Documentation Digest: January 16th - January 31st, 2026

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Documentation Digest: January 16th - January 31st, 2026

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New articles:

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Change: New articles.
 
 
SASE:
Change: Added "Limitation: At this time "Internal Networks" cannot be associated with Meraki Network Tunnel Groups."
 
Change: Added section "Multi-Uplink Active-Active IPsec".
 
 
Access Manager:
Change: Updated certificate lookup fields: "Access Manager uses the configured identity field (Subject common name, Subject serial number, subject alternate name: DNS, Subject alternate name: RFC822) specified in the Access Manager CA Certificate configuration to perform a lookup against the Entra ID Username field for their group memberships."
 
Change: Updated availability: "Cisco Access Manager is available globally except in Canada, China, India regional clouds and the Meraki FedRAMP cloud."; updated license activation time: "Claiming a free trial license or paid license will automatically transition you to the GA experience within 36-48 hours."
 
Change: Updated license activation time: "It may take up to 48 hours after claiming your Access Manager licenses before you see the Access Manager menu item in your organization dashboard."; updated example policies in section "Access Rules".
 
 
Workflows:
Change: Added "4. (Optional) Browse, explore, and install Cisco-validated prebuilt workflows from the Meraki Automation Exchange."; added "9. Explore more about Workflows with these resources."
 
 
Security & SD-WAN:
Change: Added "Admins can configure a maximum of 10 static multicast forwarding rules."
 
Change: Added table "Well-known BGP Communities".
 
Change: Added "From firmware 26.1.X or greater, the source can be defined either as a single IP address, CIDR/subnet, or VLAN."
 
Change: Added "When will support for USB modems officially end? All support for third-party USB modems on Meraki MX and Z appliances will be deprecated on June 30, 2026."
 
 
Switching:
Change: SmartPort Automation now available in Early Access.
 
Change: Added "Port Profiles" to "Unsupported features on IOS XE 17.15.x with cloud configuration".
 
Change: Added section "High level upgrade flow"; added "Maintenance window of 2-3 hours can be sufficient for upgrading to the target version including switch stacks. Plan additional time for rolling back to the previous version if any issues arise."
 
Change: Added "Before proceeding, please review the IOS XE image upgrade documentation for Cloud Monitoring on Catalyst switches, including prerequisites and expected outcomes."; added "To ensure your switch upgrades successfully, verify that sufficient free flash memory is available on the switch. Learn more here."
 
Change: Added "Switch stack management IP addressing. For MS model switches, such as the MS130 and MS150 series, each switch in a switch stack requires it's own management IP address. This means that a stack of 8 MS switches require 8 IP management addresses. The only exception to this requirement is the MS390 (see below). For Catalyst model switches, such as C9300, C9200 series switches, and MS390, the switch stack uses one single management IP address. This means that a stack of 8 Catalyst switches only requires a single management IP address."
 
Change: Added "Currently RADIUS / TACACS are not supported and the user must be local."
 
 
Wireless:
Change: Added "iPSK without RADIUS".
 
Change: Added section "Map view for Bad and Suboptimal Roams".
 
Change: Updated availability "AI-RRM is available in the globally including US, EU, China, Asia, ANZ, Japan and Canada."
 
Change: Added "To allow for same subnet Bonjour print services, you will want to add the following MAC addresses to the exception list: IPv4 mDNS multicast address - 01:00:5E:00:00:FB. IPv6 mDNS multicast address - 33:33:00:00:00:FB."
 
 
Systems Manager:
Change: Added "If there is a download in progress, the OS Update Status column will show the download percentage progress bar. If the update has completed downloading, it will display 'Downloaded'. If the update is in progress of installing, it will show 'Installing...". Lastly, if an update has completed installing, it is expected to display the date of the last installed OS Update."
 
 
Cameras:
Change: Added release notes for up to v1.26.8.
 
 
Platform Management:
Change: Added section "Case summary"; added section "Case submission".
 
Change: Added sections "Overview", "Dashboard and API Access" and "Data Centers and Redundancy".
 
Change: Added CW9171 and CW9174.
 
Change: Added section "Licensing Restrictions".

 

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Kind of a big deal
Kind of a big deal

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