Mismatched Meraki MS Licensing Types in Single Organization

[robertjubb]

Can you Use different Meraki MS Licensing Types in Single Organization-- i know MX it had to be the same-- but what about MS-- as i don't want the same features on all the switches?

[KarstenI]

https://community.meraki.com/t5/Switching/Can-switches-with-MS-Advanced-licenses-and-MS-Enterprise/m...

[robertjubb]

i thought you can have now multi networks under one org ( one for each licence type)- that post says different orgs?

[KarstenI]

You could always have multiple networks. 

But no different licensing tiers for Co-Term organisations. And even for Subscription licensing, IMO not for individual switches.

[robertjubb]

Can you make 2 org work together as one so we can get round the licencing issue-- so have switch in the core i wanted full advanced features and the edges sites enterprise but they can see each other etc between orgs

[KarstenI]

This would be an administrative nightmare. But for switches, it would at least technically work. You would lose the end-to-end troubleshooting, and I wouldn't see real benefits. Which advanced feature are you most interested in? When you say "Core with advanced features", I could only think of Netflow. For that, a 9300 in only Meraki monitoring mode could be a solution. I didn't test it that way but I assume that you could configure NetFlow the manual way, export it to an external collector, and keep Enterprise licensing.

[robertjubb]

found this-- it looks  like - i have a mix of -both- so if i convert to all  PDL-- is the below correct

Meraki MS switch with an Advanced License and another with an Enterprise License in the same organization. However, there are some key considerations:

1. Per-Device Licensing (PDL) – If your Meraki organization is using Per-Device Licensing (PDL), then you can mix different license types (Advanced and Enterprise) within the same organization. Each switch will operate based on its assigned license.

2. Co-Termination Licensing – If your organization is using Co-Termination Licensing, then all devices must have the same license type (either all Enterprise or all Advanced). You cannot mix them in this model

[KarstenI · Accepted solution]

PDL is an abandoned license model; I don't think you can move to that any longer.

[robertjubb]

I'm i ok having the MX on advanced and the MS and MR on Enterprise which sit behind it

[KarstenI]

That is perfectly fine and very common!