Meraki MX Subscription Licensing
Overview
Cisco Meraki subscription licensing follows a hardware-agnostic approach, utilizing SKUs that encompass multiple hardware components within a single SKU. The purpose of this document is to outline the specific SKUs associated with the hardware covered under the MX product class. Additionally, this document will emphasize the key features offered by the MX product class, providing valuable insights to our customers.
MX Product Class and Hardware
The table below serves as a reference to easily identify the mapping of the MX product classes to their respective hardware.
|
Product Class |
Hardware |
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MX Small LIC-MX-S |
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MX Medium LIC-MX-M |
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MX Large LIC-MX-L |
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MX X-Large LIC-MX-XL |
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Features Highlights
The following table outlines some of the key features available across the MX product classes, enabling customers to identify the distinctive capabilities for the different use cases.
To compare feature tiers for Z product class, refer to the following documentation.
|
Feature |
Essential |
Advantage |
|
Centralized Management |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Zero-touch firmware updates (including security patches) |
✔ |
✔ |
|
True zero-touch provisioning |
✔ |
✔ |
|
24x7 enterprise support |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Open APIs |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Automatic WAN failover |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Uplink Load Balancing/Failover conditions |
✔ |
✔ |
| Sub-second dynamic path selection | ✔ | ✔ |
|
3G/4G cellular failover |
✔ |
✔ |
|
High Availability |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Essential SD-WAN |
✔ |
✔ |
| Sub-second Site-to-Site VPN failover | ✔ | ✔ |
|
Site-to-site VPN (Auto VPN and 3rd party peering) |
✔ |
✔ |
|
MPLS to VPN Failover |
✔ |
✔ |
| SD-WAN Steering and Policies | ✔ | ✔ |
|
Traffic shaping/prioritization |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Client VPN |
✔ |
✔ |
| Policy-Based Routing | ✔ | ✔ |
| VLAN to VLAN Routing | ✔ | ✔ |
| Source-Based Routing | ✔ | ✔ |
| Local Breakout (IP and Port based) | ✔ | ✔ |
|
Advanced Routing |
✔ |
✔ |
| Client Connectivity Alerts | ✔ | ✔ |
| Security Appliance Alerts | ✔ | ✔ |
| Splash Pages | ✔ | ✔ |
| Dual+ WAN functionality | ✔ | ✔ |
| Wireless and/or Cellular functionality | ✔ | ✔ |
|
Native Cloud OnRamp |
✔ |
✔ |
| Group Policies | ✔ | ✔ |
| Configuration Templates | ✔ | |
|
Stateful firewall |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Next-gen Traffic Analytics - Network-Based Application Recognition (NBAR) Integration |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Geography-based firewall rules |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Enhanced Live Firewall Logging and Troubleshooting |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Intrusion detection and prevention (IDS/IPS) |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Talos Content filtering |
✔ |
✔ |
| YouTube Content Restrictions | ✔ | ✔ |
| Web Search Filtering | ✔ | ✔ |
|
Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Umbrella DNS Integration* |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Threat Grid Integration* |
✔ |
✔ |
|
ThousandEyes Agent Integration* |
|
✔ |
|
Adaptive Policy (SGT Transport) |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Adaptive Policy (SGT Assignment) |
✔ |
|
|
Internet Outages |
✔ | |
| ThousandEyes Support with Meraki Dashboard* | ✔ | |
|
SD-Internet Steering and Policies |
✔ |
|
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Web App Health |
✔ | |
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WAN Health |
✔ | |
|
VoIP Health |
✔ | |
|
Smart Breakout |
✔ |
*requires separate licensing
To learn more about Meraki MG, MS, MT, MV, SM and Z Subscription Licensing, please refer to the following documentations -