Quick Start Guide: Cloud Monitoring for Catalyst Wireless
Before you begin
Cloud Monitoring for Catalyst Wireless is a Meraki Dashboard Early Access Feature. Before you can add your wireless controller to dashboard you have to Opt-in to Cloud Monitoring for Catalyst Wireless. Go to Organization > Early access to enable.
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Cloud Monitoring for Catalyst Wireless Requirements
Full Onboard Guides
Cloud Monitoring Catalyst 9800 Dashboard Provisioned Configurations
Connecting Catalyst 9800 Wireless Controller to Dashboard
Adding Catalyst 9800 Wireless Controller and Access Points to Dashboard
Troubleshooting Onboarding Issues
Troubleshooting Dashboard Connectivity to Catalyst 9800 Wireless Controllers
Connect the Wireless Controller to Dashboard
Navigate to Configuration > Services > Cloud Services > Meraki in the Web UI to connect the C9800 wireless controller to the dashboard:
Click the Meraki Connect button to ENABLE the Tunnel and click Apply.
Refresh the page and copy the Cloud ID of the C9800 wireless controller. If this is an HA-SSO pair, copy the Cloud ID of each Chassis.
Onboard the Wireless Controller to the Meraki Dashboard
Go to Cloud Monitoring Catalyst 9800 Dashboard Provisioned Configurations to view all the configurations dashboard will provision to the C9800.
Claim the Wireless Controller to Organization
Login to dashboard and navigate to Organization > Configure > Inventory
Click + Claim devices.
Enter the C9800 wireless controller’s Meraki Serial Number (Cloud ID). For HA-SSO C9800 enter the serial number for each C9800 in the pair.
Add the Wireless Controller to a Network
From the Organization > Configure > Inventory page, check the box next to the C9800 wireless controller to add to a network. For HA-SSO C9800 enter the box for each C9800 in the pair.
Click Add to network.
If you have an existing dashboard network to add the wireless controller to, select Existing network and choose the name of the network from the drop-down.
To create and add the wireless controller a new network select New network. Name the network and choose the network configuration.
Click Next.
Choose an access point dashboard network assignment policy for the wireless controller.
Select Single network if ALL access points are in the same physical LAN topology. Choose an Existing network or New network and name the new network.
Select Different networks (by site tag) if the dashboard should create and assign access points to dashboard networks using the site tag they are configured for in the wireless controller.
Click Next.
Enter the wireless controller username and password for dashboard to use to perform the required dashboard configuration provisioning.
Select the check box to acknowledge that the dashboard will access the wireless controller to do the configuration provisioning.
Click Next.
Confirm the wireless controller network assignment and the access point dashboard network assignment policy as well as the credentials required.
Click Confirm.
