Cloud Management: Native Meraki dashboard management for zero-touch deployment, centralized monitoring, and automatic firmware updates
- Multigigabit Ports: 8 x mGig ports supporting 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G for high-speed Wi-Fi 6/6E access points and high-bandwidth devices
- Adaptive Policy: Advanced security using Security Groups and over-the-wire tagging to segment traffic without complex ACLs (requires Advanced license)
- StackWise-80: Physical stacking supporting up to 5 switches with 80Gbps bandwidth for unified management and resiliency (requires C9200L-STAK-KIT-M)
- Layer 3 Routing: Full Layer 3 capabilities including static routing, OSPF, EIGRP, and inter-VLAN routing
- Energy Efficient Ethernet: IEEE 802.3az EEE support for reduced power consumption on idle ports
- Redundant Power: Dual power supply support for high availability with automatic failover
- Per-Port PoE Management: Intelligent PoE allocation with per-port monitoring, scheduling, and power limiting
- Fast PoE: Delivers power to endpoints before switch fully boots for critical devices
- Link Aggregation: 802.3ad LACP support with up to 8 ports per aggregate, multi-chassis aggregation on stacked switches
- Spanning Tree: 802.1s MSTP, interoperable with RSTP, STP, PVST, and Rapid-PVST
- Quality of Service: Comprehensive QoS with traffic classification, marking, queuing, and scheduling for voice, video, and data prioritization
- Security Features: 802.1X authentication, DHCP snooping, Dynamic ARP Inspection, IP Source Guard, port security, and ACLs
- Virtual Stacking: Meraki virtual stacking for cloud-based management of thousands of switch ports as a single logical entity
- Management Interface: Dedicated out-of-band management interface with local status page access
- API Integration: Full RESTful API for automation, custom integrations, and third-party management platforms