Assigning An Ip Address; Installation Instructions - Cisco Meraki MS120 Series Installation Manual

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Check and Set Firmware

To ensure your switch performs optimally immediately following installation, it is recommended that you facilitate a ﬁrmware upgrade prior to mounting your

switch.

1. Attach your switch to power and a wired Internet connection.

2. The switch will turn on and the power LED will glow solid orange.

3. If the unit requires an upgrade, the power LED will begin blinking white until the upgrade is complete, at which

point the LED will turn solid white. You should allow at least a few minutes for the ﬁrmware upgrade to complete,

depending on the speed of your internet connection.

Check and Configure Upstream Firewall Settings

If a ﬁrewall is in place, it must allow outgoing connections on particular ports to particular IP addresses. The most current list of outbound ports and IP addresses

for your particular organization can be found

Assigning an IP Address

All switches must be assigned routable IP addresses. These IP addresses can be dynamically assigned via DHCP or statically assigned.

Dynamic Assignment

When using DHCP, the DHCP server should be configured to assign a static IP address for each MAC address belonging to a Meraki switch. Other features of

the network, such as 802.1X authentication, may rely on the property that the switches have static IP addresses.

Static Assignment

Static IPs are assigned using the local web server on each switch. The following procedure describes how to set the static IP:

1. Using a client machine (e.g., a laptop), connect to the switch over a wired connection.

2. Using a web browser on the client machine, access the switch's built-in web server by browsing

to http://my.meraki.com. Alternatively, browse to http://1.1.1.100

3. Click on the "Uplink Conﬁguration" tab. Log in. The default login is the serial number (e.g. Qxxx-xxxx-xxxx), with no

password (e.g., Q2DD-551C-ZYW3).

4. Configure the static IP address, net mask, gateway IP address and DNS servers that this switch will use on its

management connection.

5. If necessary, reconnect the switch to the LAN.

Static IP via DHCP Reservations

Instead of associating to each Meraki switch individually to configure static IP addresses, an administrator can assign static IP addresses on the upstream

DHCP server. Through "DHCP reservations," IP addresses are "reserved" for the MAC addresses of the Meraki switches. Please consult the documentation for

the DHCP server to conﬁgure DHCP reservations.