Meraki Z 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 Z product class. Additionally, this document will emphasize the key features offered by the Z product class, providing valuable insights to our customers.

Z Product Class and Hardware

The table below serves as a reference to easily identify the mapping of the Z product class to their respective hardware.

Product Class

Hardware

Z

LIC-Z

Z1-HW
Z3-HW
Z3C-HW-NA
Z3C-HW-WW
Z3C-HW-JP
Z4-HW
Z4C-HW

Features Highlights

The following table outlines some of the key features available across the Z product class, enabling customers to identify the distinctive capabilities for the different use cases.

Feature	Essential	Advantage
Centralized Management	✔	✔
Zero-touch firmware updates (including security patches)	✔	✔
True zero-touch provisioning	✔	✔
24x7 enterprise support	✔	✔
Open APIs	✔	✔
3G/4G cellular failover	✔	✔
Essential SD-WAN	✔	✔
Site-to-site VPN (Auto VPN and 3rd party peering)	✔	✔
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	✔	✔
Wireless and/or Cellular functionality	✔	✔
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	✔	✔
Umbrella DNS Integration*	✔	✔
Threat Grid Integration* **	✔	✔
Talos Content filtering **		✔
Web Search Filtering **		✔
Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) **		✔
Internet Outages **		✔
WAN Health**		✔
VoIP Health**		✔
Smart Breakout **		✔