Appliance Ports

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Appliance Port Management

Appliance port configuration in Meraki provides comprehensive LAN port management for network segmentation, VLAN assignment, and access control. This functionality enables organizations to create secure network boundaries, implement network isolation policies, and support diverse connectivity requirements across different network segments. Port configuration supports both trunk and access modes, enabling flexible network architecture designs while maintaining security through granular access policies and VLAN-based network segmentation.

Diagram

Classes

appliance (meraki.domains.organizations.networks)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
ports	List	`[ports]`	No

ports (meraki.domains.organizations.networks.appliance)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
port_id	Any	Integer[min: `1`, max: `24`] or String[matches: `(\d{1,3})`]	Yes
enabled	Boolean	`true`, `false`	No
drop_untagged_traffic	Boolean	`true`, `false`	No
type	Choice	`access`, `trunk`	No
vlan	Any	Integer[min: `1`, max: `4094`] or String[matches: `(?:[1-9]	[1-9][0-9]	[1-9][0-9]2
allowed_vlans	Any	Integer[min: `1`, max: `4094`] or String[matches: `(?:[1-9]	[1-9][0-9]	[1-9][0-9]2
access_policy	Choice	`open`, `8021x-radius`, `mac-radius`, `hybris-radius`	No

Examples

Example-1: The example below demonstrates appliance port configuration using tested YAML configuration from pipeline fixtures.

meraki:
  domains:
    - name: "!env domain"
      administrator:
        name: "!env org_admin"
      organizations:
        - name: "!env org"
          networks:
            - name: "!env network_name"
              product_types:
                - appliance
                - switch
                - wireless
                - camera
                - sensor
                - cellularGateway
              appliance:
                ports:
                  - port_id: 3
                    enabled: true
                    type: trunk
                    allowed_vlans: "1,10,20"
                  - port_id: 4
                    enabled: true
                    type: trunk
                    allowed_vlans: "1,10,20"
                  - port_id: 5
                    enabled: true
                    type: trunk
                    allowed_vlans: "1,10,20"
                  - port_id: 6
                    enabled: true
                    vlan: 10
                    type: access
                    access_policy: open