mountable with included rack mount hardware (except MS220-8/P)

Desktop-mountable with included feet

Ethernet Switching Capabilities Wall-mountable on MS220-8/P
802.1p Quality of Service prioritization Kensington lock on MS220-8/P
802.1Q VLAN tagging for up to 4,094 VLANs

802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) and 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Environment
Broadcast storm control Operating temperature: 0 °C to 40 °C
802.1ab Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) and Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) Humidity: 5 to 95% non-condensing
802.3ad Link aggregation with up to 8 ports per aggregate Low acoustic noise for office environments; fanless for MS220-8/P and MS220-24
Port mirroring

IGMP snooping for multicast filtering

Regulatory
MAC forwarding entries: MS220-8/24: 8,000, MS220-48: 16,000, MS320 family: 32,000,
(applies to PoE and non-PoE models) CSA (US)

IC (Canada)

Security CE (Europe)

Integrated two-factor authentication C-Tick (Australia/New Zealand)

Role-based administration RoHS

Corporate wide password policy enforcement

IEEE 802.1X port-based security Warranty

MAC-based RADIUS authentication Full lifetime hardware warranty with next-day advanced replacement included
MS220 FAMILY MS320 FAMILY
Port security: Sticky MAC, MAC whitelist

MAC whitelisting Model MTBF Model MTBF

MS220-8 756,000 MS320-24 490,820
STP Enhancements: BPDU guard, Root guard
MS220-8P 421,000 MS320-24P 474,570
Hybrid authentication
MS220-24 541,400 MS320-48 291,960
IPv4 ACLs MS220-24P 329,440 MS320-48LP 282,970
MS220-48 329,440 MS320-48FP 282,970
1
Requires carrier-supported email to SMS gateway MS220-48LP 329,440
2
OSPF and Warm Spare do not operate concurrently MS220-48FP 329,440

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