The cost of the licenses is an issue if just looked as an expense.   If Total Cost of Ownership is considered, the license cost becomes less of an issue.   - Dave ... View more

Then, why would Meraki put those steps in the Best Practices document ?    ... View more

Also check out this repository of automation scripts: https://github.com/meraki/automation-scripts    In particular, this one can migrate Catalyst 3k switch configs (3750, etc): https://github.com/meraki/automation-scripts/blob/master/migrate_cat3k/migrate_cat3k.py  ... View more