MX85 Series Hardware Installation Guide
About this Guide
This guide provides instruction on how to install and configure your MX85 series device. This guide also provides mounting instructions and limited
troubleshooting procedures. For more MX device installation guides, refer to the MX installation guides section on our documentation website.
Product Overview
The Meraki MX85 is an enterprise security appliance designed for distributed deployments that require remote administration across Medium branch
environments. It is ideal for network administrators who demand both ease of deployment and a state-of-the-art feature set. The Meraki Dashboard allows for
simple and easy deployment of the MX85 with minimal pre-configuration in almost any location.
Features
The MX85 provides 4 dedicated WAN uplinks, 2 1GbE SFP ports and 2 RJ45 1GbE ports. The LAN ports include 8 RJ45 1GbE ports, and 2 SFP ports. The
MX85 is ready for deployment in a variety of enterprise environments. MX85 appliance provides the following features:
• Managed via Cisco Meraki Dashboard
• Automatic Firmware upgrades
• WAN Link Balancing
• Automatic WAN Failover
• Meraki AutoVPN and L2TP/IPSec VPN endpoint
• Active Directory integration
• Content Filtering
• Malware Protection (AMP) w/ optional Threat Grid integration
The network performance benchmarks listed in the KB are target numbers based on initial testing and can change on further testing.
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