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2022

Let's upgrade Cisco SD-WAN

Cisco SD-WAN

I've long raved about how easy it is to perform an upgrade to the components of Cisco SD-WAN. Join me as we upgrade to the new gold star - 20.6.3 for the Viptela components with 17.6.3a for the cEdge.

The environment is currently running the previous gold star release of Cisco SD-WAN:

  • vManage/vSmart/vBond 20.3.5
  • vEdge 20.3.5
  • IOS-XE (cEdge) 17.3.4a

The environment is fairly straightforward, with Cisco cloud deployed controllers, including 2 vSmart and 2 vBond. There is a single vEdge 1000 left, and the rest of the devices are a mix of cEdge - specifically ISR4331, ISR4431, and Catalyst 8300.

Catalyst on Meraki: Getting Started

Catalyst on Mearki

Two Catalyst 9300 switches monitored in Meraki Dashboard

Cisco Live 2022 represents the birth of "Catalyst on Meraki", a new feature that brings traditional Cisco Catalyst hardware into the Meraki Dashboard. You have the option to use two 'modes' of operation: