Cisco Meraki
Micetro integrates with Cisco Meraki to organize and customize DDI for remote office networks. It helps coordinate and manage important IP resources and network data on the Cisco Meraki platform, such as IP ranges, addresses, VLANs, and DHCP settings. This ensures efficient mapping and management of these elements within the Micetro system.
An admin user can configure synchronization parameters for your Meraki integration in Advanced System Settings.
This section provides an overview of managing your Meraki network infrastructure with Micetro.
Tip
For information about how to set up a connection between Micetro and Meraki, see the instructions on how to add a cloud service to Micetro.
Viewing Your Meraki Infrastructure
When you have added your Meraki environment to Micetro, your networks will appear on the IPAM page. Micetro retrieves DHCP data from all networks that have an MX appliance.
VLANs and single LANs are displayed as scope instances on the IPAM view. The tabs at the bottom of the filtering sidebar on the left allow you to filter on a DHCP service level. Each Meraki network is displayed as a DHCP service, so you can use this filter to limit the view to the VLANs/single LANs of a specific network:
Double-clicking a scope in the IPAM view opens the IP Address view for that scope, where you can monitor the status of all IP addresses within it. Network clients are shown as leases in the view. For more information about the IP address view, see Viewing Networks.
For more information about how Meraki data is displayed in Micetro, see Mapping of Meraki objects to Micetro.
Overlapping LANs
In some Meraki environments, LANs on different networks may share the same IP address range. When multiple LANs share the same IP range, they are displayed in Micetro as overlapping scope instances.
Double-clicking a scope opens a scope instance selector in the IP Address view. This selector allows you to switch between different instances of the scope. Selecting a different scope instance updates the IP Address view to show the status of the IP addresses for the selected instance.
Updating Meraki DHCP Configuration via Micetro
Because Micetro’s connection with Meraki is bidirectional, you con perform some of the most common Meraki DHCP management tasks directly through Micetro, including:
Note
Micetro only allows updates to VLAN networks. For single LAN networks, use the Meraki dashboard.
Creating DHCP Reservations
You can create a DHCP reservation through the IP Address view in Micetro.
Select an IP address in the grid and either click Reserve on the top toolbar or select Create DHCP reservation on the Row … menu for the IP address.
Give the reservation a Name and enter the Hardware Address (MAC).
To create a DHCP reservation through the API, use the following endpoint:
POST /dhcpScopes/{ownerRef}/dhcpReservations
Editing and Deleting Reservations
You can also edit or delete a DHCP reservation through Micetro from the IP Address view.
To edit or delete a reservation:
Select an IP address that has an existing reservation in the grid.
Using the Action or Row … menu, select Edit DHCP reservation to modify the reservation or Delete DHCP reservation(s) to delete it.
To update or delete DHCP reservations through the API, use the following endpoints:
PUT /dhcpReservations/{dhcpReservationRef}DELETE /dhcpReservations/{dhcpReservationRef}
Editing DHCP Scope Options
You can manage your DHCP options on a scope level through Micetro.
To manage DHCP options
Select the scope in the IPAM view.
Using the Action or the Row … menu, select Edit scope options.
In the dialog box, you can view the options for the scope and update them, if necessary.
To update the DHCP scope options through the API, use the following endpoint:
PUT /dhcpScopes/{ref}/options
Adding DHCP Exclusions
You can manage excluded address ranges for your DHCP scopes through Micetro.
To create an exclusion:
Select the relevant scope.
Using the Action or the Row … menu, select Manage DHCP pools.
Click Add exclusion.
In the Add exclusion dialog box, enter the range of addresses to be excluded in the From and To fields. All addresses within this range, including the start and end addresses, will be excluded.
To create a DHCP exclusion through the API, use the following endpoint:
POST /dhcpScopes/{ownerRef}/dhcpExclusions
Editing and Removing Exclusions
To edit or remove an existing exclusion:
In the Manage DHCP pools dialog box, select the exclusion you want to edit or remove.
Using the exclusion’s Row … menu, select Edit to modify the exclusion or Remove to delete it.
To update or remove DHCP exclusions through the API, use the following endpoints:
PUT /dhcpExclusions/{dhcpExclusionRef}DELETE /dhcpExclusions/{dhcpExclusionRef}
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