Control Applications, Users, and Devices
Meraki is the only wireless LAN to include Layer 7 fingerprinting and application QoS. Identify hundreds of applications, from business apps to BitTorrent and YouTube. Prioritize critical apps like VoIP, and limit or block wasteful bandwidth consumption such as P2P file sharing. Apply policies by device type, automatically assigning VLAN tags, traffic shaping rules, bandwidth limits, and firewall policies to iPads and other device types. And user fingerprinting with Google-like search allows administrators to easily identify and control individual users, iPads, Androids, and other devices.
Instant Search and Diagnostic Tools, for Both PCs & Macs
Meraki’s cloud-based centralized management provides unified views of all your devices, including mobile clients connected to third-party networks. With Meraki Systems Manager, administrators can instantly find laptops, desktops or virtual machines based on location, hostname, username or operating system with built-in search capabilities. Meraki Systems Manager operates on all commonly deployed versions of Microsoft Windows, including XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008, as well as Mac OS X versions 10.5 through 10.7.
Performance Monitoring & Historical Logging
Keeping an eye on client health and identifying performance issues is easy using the Systems Manager agent, which monitors CPU utilization, network bandwidth, available memory and swap statistics.
Remote Desktop Access from Anywhere in the World
A suite of real-time diagnostic tools enables remote troubleshooting, including Remote Desktop, SSH, remote netstat and remote reboot. In the case of remote desktop access, Systems Manager agent software automatically configures a VNC server installed on the operating system, and establishes a secure end-to-end tunnel back to the administrator. This enables complete remote systems management, even in complex network environments with multiple firewalls or NAT appliances.
Install software on any number of PCs and Macs
Systems Manager lets you install software to any number of PCs and Macs in your network. Just provide the URL to the installers, select the machines, and fire off the installer. If a PC or Mac is unavailable, the software will be installed the next time it comes online.
Receive email alerts for important events
Configure Systems Manager to send email alerts when important events happen in your network. For example, you can enter the names of applications you don’t want installed on your machines and receive a nightly email listing all clients with matching installs. Or, if you have certain mission critical servers that need to always be up, you can configure outage notifactions to alert you when a machine goes down.
Security Monitoring for At-Risk Clients
Enforce antivirus software compliance by using Systems Manager to continuously monitor clients and ensure that antivirus software is installed and running. This feature recognizes dozens of the most commonly used antivirus products and there is nothing to configure.
Simplified Hardware Inventory & Wireless Adapter Details
IT departments often face challenges managing multiple generations of hardware, particularly as hardware vendors alter product specifications between builds. With Systems Manager, administrators can quickly and easily catalog machines by CPU type and speed, system model or operating system build. Systems Manager also tracks wireless adapter details, including make, model and driver version, helping track down connectivity issues. Meraki’s databases also store historical wireless details, such as signal strength, IP address settings and access point details, making it easy to diagnose rare or intermittent problems.
Software Inventory
Built-in software inventory tools simplifying software license management, even in cross-platform environments. Through Systems Manager, it’s easy to identify devices running outdated software, track down compliance or licensing issues or identify unauthorized third-party software installed on corporate infrastructure.