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- The user generating the Meraki Management Station API access key must have organizational-level read access.
The Process
- Configure the Meraki integration in Asset Manager.
The Asset Manager system calls the Meraki API and processes its responses.
Asset Manager synthesizes the responses and then either creates or updates a device on Asset Manager.
IF the device . . . THEN . . . AND . . . Does not exist on Asset Manager Asset Manager records the response with scan type "external" and adds the device to the Asset Manager database. Adds the attribute "externalSource" with the value "Meraki Management Station"
Device becomes a discovery target and follows the same algorithm as though it were any device discovered in Asset Manager.
Already exists on Asset Manager Asset Manager retains the device. The response entry on Asset Manager includes the Asset Manager scan type (e.g., Host Discovery) and "external" for the Meraki scan type. Asset Manager Device Details shows both Host and External as the discovery scan type.
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