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Cisco Meraki MS

Score9.4 out of 10

197 Reviews and Ratings

What is Cisco Meraki MS?

Cisco offers the Meraki brand of Ethernet switches.

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Cisco Meraki MS Reviews

What users are saying about Cisco Meraki MS.
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Pros

  • Ease of use and management (80% of reviewers)
  • Cloud-based management enabling remote access and troubleshooting (30% of reviewers)
  • Simplified deployment with zero-touch capabilities (20% of reviewers)

Cons

  • Initial deployment and setup issues (10% of reviewers)

Great choice for branches

Incentivized
Verified User
Engineer in Engineering (10,001+ employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

At some locations we use Meraki full stack, so we have a variety of switch for core and access layers. But at almost every other location we use them only to split the WAN service between 2 routers. For this we use a basic 8 port switch, which is all we need for this purpose.

Pros

  • Remote tools
  • Visibility of each port usage
  • Configuration using templates

Cons

  • Improve logging
  • Implement AI to spot issues

Return on Investment

  • Reduction in people onboarding time.
  • Graphical interface without need of third party tools
  • You need a lot of money to implement this solution, capex and opex.

Other Software Used

Cisco Meraki Dashboard, PRTG Network Monitor

Meraki Switching-Deployment Simplified

Incentivized
Verified User
Administrator in Engineering (51-200 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Meraki switches are easy to deploy in a network and can be managed from anywhere once it is online on cloud. We generally use Meraki switches as core switch to segregate traffic as per our requirement by implementing static route and also restricting traffic through ACL. Meraki PoE switches are easy for using with Access points as power requirement for those APs are easily fulfilled through it.

Pros

  • Simplicity in SVI creation
  • OSPF configuration on the MS is very easy to configure
  • ACL configuration is something which anyone can understand and do
  • Policies implementation on the ports are very easy on MS

Cons

  • Policy based Routing is something which is very important features required.
  • Upgradation of dual persona switch 9300 takes a lot of time and we need to upgrade it a day before the implementation.
  • Proper CLI configuration should also be there on Meraki Switch

Return on Investment

  • Meraki ease of deployment is best suited
  • Ease of management
  • Simple dashboard configuration is best for any users
  • Features like PBR and CLI management will improve the sale further

Alternatives Considered

Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch, ExtremeXOS, HPE Aruba Networking Switches and RUCKUS Ethernet Switches

Other Software Used

Arista Campus Switches, HPE Aruba Networking Switches, Extreme AP560 Series

Easy Dashboard for Novice IT professionals

Incentivized
Verified User
Employee in Information Technology (501-1000 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The Cisco Meraki MS platform is easy to configure, manage, and utilize. The GUI has a great desktop experience for all users.

Pros

  • Set up
  • Ease of use
  • Search ability
  • Diagnostics

Cons

  • We have had some issues with ports becoming faulty over time

Return on Investment

  • Reliability
  • Warrany
  • Service

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Meraki Dashboard, Cisco Secure Connect and Cisco Duo

Other Software Used

Cisco Duo, Cisco AnyConnect, Cisco Meraki Dashboard

Top solution from Cisco Meraki MS

Incentivized
João PauloView profile
Chief Information Security Officer in Information Technology at Threatvector (11-50 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Company has several access points distributed in different contact center and business customer agents, and to be able to manage all from a single console and give internet to the clients and offices. Have complete control and administration of the contact centers, permitting easy control. Allowing and easy way to add new devices or replace all ones

Pros

  • Single user friendly console
  • Easy manage of all devices
  • Adding new features in new versions
  • Scalability

Cons

  • The license cost is one of the pain points
  • Capability to integrate with other vendors
  • More templates to generate reports

Return on Investment

  • Improved visibility of the network of the remote offices
  • Reduces costs of maintenance of the hardware
  • Improved security out of the box

Alternatives Considered

Ubiquity 401k and Fortinet FortiGate

Other Software Used

Cisco Umbrella, Cisco AnyConnect, Microsoft 365

All in one device, managed from the cloud

Incentivized
José Antonio PadillaView profile
Telecomunications in Information Technology at Grupo K (1001-5000 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Cisco Meraki MS switches for the network access layer. We also have it integrated with other Meraki products (Security Appliance, Access Point). The advantage that Cisco Meraki MS gives us is the ease of adding them to the network quickly and easily, the high performance they have and the visualization through the dashboard.

Pros

  • Easy configuration
  • Packet capture
  • Troubleshooting tools

Cons

  • Does not have CLI
  • More information about cdp neighbors
  • STP configuration could be more accessible

Return on Investment

  • Less time in troubleshooting
  • More stability in connections, better performance
  • Fast implementation, no much time needed

Alternatives Considered

Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 1000), Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000) and Cisco Catalyst Switches

Other Software Used

Microsoft 365, Microsoft Azure, Cisco Umbrella, ManageEngine Endpoint Central

Usability

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