# Managed Switchblox nano?

**URL:** <https://forum.botblox.org/t/managed-switchblox-nano/173>\
**Category:** BotBlox Hardware\
**Tags:** switchblox-nano\
**Created:** [March 8, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.botblox.org/t/managed-switchblox-nano/173 "2024-03-08T15:39:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![csaulnier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@csaulnier](https://forum.botblox.org/u/csaulnier)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.botblox.org/t/managed-switchblox-nano/173/1 "2024-03-08T15:39:26Z")

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I have an application where I need to keep two peripherals on separately configured vlans - so only 3 ports.

I have this configuration working on an industrial - however it would be ideal to switch to the much cheaper and slightly smaller nano as this is meant for an instrument to be manufactured at small scale.

I’ve gotten a little lost in the documentation and timeline of various recommended approaches.

What would be the current best practice for loading a non-volatile managed configuration onto a switchblox nano? Understanding how I can take the configuration I have setup on the industrial and apply it to the nano would be great.

Perhaps more importantly - is this a recommended / supported approach given what I understand to be your focus on other board form factors for managed networks? How long could I expect this approach to be viable before a hardware change or no longer selling this form factor would necessitate a change?

Thanks!

Chris

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**Author:** ![josh\_elijah](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.botblox.org/josh_elijah/32/568_2.png) [@josh\_elijah](https://forum.botblox.org/u/josh_elijah)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.botblox.org/t/managed-switchblox-nano/173/2 "2024-03-09T20:14:06Z")

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We did used to run management software on SwitchBlox Nano, but we migrated all those features to SwitchBlox Industrial.

We did retain the microcontroller on SwitchBlox Nano and I know that @peci1 uses custom firmware on SwitchBlox Nano like this.

It’s typically not something we usually support but if your order volumes justify it, we can look into helping you create a fixed VLAN configuration.

Feel free to PM or email me ([josh@botblox.org](mailto:josh@botblox.org)) with your expected volumes so we can discuss further.

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**Author:** ![peci1](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.botblox.org/peci1/32/32_2.png) [@peci1](https://forum.botblox.org/u/peci1)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.botblox.org/t/managed-switchblox-nano/173/3 "2024-03-09T22:15:07Z")

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Yes, we’re using it with success.

The tools to try it out are available online:

Firmware for Nano: [GitHub - botblox/switchblox-nano-firmware](https://github.com/botblox/switchblox-nano-firmware)

Management CLI: [GitHub - botblox/botblox-manager-software: Universal Command Line Interface for programming managed BotBlox offerings](https://github.com/botblox/botblox-manager-software)