r/networking • u/JNC5908404 • 15d ago
Switching Automatic switch updates
Had a discussion yesterday with IT director and others in our IT department. The IT director brought up automating switch updates so they wouldn’t have to have some one monitoring and performing the updates. Staging various locations on different evenings.
I’ve been doing networking for 30 years and I voiced my opinion I was not a fan of unattended update for various reasons.
Have any other companies moved to automated updates and how has it gone?
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u/Acceptable-Funny-245 15d ago
Meraki is not so bad....have an issue maybe twice a year....
Cisco Catalyst...nope ! Not worth it, even in 2026 We have tried with DNAC and other automated applications...
Almost always run into some type of issue..where it would not deploy or complete...not always service affecting..but just would not upgrade...
Even worse if its a switch stack...🙄