Meraki MX450

Description

Cloud Managed Security Appliance for Large Branch / Campus Networks

The Cisco Meraki MX450 Security Appliance is ideal for organizations considering a Unified Threat Management (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.

*Content Filtering, SNORT® based intrusion detection and prevention and Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) features require Advanced Security License.

The following table provides a list of major MX features and their required license edition:
Feature

Enterprise

Advanced Security

Secure SD-WAN Plus

Centralized management

✔

✔

✔

Zero-touch firmware updates

✔

✔

✔

True zero-touch provisioning

✔

✔

✔

24×7 enterprise support

✔

✔

✔

Open APIs

✔

✔

✔

Automatic WAN failover

✔

✔

✔

Sub-second site-to-site VPN failover

✔

✔

✔

Sub-second dynamic path selection

✔

✔

✔

Stateful firewall

✔

✔

✔

VLAN to VLAN routing

✔

✔

✔

Advanced Routing

✔

✔

✔

Link bonding/failover

✔

✔

✔

3G / 4G cellular failover

✔

✔

✔

Traffic shaping/prioritization

✔

✔

✔

Site-to-site VPN

✔

✔

✔

Client VPN

✔

✔

✔

MPLS to VPN Failover

✔

✔

✔

Splash pages

✔

✔

✔

Configuration templates

✔

✔

✔

Group Policies

✔

✔

✔

Client connectivity alerts

✔

✔

✔

Essential SD-WAN

✔

✔

✔

Source-Based Routing

✔

✔

✔

Local Breakout (IP based)

✔

✔

✔

Geography based firewall rules

✔

✔

Intrusion detection & prevention

✔

✔

Content filtering

✔

✔

Youtube for Schools

✔

✔

Web Search Filtering

✔

✔

Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP)

✔

✔

Umbrella DNS Integration**

✔

✔

Threat Grid Integration**

✔
✔

Web App Health Analytics

✔

WAN Health Analytics

✔

VoIP Health Analytics

✔

Smart breakout *

✔

*coming soon

**Requires a separate license

Product Highlights

• Recommended for networks with up to 10,000 client devices

• Up to 6 Gbps of stateful firewall throughput

• Integrated Content Filtering, SNORT® intrusion detection/prevention and Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) features available with the purchase of Advanced Security License

• 8 x gigabit ethernet (LAN) interfaces

• 8 x 1G SFP (LAN) interfaces*

• 8 x 10G SFP+ (LAN) interfaces*

• 2 x 10G SFP+ (WAN) interfaces for failover or load-balanced internet connections*

• Auto VPN for intelligent site-to-site VPN connectivity

• 802.1x port authentication for wired devices

• Layer 7 application traffic shaping and prioritization

• Layer 3 firewall to separate corporate data from personal traffic

• Self-configuring, plug-and-play deployment

• Integrated mounting brackets for rack and desk mounting

• Support for the field replaceable, redundant power supplies

• USB port for 3G/4G connectivity

*SFP modules sold separately.