Dave The IT Guy & his Meraki Switches

9:00 AM

Meet Dave, the IT guy.

Dave arrives at the office, ready to start the day.

9:02 AM

Dave clicks into the alerting switch to see what is causing the error.

He finds that port four on the switch is down.

9:04 AM

The test reveals that the cable running to port four is physically damaged.

The broken cable needs to be replaced.

9:09 AM

Bob knows which cable to replace, thanks to the cable test.

A few minutes later, Bob has replaced the broken cable with a new one.

9:12 AM

Dave takes a break to grab a quick cup of coffee.

He kicks off the rest of
his day.

11:01 AM

Dave goes to the dashboard client
overview page.

He checks the app usage graphs.

11:03 AM

Dave uses the dashboard’s QoS settings.

He gives priority to VoIP over
non-work traffic.

12:30 PM

Dave gets a burger for his
lunch break.

It provides him some energy to take on the rest of his day at work.

3:02 PM

Using the dashboard's clone configuration feature, Dave is able to clone switch settings.

He clones existing settings to the new switches.

3:06 PM

The dynamic topology in the dashboard automatically updates.

After a few moments, the new switches show up in the topology.

9:01 AM

Dave checks his Meraki dashboard's overview page.

One of the branch location pins is showing a network error.

9:03 AM

Using the dashboard's built-in live tools, Dave is able to do some remote troubleshooting.

Dave runs a cable test on
port four.

9:05 AM

Bob is a non-IT worker on-site at the location.

Dave makes a call to Bob,
and informs him about the
broken cable.

9:10 AM

The dashboard updates the overview
page automatically.

Within a few moments, all the
pins on the map are now back
to green.

11:00 AM

Dave receives an email about someone experiencing poor
call quality.

He signs into the Meraki dashboard to see what the problem could be.

11:02 AM

Dave finds out that the bandwidth is at capacity.

The network is is too congested with traffic.

11:04 AM

The voice quality is now fixed.

The phone calls are now clear and stable.

3:00 PM

New switches were ordered for installation at a remote branch.

Dave is notified that the switches just arrived at the location.

3:05 PM

Dave tells Bob that the settings are cloned.

Bob plugs in the new switches onsite at the branch location.

5:00 PM

It's the end of the day!

Dave celebrates a productive day and goes home.