Hey @Inderdeep
Firstly: I work for a partner and the profile is set up correctly.
So regarding CMNA variants: That's true for me as well. I also contacted our sales rep a couple of times and had been in contact with the community assistant/s here. Unfortunately as some more time passed, the certification was finally reduced or the kit was finally cancelled.
I wanted to gain not really the hardware, but knowledge by setting it in a demo env.
As I already got a couple of switches, MRs but still do not exceed the 12 Device Policy I should be eligible for the license that comes with the CMNA/for eligible partners. But still it was not possible. So currently I got two ,old‘ MX100 which I would love to use for test purposes.
Think that running them w/o a valid license is too dangerous, even in a lab scenario.
I wanted to replace a lab equipment of another vendor bit think I have to utilize Ubiquiti or Mikrotik again, they have a slightly different policy. I mean Ubiquiti is still instable and more for home usages, but often they had features in place other vendors brought quite late. Like the WiFi 6E etc. For Mikrotik Routerboards there are at least licenses available with reduced functionalities and a community-only support (AFAIK). Some do also reflash old Meraki Devices with OpenWRT 🤓
Think that's something in terms of user engagement and enablement Cisco/Meraki should consider. Of course its not meant to be installed in residential spaces, but there might be some things that could be checked regularly: proper certifications/work email and a valid dashboard/device count etc.
Those are just my ideas for the CMNA curriculum 🤣😀
