MS225-48LP-HW | Meraki 48-Port Gigabit PoE+ Switch

The Meraki MS225-48LP-HW is a 48-Port Gigabit PoE+ 370W (Up to 30W per port) Layer 2 rack mountable 1U Switch with 4 x 10G SFP+ ports.

Key Features

• 48 x 1G ports.
• 4 x 10G SFP+ uplinks.
• PoE+ 370W
• Up to 30W per port
• Supports Cisco redundant power system (RPS2300)
• 80 Gbps of physical stacking
• Stacking capable with MS210, up to eight units
• STP enhancements, IPv4 and IPv6 ACLs
• 802.1X authentication
• DHCP relay; DHCP snooping
• Warm spare redundancy (VRRP)
• Layer 2 with static routes
• Zero-touch provisioning; secure, user-scheduled firmware updates
• Manage ports from a single dashboard; per-port and client usage statistics
• Remote troubleshooting tools
• Email alerts for switch management
• Non-blocking switch fabric
  
• Voice and video QoS
• 1RU rack-mountable
• Reliable platform with 24/7 Meraki support
• Limited lifetime warranty
  
  

Options
MS225 Switch Licenses (Mandatory)
Meraki SFP Transceiver Modules
Meraki Stacking Cables
Meraki Uplink Modules (MS390 Only)
Meraki Systems Manager
Meraki Spare Power Cord

Downloads
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About This Product
The Meraki MS225-48LP is a 48-port Gigabit PoE+ switch designed for Layer 2 access, making it a strong fit for branch office deployments. With 10G SFP+ uplinks, it delivers high-speed connectivity to support demanding network environments.

This stackable switch is built for simplicity and efficiency, offering enterprise-grade features with easy cloud-based management. Instead of relying on complex command-line tools, it’s managed through Meraki’s intuitive dashboard. Setup is quick and straightforward—just plug it in, with no need for manual configuration or on-site access.

Simplified management and operations
Meraki’s cloud managed architecture makes it simpler than ever to quickly provision and reconfigure switch ports with security, QoS, and other parameters. The Meraki dashboard provides unified policies, event logs, and monitoring, which make it easy to manage 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. The Meraki MS225-48LP Stackable Gigabit Switch 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.

Converged voice, video and data environments
The Meraki MS225-48LP Stackable Gigabit Switch is designed to unify data, voice, and video onto a single IP backbone. All Meraki switches support rich qualityof-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 prioritisation.

Application layer visibility
Meraki is the only switch to include integrated Layer 7 fingerprinting. Identify hundreds of applications from business apps to BitTorrent and YouTube. User fingerprinting with Google-like search allows administrators to easily identify and control individual users, PCs, iMacs, iPads, Androids, and other devices. This unprecedented visibility allows optimizing of network resources and maintaining optimal network performance.

Unified Software Architecture
Meraki switches run the same Meraki operating system used by all of Meraki’s products. The use of a common operating system allows Meraki to deliver a consistent experience across all product lines. When connected, MS250 switches automatically connect to the Meraki cloud, download configuration, and join the appropriate network. If new firmware is required, this is retireved by the switch and updated automatically. This ensures the network is kept up-todate with bug fixes, security updates, and new features.

Designed for reliability and environmental efficiency
The Meraki MS225-48LP Stackable Gigabit Switch was designed for reliable, long-lived operation in wiring closet environments, which may be prone to high temperatures and limited ventilation. By minimising total component count and only using proven switching silicon, Meraki is able to deliver highly reliable products with exceptional mean time between failure (MTBF) ratings. 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 underlying switching logic from control, each unit is able to deliver wire-speed switching even when advanced software features such as Layer 7 host and OS fingerprinting are enabled. Finally, the highly integrated designs of Meraki switches result in power and cooling savings in large deployment environments of 30- 60% when compared with similar managed Gigabit switches.

Vast features
The Meraki MS225-48LP Stackable Gigabit Switch includes all of the traditional Ethernet features found in modern enterprise access switches, including:

Branch and campus access

• Physical stacking with support for up to 8 stack members for built-in redundancy and performance.
• Quality-of-Service (QoS) to prioritize mission critical traffic such as voice and video.
• Voice VLAN support for simplified VoIP deployments.
• CDP, LLDP advertisement and snooping, with detailed neighbor discovery and visibility.
• Port Mirroring (SPAN) support for monitoring network traffic at line rate.
• IGMP Snooping to optimize network performance for multicast applications.
• Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) for high-capacity trunking, with Multichassis (MLAG) support on stacked switches.
  
  

Network Security

• IEEE 802.1X, MAB, and Hybrid authentication support for wired access control with RADIUS server monitoring.
• Port security and MAC whitelisting.
• Change of Authorization (CoA) and RADIUS accounting support.
• DHCP snooping to prevent users from adding unauthorised DHCP servers on the network.
• Rapid spanning tree, BPDU guard, root guard, and other safeguards to help prevent misconfigurations and reduce convergence time.
• Multiple administrative roles with sophisticated security policy management.