EoS Announcement for MS120/MS125 & Upgrade path to MS130
Cisco has announced the End of Life for MS120 and MS125 with all models being replaced by the new MS130 series which can now be monitored and configured from the Meraki Dashboard. The MS120/MS125 End-of-Sales Date: 28th March 2025. End of Sale does not mean End of Support. End of Support date will be 28th March 2030.
Cisco Meraki MS130 switches provide Layer 2 access switching, ideal for branch and campus deployments. The MS130 series features a variety of options designed to meet the diverse needs of branch and campus deployments.
With 10 different models, capable of providing up to 740W of power over a variety of port densities, including SFP+ capable uplinks, the MS130 line is fully ready to support future wireless infrastructure deployments across a variety of different environments.
Features
- Managed via Cisco Meraki Dashboard
- Remote Packet Capture Tools via Meraki Dashboard
- Automatic Firmware upgrades
- SNMP/Syslog Integration
- IPv4/6 ACL support
- 802.1Q VLAN tagging
- DHCP Snooping
- 802.1X Authentication
- 10/100/1000 Mbps RJ45
- 100M/1G/2.5G mGbE RJ45
- 4x 10 Gbe SFP+ models available
- 802.3bt PoE up to 30W per port
Migration
MS120s – EoS Date 28th March 2025
MS125s – EoS Date 28th March 2025
Gigabit Models
- MS120-8-HW -> MS130-8-HW: 8-port Gigabit Ethernet Non-PoE
- MS120-8LP-HW -> MS130-8P-I-HW or MS130-8P-HW: 8-port Gigabit Ethernet PoE
- MS120-8FP-HW -> MS130-8P-I-HW or MS130-8P-HW: 8-port Gigabit Ethernet PoE
- MS120-24-HW -> MS130-24-HW: 24-port Gigabit Ethernet Non-PoE
- MS120-24P-HW -> MS130-24P-HW: 24-port Gigabit Ethernet PoE
- MS120-48-HW -> MS130-48-HW: 48-port Gigabit Ethernet Non-PoE
- MS120-48LP-HW -> MS130-48P-HW: 48-port Gigabit Ethernet with PoE
- MS120-48FP-HW -> MS130-48P-HW: 48-port Gigabit Ethernet with PoE
Multigigabit Models
- MS125-24-HW -> MS130-24X-HW: 24-port Multigigabit Ethernet PoE+
- MS125-24P-HW -> MS130-24X-HW: 24-port Multigigabit Ethernet PoE+
- MS125-48-HW -> MS130-48X-HW: 48-port Multigigabit Ethernet with PoE+
- MS125-48LP-HW -> MS130-48X-HW: 48-port Multigigabit Ethernet with PoE+
- MS125-48FP-HW -> MS130-48X-HW: 48-port Multigigabit Ethernet with PoE+
These are close equivalent replacements. The MS130 series has a few more models too! Please see link below: