MS250-24
Cloud-Managed Stackable Switching Designed for the Branch and Campus

Highlights
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Switch ports/stacking ports
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- 24 × 1G port models
- 4 × 10G SFP+ uplinks
- Stack up to 8 units
- 80 Gbps of physical stacking
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Power/PoE
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- Unpowered model
- MS250-24P includes 370 W
- Up to 30 W per port
- Modular power supply
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Hardware platform
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- Reliable platform with 24/7 Meraki Support
- 1RU rack mountable
- Non-blocking switch fabric
- Voice and video QoS
- Non-blocking switching fabric
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Cloud management
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- 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
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Switching capabilities
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- 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
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MS120 Series |
MS125 Series |
MS210 Series |
MS225 Series |
MS250 Series |
MS350 Series |
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Deployment Scenarios |
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Recommended For | ||||||
Branch/basic access Secure LAN connectivity Layer 2 access switching |
Branch/basic access Secure LAN connectivity Layer 2 access switching |
Small campus deployments Secure LAN connectivity Basic Layer 3 connectivity |
Medium campus deployments Secure LAN connectivity Basic Layer 3 connectivity |
General purpose deployments Secure LAN connectivity Layer 3 access Hardware options for redundancy |
High-performance networks with media-rich applications Wireless-first environments Secure LAN connectivity Layer 3 access Hardware options for redundancy |
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Hardware Configuration |
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Interfaces | ||||||
24/48 × gigabit Ethernet | 24/48 × gigabit Ethernet | 24/48 × gigabit Ethernet 2 × stacking ports 1 × management port with auto-MDIX |
24/48 × gigabit Ethernet 2 × stacking ports 1 × management port with auto-MDIX |
24/48 × gigabit Ethernet 2 × stacking ports 1 × management port with auto-MDIX |
24/48 × gigabit Ethernet 2 × stacking ports 1 × management port with auto-MDIX |
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Uplinks | ||||||
4 × 1G (SFP) uplinks, dedicated | 4 × 10G (SFP+) uplinks, dedicated | 4 × 1G (SFP) uplinks, dedicated | 4 × 10G (SFP+) uplinks, dedicated | 4 × 10G (SFP+) uplinks, dedicated | 4 × 10G (SFP+) uplinks, dedicated | |
Stacking | ||||||
Virtual only | Virtual only | 80G (2 × 40G) Virtual MS225-compatible |
80G (2 × 40G) Virtual MS210-compatible |
80G (2 × 40G) Virtual |
160G (2 × 80G) Virtual |
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Power Configuration |
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Internal | Internal | Internal RPS Supported* *Cisco RPS-2300 |
Internal RPS Supported* *Cisco RPS-2300 |
Removable PSU* Field Replaceable 24/48: 250 W PSU 24P/48LP: 640 W PSU 48FP: 1025 W PSU *Redundant PSU sold separately |
Removable PSU* Field Replaceable 24/48: 250 W PSU 24P/48LP: 640 W PSU 48FP: 1025 W PSU *Redundant PSU sold separately |
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Available POE Power | ||||||
24P: 370 W (PoE, PoE+) 48LP: 370 W (PoE, PoE+) 48FP: 740 W (PoE, PoE+) |
24P: 370 W (PoE, PoE+) 48LP: 370 W (PoE, PoE+) 48FP: 740 W (PoE, PoE+) |
24P: 370 W (PoE, PoE+) 48LP: 370 W (PoE, PoE+) 48FP: 740 W (PoE, PoE+) |
24P: 370 W (PoE, PoE+) 48LP: 370 W (PoE, PoE+) 48FP: 740 W (PoE, PoE+) |
24P: 370 W (PoE, PoE+) 48LP: 370 W (PoE, PoE+) 48FP: 740 W (PoE, PoE+) |
24P: 370 W (PoE, PoE+) 48LP: 370 W (PoE, PoE+) 48FP: 740 W (PoE, PoE+) |
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Switching Performance |
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Switching Capacity | ||||||
MS120-24: 56 Gbps MS120-48: 104 Gbps |
MS125-24: 128 Gbps MS125-48: 176 bps |
MS210-24: 56 Gbps MS210-48: 104 Gbps |
MS225-24: 128 Gbps MS225-48: 176 Gbps |
MS250-24: 128 Gbps MS250-48: 176 Gbps |
MS350-24: 128 Gbps MS350-48: 176 Gbps |
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Forwarding Rate | ||||||
MS120-24: 41.67 Mpps MS120-48: 77.38 Mpps |
MS125-24: 95.23 Mpps MS125-48: 130.95 Mpps |
MS210-24: 41.67 Mpps MS210-48: 77.38 Mpps |
MS225-24: 95.24 Mpps MS225-48: 130.95 Mpps |
MS250-24: 95.24 Mpps MS250-48: 130.95 Mpps |
MS350-24: 95.24 Mpps MS350-48: 130.95 Mpps |
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MAC Entries | ||||||
MS120-24: 16K MS120-48: 32K |
MS125-24: 16K MS125-48: 32K |
MS210-24: 16K MS210-48: 32K |
MS225-24: 16K MS225-48: 32K |
MS250-24: 16K MS250-48: 32K |
MS350-24: 96K MS350-48: 96K |
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Stacking Bandwith | ||||||
— | — | 80 Gbps | 80 Gbps | 80 Gbps | 160 Gbps | |
Routing Performance & Scalability |
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Routing Features | ||||||
DHCP Relay | DHCP Relay | Static routing only DHCP Relay |
Static routing only DHCP Relay |
Static + Dynamic routing DHCP Server + DHCP Relay Warm spare (VRRP) |
Static + Dynamic routing DHCP Server + DHCP Relay Warm spare (VRRP) |
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Routed Interfaces | ||||||
— | — | 16 | 16 | 1024 | 8K | |
Routed Hosts | ||||||
— | — | 4096 | 4096 | 4096 | 96K |
- Interfaces
- 24 × 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: 16K
- 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: 128 Gbps
- Forwarding rate: 95.24 mpps
- Jumbo frame support (9,600 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
- MS250-24: 14-27 W max
- MS250-24P: 15-434 W max
- 48 V DC 802.3af/802.3at Power-over-Ethernet (PoE/PoE+) available on all ports (maximum of 30 W 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
- MS250-24-HW: 633,811
- MS250-24P-HW: 403,717
- Physical Specifications (H × W × D)
- MS250-24-HW
- 4.38 × 48.46 × 37.8 cm (1.72 × 19.08 × 14.89")
- 4.5 kg (9.9 lb)
- MS250-24P-HW
- 4.38 × 48.46 × 37.8 cm (1.72 × 19.08 × 14.89")
- 4.8 kg (10.59 lb)
- MS250-24-HW