You can add a MX serial to dashboard and then create a network and config without the MX being online. This will however invoke a license error if you don't have available licensing.
Have you not purchased a license yet or just not claimed it? I ask because if you already purchased the license it's already active/counting down so there's no benefit to not claiming it.
Ryan / Meraki SE
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