IOS-XE Firmware???? Is this new?

[DevOps_RC]

Was just checking the firmware status of our networks and noticed what I think is a new entry at the bottom:

I don't remember seeing IOS-XE in the list before, any comment from official Meraki reps??

[Brash]

Purely a guess but I assume it's related to Meraki Monitored Catalysts, either for firmware tracking, or potentially one day for dashboard pushed firmware upgrades.

[DevOps_RC]

I concur, just looking for an official answer from Meraki and potentially info on it's release date, be that EA or GA. 

[Brash]

I was looking through a Cisco live presentation and it looks like IOS Image upgrade for Meraki monitored/managed catalysts is on the roadmap.

BRKENS-2201 (ciscolive.com) - Slide 62

[DevOps_RC]

Nice spot.

I also found the next slide interesting. While this looks to be only for the Catalyst monitored switches, I think it would be a great feature to include for the whole Meraki switch line, to be able to compare configurations between two different time frames. I appreciate that it's possible through the use of API or a appstore service, but including it within the dashboard seems to be a good thing.