Meraki MS-125 48p

[Daniel23]

Hi Guys!

I hope you are great! 

I have a question about using licenses on Meraki MS125 devices. I have two devices in Spare mode (active-standby) and only have one license. If the primary device fails, can the standby device use that license and operate normally?

Best Regards!

[RWelch]

Do I need duplicate licenses to cover my switches in a warm spare configuration?

Yes, switches (MS) in warm spare/high availability (HA) will require two individual licenses. For more information, please navigate to MS Warm Spare (VRRP) Overview.

Meraki Licensing FAQs 

[alemabrahao]

I don't think he's talking about warm spares, but rather replacing one with the other in case of failure. But correct me if I'm wrong.

[RWelch]

Licensing on MS VRRP

When deploying MS VRRP each switch requires a license, unlike MX VRRP which only needs one.

[alemabrahao]

What I mean is that he wants to replace one device with another in case of failure, not that he wants to configure VRRP.

That's why I asked him to correct me if I'm wrong.

I know that for VRRP you need license for each MS.

[alemabrahao]

If both switches are the same model, yes.

[Daniel23]

Yes, They are the same model.

My question is... if the active switch fails and the Standby switch comes on, will it continue to work with the same license?

[ww]

I dont use ms125,  but i doubt a ms125 can even run layer3/vrrp?

And if you wouldnt already have both licences , the dashboard would have let you know for sure.

[RWelch]

Perhaps a loop guard scenario - regardless, every MS device requires a license (assigned) to work.

If it's sitting or remaining in the network with no assigned license - I would not expect the dashboard to transition a license (failover) from one MS device to another that does not have an assigned license (oh - found one without a license scenario).

[alemabrahao]

Are you right that this model does not support VRRP, that was one of the reasons that led me to my interpretation?

@Daniel23  Can you explain how you configured one as active and one as standby? Please.

[Eric3]

Hi Daniel23,

In your current situation active-standby you can check your license usage in the dashboard.  If you have 2x licenses MS-125 and 2x MS-125 are running in your network the you can check both licenses are used my Meraki. Meraki dashboard will complain if you have more devices in your network than licenses.

[Eric3]

Hi Daniel23,
Did you make mistake with the modelnr?
Just read the MS125 specs and it seems just a L2 box and not capable doing (L3)  HA, VRRP kind of cool stuff.
In that case MS125 is a plain L2 switch you need license per device.