Thanks for your support. Really appreciate it. ... View more

Yea, I have had this go sideways. and LOL, Cisco TO Cisco does not migrate (like v 7 -> 9 firmware). Besides the - there are certain things Cisco DOES NOT DO that other firewalls will do. BASICALLY - Cisco wants each service to have it's own IP address. If you only have 1 IP and lots of different services - GL. My issue was the FTP server. Cisco wants you to have a different IP for that. It could do what the old one did, but it was an undocumented feature and I had to call support to get it going. This was going to a Cisco FW AP, not Meraki. The Meraki is more simplified / more streamlined and has less features. Not to say you need these features ... View more

@Acepak1 we have replaced about 20x WS-C3850-48P and -24P with MS355-48X and 24X so far and it has generally gone very well.  In most ways they are an upgrade and you could consider a lesser switch such as an MS250 if you don't want mGig or QSFP+ ports.  As we wanted both the MS355s were a no-brainer.  Do be aware that you cannot run the same level of access lists on the MS switches as you can on the Catalyst models that you are replacing. ... View more