Cisco Meraki Local Status Page: Campus Gateway

Campus Gateway LSP Overview

This article covers the features, configuration options, and access methods available on the Cisco Meraki Local Status Page (LSP) for Meraki Campus Gateways. It outlines how to use the LSP for monitoring device health, configuring uplink and VLAN settings, managing adaptive policy tagging, viewing switchport, access point, and client information, troubleshooting issues, and performing device reload or factory reset operations. The default username is "admin" and the password is the Serial Number/Cloud ID.

Accessing the Campus Gateway Local Status Page 

In order to access the local status page DHCP is typically provided by the service port, otherwise, configure a device with the following IP settings, and then browse the address in a web browser or "mcg.meraki.com".
IP address: 198.18.0.2
Subnet mask:255.255.255.240
DNS: 198.18.0.1

To physically access the Local Status Page on a Meraki Campus Gateway, the service port should be used, NOT the console port on the left hand side of the back-panel. The console port does NOT provide access to the LSP and has no use on a Meraki Campus Gateway. The service port is labeled SP as seen below: 

Campus Gateway Local Status Page Options

Campus Gateway provides the following information and configuration options on the local status page:

• Connection Summary
  
  On the home page of the LSP, the user gets an overview of the status of the key Campus Gateway components. 
  • MCG Details: Get key information about the CG, such as Meraki Network, CG chassis name, and MAC Address.
  • Cisco Meraki Cloud: Quickly view the connection status to Dashboard
  • Client Connection: IP address of the client used to access the LSP
  • Device Summary: The total number of APs tunneling to the CG and the number of clients connected
  • System Resources: View the CPU and Memory utilization of the CG as well as the temperature of the chassis. The status of each power supply will also be shown.
     
• Configuration
  • Uplink Configuration
    
    The user can configure the following uplink settings:
    • VLAN
    • IP Address
    • Gateway
    • DNS server(s)
       

The Campus Gateway will use these to connect to Dashboard if DHCP does not work or is not configured. As all the ports are configured in a single L2 port-channel, this will configure the L3 VLAN interface (SVI) for management connectivity.

• Adaptive Policy

In the event the Adaptive Policy is configured in the network and Campus Gateway is unable to connect to the upstream network and Dashboard due to Campus Gateway not having infrastructure Adaptive Policy enabled (uplink port is not configured with the correct SGT), the LSP can be used to enable uplink traffic to be tagged with the correct SGT, typically a value of 2.

• Ports Page
  
  The Admin and Operational status of all the ports as well as their VLAN configurations are shown. This can be used to verify the pushed configuration from Meraki Dashboard if any issues appear.
   
• Access Points Page
  
  The list of all the APs tunneling to the Campus Gateway will be shown as well as their respective MAC and IP addresses.
   
• Clients Page
  
  The list of all the clients that connect to the centralized SSIDs as well as which SSIDs and VLANs the clients are connected to. Anything other than the Run state for client state will indicate an issue in client connectivity.
   
• Support Bundle Creation
  In the event of any issues on the Campus Gateway, Meraki Support may ask for a support bundle to be generated on the CG for debugging purposes.
  
  Step 1: Click Generate to begin the Support Bundle creation process. This will take a few minutes to complete.
  
  
  Step 2: Once completed, click Download to get the generated tar.gz file and share this with Meraki Support.
  
  
  
   
• Reset and Reload Campus Gateway
  
  Campus Gateway can quickly be reloaded or completely factory reset using the LSP. Click on the respective button to do so.