Documentation Digest: July 19th - July 25th

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Documentation Digest: July 19th - July 25th

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New articles:

Dynamic Protocol Status

Change: New article.

 

Traffic Mirroring

Change: New article.

 

SmartPorts

Change: New article.

 

Cisco MG52 AT&T eSIM Activation FAQ

eSIM Activation Guide

Sim Ordering Guide

Change: New articles.

 

Role-Based Access Control Wireless Beta Program

Change: New article.

 

Cisco Secure Connect - Client-based ZTNA

Cisco Secure Connect - Client-based ZTNA Enablement for Existing Customers

Change: New articles.

 

Secure Connect:

Cisco Secure Connect - Client-based ZTNA

Change: Added Apple iOS and Samsung (Android) to "Prerequisites & Requirement"; added sections "Deploy Zero Trust Access Module", "Enroll in Zero Trust Access" and "Unenroll a Device from Zero Trust Access".

 

Cisco Secure Connect - ZTNA Endpoint Posture Profile

Cisco Secure Connect - Defining Private Resources & Apps

Change: General article refresh.

 

Cloud Monitoring for Catalyst:

Cloud Monitoring Overview and FAQ

Cloud Monitoring for Catalyst Onboarding

Change: Updated supported firmware versions (17.3.1 - 17.10.1 and 17.12.3).

 

MG:

MG IP Passthrough

Change: Updated behavior of LAN 1: "Labeled LAN port 1 will no longer be used for data transfer, only PoE purposes."

 

MX:

AnyConnect on the MX Appliance

Change: Added "Changing the Server Certificate Generation Method back to the default option of Auto-Generated from Custom will cause the MX to delete the current uploaded custom certificate."

 

Meraki MX ThousandEyes Configuration Guide

Change: Added Meraki and ThousandEyes domains/endpoints to be allowed for "Topology 4: Full AutoVPN Tunnel to Secure Connect, Umbrella, or any Internet Gateway".

 

Configuring Site to Site VPN tunnels to Azure VPN Gateway

Change: Added "Each time, after creating a new tunnel, send traffic (a ping will suffice) from a client in a VPN-enabled VLAN behind the MX to a subnet behind the Azure gateway to bring the tunnel up."

 

SD-WAN and Traffic Shaping

Change: Added "ICMP traffic is not subject to traffic shaping rules. As a result, Flow Preference will have no impact on ICMP traffic."

 

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)

Change: Added "When establishing eBGP peering in on the WAN, NAT Exceptions with Manual Inbound Firewall is also needed, otherwise the subnets advertised by the MX will be behind NAT and not reachable via eBGP upstream."

 

MX and Z-Series Wireless Settings

Change: Updated wording about channel selection: "Wireless MX's and Z-series devices leveraging the WiFi 5 channel settings page do not support the manual configuration of DFS (UNII-2 and UNII-2E) channels, but will use these channels when leveraging Auto Channel."

 

Meraki and ThousandEyes Integration Troubleshooting

Change: Added "Issue: A ThousandEyes Organization already exists for this user. Please contact your company's ThousandEyes Platform Administrator or ThousandEyes Support."

 

MS:

MS DHCP Servers

Change: Added section "RA Guard".

 

Switch Stacks

Change: Added "Cloud-managed Catalyst switches may take several seconds to resume passing traffic after the Active Member has failed due to the Meraki management container having to reinitialize on the new Active Member."

 

Advanced MS Setup Guide

Change: Added C9300-M.

 

MS OSPF Overview

Change: Added OSPF Interface Passive states description.

 

MS Switch Access Policies (802.1X)

Change: Added "The critical data and critical voice VLANs should not be the same."

 

MS130 Datasheet

Change: Updated power input of MS130-8P-I: "100-240V~, 2.8A-1.2A, 50-60Hz".

 

MR:

WPA3 Encryption and Configuration Guide

Change: Added note "This feature is available from 31.1.x and above firmware versions." to section "WPA3 Transition Mode for RADIUS Authentication".

 

Roaming Technologies

Change: Added note that PMK caching and OKC are leveraged when using OWE, WPA3-Personal, and WPA2/3 Enterprise; added "PMK caching and OKC aren't leveraged when using WPA2-Personal because the client(s) and access point(s) already know everything required to derive the PMK (SSID name and password)."

 

RADIUS Failover and Retry Details

Change: Added "MRs will send Status-Server messages every 60 seconds to execute RADIUS failback tests and ensure that the primary server has returned online."

 

Scanning API for Location Analytics Solutions

Change: Added section "Meraki Scanning APIs V3 Update".

 

RF Spectrum Page Overview

Change: Added "Avg. channel utilization (6 GHz) - Average utilization over the last 80 seconds for the AP's client-facing 6 GHz radio channel."

 

SM:

Meraki Authentication Server Certificate Rotations

Change: Added "The common name of the certificate will remain radius.meraki.com between rotations. If clients can remain trusting this service certificate common name there should be no impact from this certificate transition."; added section "Timeline overview".

 

MV:

Meraki Vision Portal Changelog

Change: Added release notes for up to v1.21.0.

 

MT:

MT10 Installation Guide - Temperature and Humidity

Change: Added "The MT10 temperature sensor and the MT11 temperature probes use a digital sensor that comes pre-calibrated during the manufacturing process. This means no calibration is required during the product life cycle."

 

General Administration:

Syslog Event Types and Log Samples

Change: Added AnyConnect VPN events; added post MX 15.12 VPN events.

 

Authentication Enhancements and New Dashboard Security Features

Change: Added "Government Account passwords must be at least 14 characters long."

 

Product Firmware Version Restrictions

Change: Updated Minimum Runnable Firmware for MG52 to MG 3.200.

 

Cisco Meraki Dashboard API

Change: Updated section "Generate API Key": "Cisco Meraki Dashboard API is enabled by default on all organizations. To generate an API key, go to the My Profile page accessed via the avatar icon in the top right-hand corner of dashboard."

 

Throughput test to the Cisco Meraki Dashboard

Change: Added "In order to leverage the full performance of a device, multiple sessions must be leveraged. This is best done by an endpoint or client, as the dashboard throughput tool creates a single session."


How to convert an org from Co-term to Per Device licensing

How to unassign a queued license in PDL

Meraki Licensing FAQs

Meraki Per-Device Licensing Overview

Meraki Per-Device Licensing - Configuration

The Science behind Per-Device Licensing

Meraki MR License Guide

Change: Added "Conversions to PDL will no longer be accepted. Customers should reach out to their Meraki Sales Representative to explore alternative options such as co-term or subscription licensing."

 

Cisco SecureX Sign-On Integration

Change: Added "Cisco has announced that the last day for support for Cisco SecureX is July 31, 2024.  You can read more about the SecureX end-of-sale and end-of-life by clicking here."

 

Meraki Device-to-Cloud Connectivity - FIPS

Change: Added MG; updated "FIPS-140 Compliant Firmware Versions" for MX, MS and MR.

2 Replies 2
cmr
Kind of a big deal
Kind of a big deal

Per Device Licensing has stopped being available!  Might need to update the training on this, I had already suggested adding something about subscription licensing, but this is more important...

If my answer solves your problem please click Accept as Solution so others can benefit from it.
PhilipDAth
Kind of a big deal
Kind of a big deal

What a wealt of information.  I am especially interested in the new SmartPorts autmation feature.

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