I noticed that in this guide they query the dashboard via SNMP instead of the devices directly, so then the answer is neither... : https://documentation.meraki.com/zGeneral_Administration/Other_Topics/Cisco_Prime_Infrastructure_Integration_Guide_for_Cisco_Meraki That said, you can indeed also query the devices via SNMP. The access credentials of the two are configured in different locations. More info here: https://documentation.meraki.com/zGeneral_Administration/Monitoring_and_Reporting/SNMP_Overview_and_Configuration I'm not sure if PI will allow hostnames to be used. It isn't specified in the docs: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/net_mgmt/prime/infrastructure/3-1/administrator/guide/PIAdminBook/config_server_settings.html In any case you would then also be depending on DNS to be functional for your monitoring, this may not be desirable.
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