Cisco 8000 Series Routers and Meraki Compatibility

[Sam_Adams]

I'm just curious when the Meraki compatibility will be in effect for the Newly announced Cisco 8000 series routers. A slide at Cisco Live shows that this is happening, but didn't mention any timeframes or how these would be licensed. We have a mix of MX64s and MX67s are 200+ Sites and while the MX67 isn't EOS (Yet), we would like to have some knowledge on if this will work with our existing Subscription Enterprise Agreement since the MX64 is going EOL in 2027. The current replacement for the MX64 is the MX67 and that's now 7 years old. So, I don't think that replacing old equipment with 7 year old equipment would be a good idea, especially if there's new equipment coming soon that will but us another 7 years of support and updates. 

[RWelch]

Thanks for sharing the slides above - I guess "a takeaway" is at least the Meraki Dashboard will survive even if Meraki hardware morphs to Cisco.  Sad (news), but at least it's informative. 👋 👋 👋

[RaphaelL]

The current replacement for the MX64 is the MX67 and that's now 7 years old. So, I don't think that replacing old equipment with 7 year old equipment would be a good idea

Indeed , but since the MX67/68 are not EOS yet , they still have another 5 years at minimum to be supported. I expect the successor of the MX67/68 to be much more powerful but I'm afraid that won't be the case for a couple years. Unless a big surprise is coming , but I doubt it.

[cmr]

@RaphaelL, supported yes, but getting new release trains, maybe not.  Look at the MR55, EoL August 2027, but can't use the latest firmware in May 2025...

[RWelch]

Wow - what a shame (a 27-month disparity).😥

[RaphaelL]

Same for the older MX ( 64-65-84 ) they can't run the newer train but "might" receive updates though the supported train. it's a shame to have support but no new releases.

[PhilipDAth]

Wow, 7 years went by quickly.  I had to double-check.

I don't see a powerful need to replace the MX67 at this stage.  What would they change?

I would be very surprised if IOS-XE routers became Meraki managed, but who knows.  🙂

The slide seems to indicate that is the end goal.

[DarrenOC]

Agree with you @PhilipDAth.  The ISRs run way too many feature sets to be taken under the Meraki umbrella.  Do we see a future where a Cisco CUBE is managed by the dashboard as that sits within the collaboration portfolio?

[Mloraditch]

I believe the goal is this product line will be the Meraki firewall product line eventually but in the near term the only thing above getting Meraki compatibility will be an 8455 model which is actually just a rebadge of the MX650 coming in the Fall

From what I gathered, the software situation here is much more complex than the wireless or the switches.