High availability with two 5508 WLAN controllers?

Hi all

We are considerung to implement a new wireless solution based on Cisco WLC 5508 and 1262N Access Points. We intend to buy about 30 access points and have two options: either buy a WLC 5508-50 or, for redundancy to, two controllers 5508-25.

Is it possible to configure two WLC 5508 as a high availability solution, so that all access points are distributed on the two WLCs and during breaks WLC one another case manages all the APs?

If we have 30 access points, and one of the two WLC 5508-25 breaks of course that not all access to 30 but only 25 points can be managed by one remaining. Is there some sort of control to choose the access points must be managed and which do not?

How does such a configuration looks like in general, is the implementation of an installation of two controller quite complex or simple?

Thank you!

Michael

Hi Michael,

Do not forget that the 5508 works with a system of licensing. The hardware can support up to 500 APs, but it depends on the license that you put in.

I think 2 5508 with 25 APs license will be more expensive than a 5508 with 50 APs license.

If you have 2 WLCs, the best is NOT to spread access between the WLCs points. In doing so, you increase the complexity of homelessness (WLCs have to discount customers to each other all the time). If your point was to gain speed, it really doesn't matter as the 5508 can have up to 8 Gbit/s of uplink speed and has the ability of UC to treat 50 APs with no problems at all. So I find it best to have all the access points on 1 WLC, then if something goes wrong, all the APs migrate anyway for the other WLC.

If you want 50 APs at a 25-degree WLC failover, you can select who will join Yes. The APs have a priority system, so you assign priorities. If the WLC sees it's full capacity but higher priority APs are trying to join, it will kick down-prio APs for the high prio allow to connect.

WLCs is not exactly "HA." It's just that if you have 2 WLCs work together (as if you had 700 APs and needed to put 2 WLCs) and delivered to customers. Or all APs sat on a WLC and when it breaks down, they join the other available controller.

The only thing to do is to put each WLC in the same group of mobility so that they know.

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