Meraki and Catalyst Center Global Overview At-a-Glance
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Meraki and Catalyst Center Global Overview empowers organizations to achieve comprehensive visibility and control across their entire network infrastructure. By unifying both Meraki cloud-managed and Catalyst Center on-premises environments within a single, integrated dashboard, IT teams can efficiently manage assets, monitor inventory, receive and respond to alerts, and ensure compliance—without the need to switch between multiple platforms.
This intelligent approach streamlines network operations, reduces complexity, and enhances overall operational efficiency, allowing organizations to maximize the value of their technology investments.
As organizations and their networks expand, the integrated dashboard is designed to seamlessly scale, supporting large enterprises with tens of thousands of devices while maintaining the straightforward and intuitive user experience that Meraki is known for. This not only simplifies day-to-day operational tasks but also enables IT teams to proactively address challenges, optimize performance, and drive continuous improvement in network reliability and business outcomes.
● Simplified hybrid management: The seamless integration of Meraki® and Cisco® Catalyst® Center delivers a unified single pane of glass, enabling customers to efficiently operate their entire deployment from a central dashboard. With single sign-on (SSO) and easy cross-launch between platforms, IT teams gain consolidated visibility into network health, performance, and alert summaries. This integrated approach provides holistic operational insights across mixed environments, streamlining management tasks and enhancing IT efficiency.
● Improved efficiency: By consolidating information and tools into a unified interface, IT teams can simplify operations that allow them to proactively resolve issues, optimize performance, and enhance efficiency across the entire network environment.
● Increased scalability with simplicity: As organizations expand and their networks grow, an integrated dashboard enables operations to seamlessly scale—supporting large enterprises with tens of thousands of devices—while maintaining the straightforward and intuitive experience of the Meraki dashboard.
● Global overview with aggregated health alerts: Achieve a real-time global overview of cloud health and operational status by aggregating alerts and events from Catalyst Center and Meraki environments. This enables faster response, effective incident management, and holistic operational insights across mixed environments.
Integrated dashboard of Meraki and Catalyst Center Global Overview
For organizations managing both cloud-based and on-premises networks, the Meraki integration with Catalyst Center delivers a unified management platform that provides seamless visibility and control across complex hybrid IT environments. This dashboard provides consolidated operational insights, assurance and alerts across mixed environments via a single interface, streamlining network operations and increasing overall efficiency.
Unlike competing solutions that force IT teams to navigate multiple disconnected dashboards, this integration offers a holistic and intuitive, consistent experience, simplifying network management for hybrid environments.
With single sign-on, users can easily move between cloud and on-premises systems, while IT teams benefit from consolidated workflows, improved responsiveness, and faster issue resolution. This unified approach not only reduces operational complexity but also empowers organizations to adapt quickly to evolving business needs and technology changes, ensuring consistent performance and reliability across their entire network infrastructure.
For more information, please visit the following:
● Meraki and Catalyst Center Global Overview web page
● Meraki and Catalyst Center Global Overview user guide
● Cisco Catalyst Center web page