Interfaces

24 × 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ45) with auto-MDIX crossover

48V DC 802.3af/802.3at Power-over-Ethernet (PoE/PoE+) on the MS220-24P model, available on all ports (maximum of 30W per port for PoE+)

4 × SFP Gigabit Ethernet interfaces for uplink, shared

Auto negotiation and crossover detection

Ethernet switching capabilities

802.1p Quality of Service prioritization

802.1Q VLAN tagging and Q-in-Q VLAN stacking with 4096 addressable tags

802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP, STP)

802.1ab Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)

802.3ad link aggregation with up to 8 ports per aggregate

Broadcast storm control

IGMP snooping for multicast filtering

MAC forwarding table entries: 8,000

Security

Integrated two-factor authentication

Role-based administration

Corporate wide password policy enforcement

IEEE 802.1X port-based security

Performance

Non-blocking fabric

48 Gbps non-blocking switching capacity

2.5 microsecond latency

Power over Ethernet (MS220-24P):

802.3af (PoE) 15.4 W per port and 802/.3at (PoE+) 25.5 W per port

Maximum PoE output: 370 W

PoE available on all ports simultaneously

Pre-standard PoE: supports pre-standard PoE devices

Management

Managed via the cloud using the Meraki dashboard

Integrated with Meraki wireless, routing, and firewall management

No-touch remote deployment (no staging needed)

Detailed historical per-port and per-client usage statistics

DHCP and hostname fingerprinting

SNMP v2c

Seamless over-the-web firmware upgrades

Remote diagnostics

Email and text alerts

Live remote packet capture

Aggregated event logs with instant search

Scalable stacking

Unified configuration and monitoring of all switches

Virtually stack thousands of switch ports in a single logical stack for unified management, monitoring, and configuration

Power

Power input: 100-240 VAC, 47-63 Hz