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I've inherited a small network with 3 daisy chained switches and 1 meraki fw.There's 4 vlans on the meraki fw. (LAN 1, staff wifi 20, guest wifi 30 and cctv 50).Everything works fine across all 3 switches apart from the cctv vlan.That vlan works fine...
ARGH, just upgraded from a 3650 to a brand new shinny 9300X-48HXN now the POE devices that use to take 29.5 watts are getting allocated 41.8 .Frustrating part is the max they have ever or likely will ever use is under 20 watts. (max was 14.1) I have...
Hi,I am trying to segment a class C ip addresses into a /25 segment and a few /29 segment.I attached the diagram.The equipment connected to layer 2 switch does not getting internet access.What am i missing. Router Configinterface GigabitEthernet0/0ip...
Hi AllI have a question around software download entitlements from CiscoWhen I buy a new switch, say a 9200L with the 3YR DNA licence, with no SmartNet etc, what entitlements do I get to download the software? does the DNA licence give me this entitl...
I have been reading the article below which outlines migration to IOS XE and am not understanding if I need to configure an L3 SVI on our management VLAN prior to performing the upgrade.We currently run a fully layer 2 configuration with no SVI's wha...
So IOS XE 17.18.2 is now listed as the latest stable release for Catalyst switches in the firmware upgrade portal on Meraki dashboard. What's odd is that the older 17.15.4.1 is listed as a stable release candidate. I'd love to understand if 17.18.2 i...
Is ISSU (In-Service Software Upgrade) supported on Cisco Catalyst 9300 switches?Switch Model = C9300X-48TX
I am not an applications person and have not had to deal with something like this in years and interested if I am on the right track. There are customers being groomed from an older network to a new network. The customers reported that the service wa...
I just started replacing my access switches with 9200-L-M's. Everything has been working well for the last month or so. Recently I've had several switches go into a warning with 'Configuration Out of Date' displayed on them. When this happens some of...
Hi Cisco Exprt,I performed IOS Image Distribution for the switches through Cisco DNAC. However, four switches unexpectedly rebooted, and after coming back online, they were running the recommended/new IOS version.Could you please confirm how this is ...
Has anyone seen a software version fix for this bug?
Hi everyone,I've been comparing different switching platforms lately, and one thing I've noticed is that choosing between Cisco and Ubiquiti isn't always as simple as comparing specifications.Cisco offers a lot of depth for larger and more complex en...
Hi AllWe have a pair of 9606R switches with sup 1 cards running stackwise virtual, currently running 17.03.01, we want to upgrade them to 17.15.6.1.can we go straight to this version?2.Any caveats?3.Should we copy the new IOS to both the chassis firs...
Hello, I have a C9300-24P running IOS-XE 17.18.03 that passed the Meraki compatibility check, yet the registration is failing, because I am managing the Catalysts via the dedicated Management Interface (Gig0/0) How can such a feature not support the...
Switches - CS / IOS XE software versions IOS XE 26.1.2 changelogImportant notesAfter upgrading to Cloud Management with IOS XE, it is not possible to downgrade to any CS firmware via Dashboard. In order to downgrade to CS firmware, a factory reset ma...
