Mobility groups between WLC 4400 & 5500

Can I configure a mobility groups between 4404 Wireless LAN Controllers and 5500 Wireless LAN Controllers?
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Yes, the platform doesn't matter. The code used to matter but recent versions are ok between each others.
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Mobility groups between WLC 2106 & 5500

Can I configure a mobility groups between 2106 Wireless LAN Controller and 5500 Wireless LAN Controllers?
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Mobility group between controller 4400 and virtual wlc

Hello everybody...
I read the configuration guide about the 7.3 release. And I figured out that you will need a hash key for establishing a mobility group relation between a controller and a virtual controller. The 7.3 release for the 5500 series works fine for me.
But the latest release 7.0.235.0 for the wireless lan controller series 4400 does not have a functionality to add a hash key while creating a new mobility group member.
The command "config mobility group member hash" is totally missing.
Does anybody have an idea how to establish a mobility group between a 4400 controller and a virtual then?
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The vWLC is out since yesterday.
We installed it in our lab and the deployment guide is out now, too.
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Can we create Mobility group between WISM2 and WLC 5500

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I need your feedback urgent please,
Can we create Mobility Group between WISM2 and WLC 5500
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Hi,
Controllers do not have to be of the same model to be a member of a mobility group. Mobility groups can be comprised of any combination of controller platforms.
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WLC mobility group between 4404 and 5508 controllers

Mobility 'Control and Data Path Down' between 4404 and 5508 WLC's.
Hello, we have 5 x 4404 WLC's running 7.0.240.0 with mobility configured fine between them.
We have installed a 5508 with HA running 7.4.110.0, and have tried to add it to the mobility group, however we see 'Control and Data Path Down' between the new 5508 and all the 4404 controllers.
All controllers have:
The same virtual address
Management interfaces are in the same VLAN, and indeed all the controllers connect via the same pair of 3750X stacked switches.
The default mobility domain name is the same
4404 output when issung the command 'show mobility summary'
Symmetric Mobility Tunneling (current) .......... Enabled
Symmetric Mobility Tunneling (after reboot) ..... Enabled
Mobility Protocol Port........................... 16666
Default Mobility Domain.......................... SGH-Mobility
Multicast Mode .................................. Disabled
Mobility Domain ID for 802.11r................... 0xe209
Mobility Keepalive Interval...................... 10
Mobility Keepalive Count......................... 3
Mobility Group Members Configured................ 6
Mobility Control Message DSCP Value.............. 0
5508 ouput when issueing the command 'show mobility summary'
Mobility Architecture ........................... Flat
Mobility Protocol Port........................... 16666
Default Mobility Domain.......................... SGH-Mobility
Multicast Mode .................................. Disabled
Mobility Domain ID for 802.11r................... 0xe209
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Mobility Keepalive Count......................... 3
Mobility Group Members Configured................ 6
Mobility Control Message DSCP Value.............. 0
I've spent quite some time double checking all the configurations to no avail.
Has anybody seen this problem before?
Kind regards
Dave Bell

Thanks Sandeep.
I am well versed with WLC's and mobility, however trying to add a 5508 to a mobility group with 4404's has come up with a bit of a curve ball.
All the 4404 controllers all joined the mobility group fine, no problems at all - its only the 5508 I am struggling with.
In theory its simple, populate the IP address, and MAC addres of the management interface of the remote WLC, as long as the management interfaces are in the same VLAN, and the Default Mobility Domain Name are the same it should come up.
Interestingly I have found the 5508 reports its own management interface MAC address incorrectly when viewing the Mobility Groups:
For example:
{Screen shot WLC1.jpg}
5508 management address is 10.95.x.x and when viewing the Mobility Management screen it shows its own MAC address as bc:16:65:f9:37:60.
however!
From our router is I do an sh arp | i 10.95.x.x (controller management address), I see:f872.eaee.becf.
{Screen shot wlc2.jpg}
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I have changed the other WLC's to the MAC adress seen on the network for the new controller, aka changed from
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f8:72:ea:ee:be:cf
I now see the controllers reporting the mobility with the new controller as 'Control Path Down', however I am at a loss as to what may be causing this?
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WLC 4400 - 5500

In the Wireless LAN Controller 4400 series the configuration was not automatically synchronized between the same group of mobility of controllers, the configuration was done manually in each WLC, In the 5500 WLC is the same or the configuration is synchronized between them automatically?

Hi Ricardo,
Hope all is well my friend
With the 5500 series of WLC's the config's are NOT
synchronized between them automatically. Same as the 4400's.
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Mobility Groups Between...

Hi experts,
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Thanks for you replay,
please correct me, i understand over your replay that directly this versiosn is not supported, for compatibility to work must be in sequence as is release from CISCO, see the image.
The WLC 2112 with CODE version 7.0.235.0 is only compatible with version such as 7.2.x and 7.4.x right?
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Wlc mobility group

HI,
How many WLCs 5508 can you add to the mobility group?

WLC code 5.1 and above we can add 24 WLC in a single mobility Group..
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/controller/7.0/configuration/guide/c70mobil.html#wp1093878
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00:1e:4a:fa:68:c0 x.x.x.10 brf Control and Data Path Down
00:1e:4a:fa:68:e0 x.x.x.42 brf Control Path Down
00:1e:4a:fa:99:60 x.x.x.15 brf Up
00:1e:4a:fa:99:80 x.x.x.47 brf Control Path Down
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00:1e:4a:fa:68:c0 x.x.x.10 brf Up
00:1e:4a:fa:68:e0 x.x.x.42 brf Control and Data Path Down
00:1e:4a:fa:99:60 x.x.x.15 brf Control and Data Path Down
00:1e:4a:fa:99:80 x.x.x.47 brf Control and Data Path Down
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WLC 5500 mobility group failover

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I have a Question i am testing mobility group with
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What do you mean by "convers". An AP will only join one wlc and when that primary wlc is no longer available, should failover to the other/secondary wlc. Mobility is required for an AP to know about all the other APs in that mobility group. And if not configured correct, your AP will only be able to join that wlc.
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4400 and 5500 in same mobility group

Hello
Has anyone experience or know if its possible to join 4400 wlc and 5508 to the same mobility group? Can't find much info out there, just want to find out if there are any gotchas.
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Yes you can but reference this link.
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WLC 4400 - Different minor versions same mobility group?

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Yes it will be an issue. You have to remember that the AP gets it firmware from the WLC image. So if an AP has to mi e from one to the other, it will either upgrade or downgrade each time. Best practice is to keep the firmware the same.
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Mobility group same ssid multiple WLC

I have a 4400 and a 5508 WLC in the same location
We want to be able to roam between ap joined to both the 4400 and the 5508 using only one ssid
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Or something else?

Resolution :
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We have a site with a WLC 4400 and we would like to setup a Controller failover. The WLC 4400 is EOS/EOL and the replacement available is WLC 5508. Can someone advice me on how to configure these units in Primary /Secondary mode so that if any of the Controllers fail, the other one can take over?
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Hi Akil,
You are most welcome
Yes, you can configure 4400's and 5500's in a redundant configuration, but both should be runningthe
same code version. I believe the latest version that is compatible for both is 7.0.220.0.
this is the last version that supports the 4400 series.
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Note
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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/controller/7.0/configuration/guide/c70mobil.html
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Differences Between WLC 2000 and 4400 series

Besides the supported number of access points, what are the differences in features between the WLC 2000 and 4400 series?

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