Description

Cisco Meraki MX450 Security Appliance Ghana

The Cisco Meraki MX450 Ghana  is ideal for organizations considering a Unified Threat Management (UTM) solution, for distributed sites, campuses or datacenter VPN concentration. Since the MX450 is 100% cloud managed, installation and remote management are 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. Auto VPN and SD-WAN features are available on our hardware and virtual appliances, configurable in Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure.

The Cisco Meraki MX450 Ghana is an integrated router, next-generation firewall, traffic shaper, and Internet gateway that is centrally managed over the web. The MX450 offers an extensive feature set, yet is incredibly easy to deploy and manage. Intuitive web-based administration eliminates specialized training and dedicated staff, and cloud-based centralized management provides seamless multi-site networks, automatic firmware upgrades, and much more. The Meraki MX450 Ghana is a cloud-managed network security appliance designed for large brand and campus networks. It is able to provide high-bandwidth, secure, and easy to manage connectivity. Packed with layer 7 application firewalling and performance features like traffic shaping, VPN, SD-WAN capabilities, IPS and advanced malware protection, the MX450 is ideal for reducing overall IT cost while enhancing network reliability. With two 10G SFP+ dedicated uplink ports, and a variety of 1G and 10G LAN ports, this Cisco Meraki SD-WAN Ghana is an ideal UTM solution for large branches, offices and campus environments.

Meraki Mx450 Ghana

MX450 Features

Advanced Quality of Experience (Qoe) Analytics

• End-to-end health of web applications at-a-glance across the LAN, WAN, and application server
• Machine-learned smart application thresholds autonomously applied to identify true anomalies based on past behavioral patterns
• Cisco Meraki SD-WAN Ghana, monitor the health of all MX WAN links, including cellular, across your entire organization at-a-glance Detailed hop-by-hop VoIP performance analysis across all uplinks

Feature-Rich Unified Threat Management (Utm) Capabilities

• Application-aware traffic control: bandwidth policies for Layer 7 application types (e.g., block YouTube, prioritize Skype, throttle BitTorrent)
• Content filtering: CIPA-compliant content filter, safe-search enforcement (Google/Bing), and YouTube for Schools
• Intrusion prevention: PCI-compliant IPS sensor using industry-leading SNORT® signature database from Cisco
• Advanced Malware Protection: file reputation-based protection engine powered by Cisco AMP
• Identity-based security policies and application management

 Branch Gateway Services

• Built-in DHCP, NAT, QoS, and VLAN management services
• Web caching: accelerates frequently accessed content
• Load balancing: Meraki SD-WAN enterprise appliances Ghana combines multiple WAN links into a single high speed interface, with policies for QoS, traffic shaping, and failover
• Smart connection monitoring: Cisco Meraki MX450 Ghana has automatic detection of layer 2 and layer 3 outages and fast failover, including option of integrated LTE Advanced or 3G/4G modems

Intelligent Site-To-Site Vpn with Meraki Sd-Wan

• Auto VPN: automatic VPN route generation using IKE/IPsec setup. Runs on physical MX appliances and as a virtual instance within the Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure cloud services
• SD-WAN with active / active VPN, policy-based-routing, dynamic VPN path selection, and support for application-layer performance profiles to ensure prioritization of the applications types that matter
• Meraki SD-WAN enterprise appliances Ghana Interoperates with all IPsec VPN devices and services
• Automated MPLS to VPN failover within seconds of a connection failure
• Client VPN: L2TP IPsec support for native Windows, Mac OS X, iPad and Android clients with no per-user licensing fees

MX450 Specification

General

• Recommended Use Cases : Campus or VPN concentrator
• Recommended Clients : 10,000
• Stateful Firewall Throughput : 6 Gbps
• Advanced Security Throughput : 4 Gbps
• Maximum VPN Throughput : 2 Gbps
• Maximum Concurrent VPN Tunnels : 5,000
• WAN Interfaces (Dedicated) : 2 x 10GbE SFP+ 1 x USB (cellular failover)
• LAN Interfaces :8 x GbE (RJ45), 8 x GbE (SFP), 8 x 10GbE (SFP+)
• Web Caching : 128GB (SSD)
• Mounting : 1U rack
• Dimensions : 19” x 17.3 x 1.75” (483 mm x 440 mm x 44 mm)
• Weight : 16 lb (7.3kg)
• Power Supply : Modular 100-220V 50/60Hz AC 2 x 250WAC PSU
• Power Load : (idle/max)105W / 190W
• Operating Temperature : 32°F to 104°F (0°C to 40°C)
• Humidity : 5% to 95%

Management

• Managed via the web using the Cisco Meraki dashboard
• Single-pane-of-glass into managing wired and wireless networks
• Zero-touch remote deployment (no staging needed)
• Automatic firmware upgrades and security patches
• Templates based multi-network management
• Org-level two-factor authentication and single sign-on
• Role-based administration with change logging and alerts
• Monitoring and Reporting
• Throughput, connectivity monitoring and email alerts
• Detailed historical per-port and per-client usage statistics
• Application usage statistics
• Org-level change logs for compliance and change management

VPN tunnel and latency monitoring

• Network asset discovery and user identification
• Periodic emails with key utilization metrics
• Device performance and utilization reporting
• Netflow support
• Syslog integration

Remote Diagnostics

• Live remote packet capture
• Real-time diagnostic and troubleshooting tools
• Aggregated event logs with instant search

Network and Firewall Services

• Stateful firewall, 1:1 NAT, DMZ
• Identity-based policies
• Auto VPN: Automated site-to-site (IPsec) VPN, for hub-and-spoke or mesh topologies
• Client (IPsec L2TP) VPN
• Multiple WAN IP, PPPoE, NAT
• VLAN support and DHCP services
• Static routing
• User and device quarantine

WAN Performance Management

• Web caching (available on the MX84, MX100, MX250, MX450)
• WAN link aggregation
• Automatic Layer 3 failover (including VPN connections)
• 3G / 4G USB modem failover or single-uplink
• Application level (Layer 7) traffic analysis and shaping
• Ability to choose WAN uplink based on traffic type
• SD-WAN: Dual active VPN with policy-based routing and dynamic path selection
• CAT 6 LTE modem for failover or single-uplink1

Advanced Security Services

• Content filtering (Webroot BrightCloud CIPA compliant URL database)
• Web search filtering (including Google / Bing SafeSearch)
• YouTube for Schools
• Intrusion-prevention sensor (Cisco SNORT® based)
• Advanced Malware Protection (AMP)
• AMP Threat Grid
• Geography-based firewall rules (MaxMind Geo-IP database)

Integrated Cellular

• LTE bands : 2, 4, 5, 12, 13, 17, and 19 (North America). 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 26, 28A, 28B, 34, 38, 39, 40, and 41 (Worldwide)
• 300 Mbps CAT 6 LTE
• Additional regulatory information: PTCRB (US), RCM (ANZ, APAC), GCF (EU)