Mixed mode

[DerekLegler]

I love Meraki for branch solutions and campus solutions but i am wondering if people are seeing a mix at the campus.  Mostly Catalyst switches with some Meraki added in simply because of better lead times.  How has that gone for your customers?

[KarstenI · Accepted solution]

I would say that it is a normal situation for all customers that migrate slowly to Meraki. Always when a Switch needs a refresh, it is replaced by a Meraki switch. I have done it both where the core was migrated first and also where the access is migrated first.

Some migrations were more challenging than the others, always because of STP. That always needs good planning and some testing.

[DarrenOC]

Agree with @KarstenI. We have a number of customers whom dip their toe in with Meraki for Wifi first then we revisit by replacing edge switches and then finally their core.

Most refreshes however are full-stack Meraki

[cshaun]

For larger campus deployments, we are seeing most of our customers moving to Meraki for edge switching & Wifi initially, but retaining existing catalyst for core or distribution.  Once they are in the ecosystem, we'll slowly creep into distribution & core when switches reach end of support or when they get access to their budget.