transition from cisco 3650 to meraki MS120-48P

Ranti13
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transition from cisco 3650 to meraki MS120-48P

Hi,

 

I'm trying to transition from Cisco 3650 switches to Meraki ms120-48p switches. 

 

Here is what the connection looks like in the current scenario. my concern is would I be able to do all these with Meraki ms120?

 

do you see anything that might not work?

 

Connection_Diagram.png

 

Thanks!

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kYutobi
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The MS120-48 wont do any routing. You would need an MS-250 the least if you're trying to match it. 

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Ranti13
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I'm not doing any routing on the switch. it's all layer 2 switching. 

RaphaelL
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MS120 supports STP , LACP , VLANs and Stacking ( virtual )so I don't see why it wouldn't tbh.

Brash
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Agreed, with the exception that virtual stacking won't allow the creation of cross-switch LACP port-channels (assuming that's what Po1 and Po2 are).

Ranti13
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Good point. Has anyone tested this and can confirm, that it doesn't work? It's not a huge deal even if I have to use a single switch for the aggregation.

 

Brash
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Virtual stacking is for ease of switch management rather than data-plane switching.

It is not the same as typical switch stacking.

You'd need to look at other models (MS2xx, MS3xx, MS4xx, C9xxM) series for switch stacking capabilities.

meraki.cisco.com/product-collateral/ms-family-datasheet/?file

PhilipDAth
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alemabrahao
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In your place I would use a Catalyst 9200 with IOS XE.

I am not a Cisco Meraki employee. My suggestions are based on documentation of Meraki best practices and day-to-day experience.

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