Cisco Meraki MX Security Appliances are ideal for organizations considering a Unified Threat Managment (UTM) solution, for distributed sites, campuses or datacenter VPN concentration. Since the MX is 100% cloud managed, installation and remote management is simple. The MX has a comprehensive suite of network services, eliminating the need for multiple appliances. These services include SD-WAN capabilities, application-based firewalling, content filtering, web search filtering, SNORT based intrusion detection and prevention, Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP), web caching, 4G cellular failover and more. Auto VPN and SD-WAN features are available on our hardware and virtual appliances, configurable in Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure.
Advanced Security Services |
Advanced Security Services |
Content filtering (Webroot BrightCloud CIPA compliant URL database), Web search filtering (including Google / Bing SafeSearch), YouTube for Schools, Intrusion-prevention sensor (Sourcefire SNORT |
Management |
Management |
Managed via the web using the Cisco Meraki dashboard, Single pane-of-glass into managing wired and wireless networks, Zero-touch remote deployment (no staging needed), Automatic firmware upgrades and security patches, Templates based multi-network management, Org-level two-factor authentication and single sign-on, Role based administration with change logging and alerts |
Monitoring and Reporting |
Monitoring And Reporting |
Throughput, connectivity monitoring and email alerts, Detailed historical per-port and per-client usage statistics, Application usage statistics, Org-level change logs for compliance and change management, VPN tunnel and latency monitoring, Network asset discovery and user identification, Periodic emails with key utilization metrics, Syslog integration |
Network and Security Services |
Network And Security Services |
Stateful firewall, 1 to 1 NAT, DMZ, Identity-based policies, Auto VPN- Automated site-to-site (IPsec) VPN, for hub-and-spoke or mesh topologies, Client (IPsec L2TP) VPN, Multiple WAN IP, PPPoE, NAT,VLAN support and DHCP services, Static routing, User and device quarantine |
Regulatory |
Regulatory |
FCC (US), CB (IEC), CISPR (Australia/New Zealand) |
Remote Diagnostics |
Remote Diagnostics |
Live remote packet capture, Real-time diagnostic and troubleshooting tools, Aggregated event logs with instant search |
WAN Performance Management |
WAN Performance Management |
Web caching, WAN link aggregation, Automatic Layer 3 failover (including VPN connections), 3G / 4G USB modem failover, Application level (Layer 7) traffic analysis and shaping, Ability to choose WAN uplink based on traffic type, Note- Web caching is not available on the MX64W or MX64W models. |
Warranty |
Warranty |
Full lifetime hardware warranty with next-day advanced replacement included. |