CUCM VPN with Meraki MX

[MMoss]

As we are all aware the world has lost it's collective mind and once again I.T. rides to the rescue lol. I have CUCM Version 11.5 and I need to know if I can setup a Meraki MX in place of a Cisco ASA to enable the VPN on the phones. Given the requirements I do not believe it is possible, but I only have Meraki MX's in our environment. I'm left with this Hail Mary or trying to overnight an ASA.

• Cisco IP Phone supported Models - 79xx / 89xx
• CUCM 8.0.1 or later
• Cisco ASA IOS 8.0.4 or later
• AnyConnect VPN Pkg 2.4.1012
• AnyConnect premium license and AnyConnect for Cisco VPN Phone license

[BrechtSchamp]

It uses SSL VPN doesn't it? So no, MX won't be able to help you there. At least not at the moment.

[cmr · Accepted solution]

You need to use Cisco Expressway:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/unified-communications/expressway-series/index.html

We haven't installed it yet but are looking into it.

Kind regards,

Charles

[ToddB]

MRA on the expressway is the way to go, but it only supports 7800/8800 series phones. Jabber is also supported, so you can deploy jabber as a full client or soft phone only mode.