When the device disconnected from Meraki，the smartport feature is work or not?

[Wyi]

If the device is disconnected from the Meraki cloud, will the smartports function still take effect on the device?
For example, the device disconnected from the Meraki cloud，if an AP is connected to an interface of a switch, will smartport automation be executed and deliver the corresponding interface policy?

[cmr]

Smartports could be used with an AP, but all connected devices would be in the same VLAN as the AP.  It is generally designed for client devices.

[PhilipDAth]

I am having trouble understanding your question.  Could you try asking it in a different way?

[Wyi]

If the device is disconnected from the Meraki cloud, will the smart ports function still take effect on the device?
For example, if an AP is connected to an interface of a switch, will smart port automation be executed and deliver the corresponding interface policy?

[alemabrahao]

How a SmartPorts Automation Works

A SmartPorts Automation inspects the incoming traffic on a switch port for user-defined match conditions and applies different configurations to the switch port, depending on which conditions are matched. The configurations to be applied upon a match are defined using SmartPorts Profiles.

A match condition is a combination of Match type and Match criteria. Match type is the kind of information a switch will look into in the traffic received on the port. Supported match types are LLDP system description and MAC address. Match criteria is one or more, comma-separated values to be matched for the selected match type. 

Match criteria support the use of * (asterisk) as a wild card. The supported syntaxes for match criteria are: 

1. A case sensitive string for the LLDP system description value(s), such as Meraki MV32 Cloud Managed Security Camera or Meraki MV*.

2. MAC address in any of the following formats: aabbccddeeff, aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff, aa-bb-cc-dd-ee-ff, aabb.ccdd.eeff. Wildcards can be used with any of the formats for a generic match such as aa:bb:cc*.

An Automation is a sequence of rules, each of which is a collection of one or more match conditions. Match conditions in a rule operate as a logical AND. That is, all conditions in a rule should match for the rule to be considered a match. For this reason, a match type can be used only once per rule. For example, multiple match conditions for LLDP system description cannot be added in a single rule. If there are multiple LLDP system description values, they should be entered as comma-separated values in the match criteria instead. Values provided in the match criteria operate as a logical OR, which means that any one of them being matched will be sufficient for the condition to be considered a match.

A rule, when matched, applies a single profile to the switch port. Each automation allows a default action to be used if no rules are matched. The default action can be used to apply a specific profile on the ports or leave their configuration unmodified.

When an automation is enabled on a switch port, the switch monitors the traffic coming in on the port for a short period of time after the port is enabled or a connection is detected on it. At the end of the monitoring period, the profile mapped to the rule that has been matched is applied to the port. If multiple rules are matched, the rule with the lowest sequence number in the automation is considered as the match.

https://documentation.meraki.com/Switching/MS_-_Switches/Design_and_Configure/Configuration_Guides/P...

[Wyi]

I want know If the device is disconnected from the Meraki, will the smartports function still take effect on the device?

[alemabrahao]

What device? The switch? 

It's still unclear.

If you're talking about removing the switch from the dashboard, it will no longer work because the switch's settings will be lost.

[Wyi]

If the device is disconnected from the Meraki cloud, will the smart ports function still take effect on the device?
For example, if an AP is connected to an interface of a switch, will smart port automation be executed and deliver the corresponding interface policy?

[cmr]

Ah, I see.  So you want to know if you create a smartports automation for a device (for example a device with MAC address starting as:bb:cc*) and the switch then loses contact with the Meraki cloud, does the automation still work.

To be honest I haven't tested that, but will see if I can and report here.

[Wyi]

yes you get.  wait you messge😀

[alemabrahao]

Meraki switches are designed to continue running normally during cloud loss, forwarding traffic indefinitely as long as the license is valid.

Behavior during Connection Loss to Cisco Meraki Cloud - Cisco Meraki Documentation

They also continue to operate with their last known secure configuration, which includes any SmartPorts profiles already applied.