MS250-24

Cloud-Managed Stackable Switching Designed for the Branch and Campus

Highlights

Switch ports/stacking ports

24 × 1G port models
4 × 10G SFP+ uplinks
Stack up to 8 units
80 Gbps of physical stacking

Power/PoE

Unpowered model
MS250-24P includes 370 W
Up to 30 W 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 switching 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

	MS120 Series	MS125 Series	MS210 Series	MS225 Series	MS250 Series	MS350 Series

Deployment Scenarios
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
Hardware Configuration
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
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
Power Configuration
	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
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+)

Switching Performance
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
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
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
Stacking Bandwith
	—	—	80 Gbps	80 Gbps	80 Gbps	160 Gbps

Routing Performance & Scalability
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)
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)