Chapter 7

Meraki Switching Design and Recommendations

Introduction to Meraki Switches

The Meraki MS line of switches has revolutionized how large, switched networks are built and managed, steering away from the cumbersome process of command line interface (CLI), box-by-box configurations or CLI script pushes that were prevalent historically. The Meraki platform approach to management of switching hardware enables organizations to harness the power of software-defined networking, enabling large-scale, intent-based configuration automation delivered entirely as a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform.

Through the adoption of software-defined, intent-based networking, Meraki switches offer many benefits, including eliminating complexity while ...

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