Remote 5508 Standby Controller HA-SKU

How does the standby HA-SKU controller that is located remotely miles away maintains it's heartbeat while serving as backup to multiple sites.
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Hi Michael,
There are different deployments of HA with the HA-SKU.
1) You have AP-SSO/Client-SSO this is where the controllers are 1 - 1 sync and not 1 to multiple.
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/controller/technotes/7-5/High_Availability_DG.html
2) You have HA N+1 backup. This is where the WLC turned into HA converts to MAX licenses and acts like a fullly licensed controller. You can back up 1 to many in this design.
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/technology/hi_avail/N1_High_Availability_Deployment_Guide/N1_HA_Overview.html
Hope this helps
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I'm assuming then, when I update the software on the controllers I won't be able to choose which controller is primary for an AP anymore and will lose access to the 100 AP licenses (and the capability to have 100 AP's registered, 100 licenses on each Controller).
Read the Deployment Guide. It should mention that you can choose which controller is the "primary" and which one is the "secondary".
If I'm not concerned about quick failover can I still assign a primary and secondary controller for each AP and utilize all 200 AP licenses that are split between the 2 controllers?
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AIR-LAP1310G-E-K9 acces point not joining to 5508 wlan controller

Hi,
I have Cisco AIR-LAP1310G-E-K9 access point and 5508 wlan controller with version 7.0.220 and it is joining to the WLAN controller. I have enabled dhcp in the lan controller and i dont have external dns server. How to fix this issue? Can this LAN controller version will support this access point?
My Lan Controller Management IP Address is 10.10.10.5
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AP001d.4513.dd68#reload
Proceed with reload? [confirm]
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%LWAPP-5-CHANGED: LWAPP changed state to DOWNXmodem file system is available.
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flashfs[0]: Bytes used: 2052608
flashfs[0]: Bytes available: 5688832
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cisco AIR-LAP1310G-E-K9R   (PowerPCElvis) processor (revision A0) with 24566K/8192K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID FHK1133E002
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LWAPP image version 3.0.51.0
1 FastEthernet interface
32K bytes of flash-simulated non-volatile configuration memory.
Base ethernet MAC Address: 00:1D:45:13:DD:68
Part Number                          : 73-8960-09
PCA Assembly Number                  : 800-24963-06
PCA Revision Number                  : A0
PCB Serial Number                    : FOC113000V7
Top Assembly Part Number             : 800-28479-05
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AP001d.4513.dd68>
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AP001d.4513.dd68>

Your debug is very telling ..
AP001d.4513.dd68>
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AP001d.4513.dd68>
What are you using to tell the AP where the contoller lives ? Since you are consoled into the ap you can use the -> capwap ap controller ip address
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I have two wlc 5508 with HA mode, If unfortunally redudndent link disconnected and standby wlc goes to mantainance mode.
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monoj wrote:
Dear All,
My database version is 10.2.0.1.0(production) and Operating System Linux x86-64 OS Version Red Hat Enterprise 4
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Just the local DR should get converted into logical standby database
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http://i55.tinypic.com/w145zk.png
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Thanks for response.
Richard

Hello Richard,
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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/wireless/ps6302/ps8322/ps10315/qa_c67-714540.html
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