[EARLY TRIAL NOW] Cloud Monitoring for Catalyst Switch with Meraki Onboarding

[Jenn_G]

🎉Happy New Year, everyone! 🎉

We're thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity for you to join our Early Field Trial for Cloud Monitoring of Catalyst Switches. With the release of IOS XE 17.15.1, we're transitioning to Meraki-native onboarding, integrated seamlessly with the Meraki dashboard.

Why Join the Trial?

• Effortless Integration: Experience the powerful combination of Cloud-Native IOS XE with the intuitive Meraki Dashboard.
• Enhanced Network Operations: Enjoy seamless onboarding, along with live data and
• comprehensive performance and health indicators for your Catalyst switches.
• Supported Models: Participate with C9200, C9300, and C9500 series switches and switch stacks.

To be part of this groundbreaking trial in early January-February 2025, please express your interest using the link below. Make sure to include your organization details as requested. Once we process your application, you'll hear from us via Stomio to kick off your trial experience.

Join us in this journey to simplify and elevate your network operations with the best of Catalyst and Meraki!

⚠️Important: Confirmation of trial participation will come from Meraki via Stomio. Onboarding in dashboard ahead of this will default Catalyst switches to Cloud managed mode, which alters the switch configuration and will require manual correction.⚠️

Link to sign up: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfx3hwfEdnTSX9hdA0iHiJ7jBeU1oiT7EySjOUvQt-boFxyKg/viewform

[ScottMcD]

Hi @Jenn_G 

Currently I have the only supported version for the C9500 17.12 running for Dashboard monitoring. The dashboard keeps dropping out on these devices due to a known bug. So basicly it does not work at all.

If I were to join this Trial, how will this affect the existing running Configuration on the Switches?  Can you please explain what "Manual correction" is required?

Thanks

Scott

[Jenn_G]

Hi @ScottMcD  - Trial is on 17.15 release so you would need to upgrade and offboard from the current monitoring solution to participate.  The note about manual correct is only relevant to folks who attempt onboarding before they are green lit for trial participation and receive an email from Stomio notifying them of their participation acceptance.  Regarding what we configure, here's the documentation for the wireless service already launched to public - it's essentially identical: https://documentation.meraki.com/Cloud_Monitoring_for_Catalyst/Onboarding/Cloud_Monitoring_Catalyst_...