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Hello Paul,

Thank you for your request. The 2 local- and cloud-mode of management for the switches are not compatible and cannot be active at the same time.

The reason is coming from the automated intelligence (Instant On Automated Intelligence) developed in the cloud management portal. This AI handles and maintains, on the operator's behalf, a great deal of end-to-end network site homogeneity and consistency between switches which helps with the network stability. It follows the network configuration blueprint Instant On has adopted for easy deployment and SMBs benefits satisfying a good majority, outside of more complex designs requiring the configuration granularity enabled with local management. This network aware AI is not and cannot be implemented in the device itself, and therefore, the local management and configuration of a given switch in isolation could break the consistency the cloud management portal does enforce.

A choice is required between more automation from the cloud management and less configuration options, versus full granularity of configuration switch by switch, yet more network expertise from the operation team.

Best regards

Hello Paul,

Thank you for your request. The 2 local- and cloud-mode of management for the switches are not compatible and cannot be active at the same time.

The reason is coming from the automated intelligence (Instant On Automated Intelligence) developed in the cloud management portal. This AI handles and maintains, on the operator's behalf, a great deal of end-to-end network site homogeneity and consistency between switches which helps with the network stability. It follows the network configuration blueprint Instant On has adopted for easy deployment and SMBs benefits satisfying a good majority, outside of more complex designs requiring the configuration granularity enabled with local management. This network aware AI is not and cannot be implemented in the device itself, and therefore, the local management and configuration of a given switch in isolation could break the consistency the cloud management portal does enforce.

A choice is required between more automation from the cloud management and less configuration options, versus full granularity of configuration switch by switch, yet more network expertise from the operation team.

Best regards