Meraki Adds Layer 7 Visibility to Cloud-managed Switches

Meraki has enhanced its MS-series cloud managed access switches with Layer 7 visibility capability, which provides a view into application traffic at the network edge.


Meraki, who pioneered application visibility in wireless LANs, is ushering in a new generation of switches with rich, fine-grained layer 7 visibility into the applications, users, and devices. For example, a quick search in the Meraki dashboard reveals how iPad utilization compares to Android tablets, which port the CEO's phone is connected to, and how much bandwidth is being consumed by video.


Meraki's layer 7 application visibility comes to the entire line of MS series switches via a firmware update, and requires no additional appliances or management software. Moreover, Meraki's switches analyze traffic while maintaining full non-blocking gigabit performance (up to 176 Gbps per switch), and ultra-low latency for voice quality.
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