Combined Network vs SM

[soomeGUy]

I have been using Meraki for SM up till now for MDM of various ipads, etc. I just bought Meraki hardware and am a little confused as it wont let me mix SM and meraki hardware, is that correcT?

I have SM clients that will be used in the network I just made of meraki hardware (switch, appliance, ap) and I would like to put them all together, this is not possible?

[Philip D'Ath · Accepted solution]

That is correct. You can not combine other network types with Systems Manager.

[soomeGUy]

Thanks, so the best practice is just to create the hardware networks and their corresponding SM networks or do you typically create your hardware networks and dump all SM into a single SM network?

[Philip D'Ath]

I typically create a combined network per physical site for all the Cisco Meraki physical hardware.

I typically create one Systems Manager network for the entire organisation.

[soomeGUy]

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@Philip D'Ath wrote:
I typically create a combined network per physical site for all the Cisco Meraki physical hardware.

I typically create one Systems Manager network for the entire organisation.

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Thanks, I assume there would be no issue creating multiple SM networks though correct? I have multiple separate divisions within the company that i would like to keep completely separate.

[Philip D'Ath]

I've never done it, but I don't see any issue with that.

You could also use tags for this purpose (creating a tag per division) and assign those tags to the devices.