HA with different WLC

[Jose Arango]

Hi team, It is possible to configure a WLC 5508 as the primary controller and a WLC 5670 as secondary?

Best regards
Jose

[Ric Beeching]

Hi Jose,

I don't think you'd be able to configure them in a HA pair but you *could* have one as a primary and one as a secondary. However, the two models are very different with the 5508 using Unified and the 5670 using Converged Access. With the architectures being so different I think you would find it quite problematic to setup a smooth HA in this scenario but maybe some of the experts can comment to confirm..

[mohanak]

Yes. The N+1 standby can be the same or a different model of wireless LAN controller. For example, the primary can be a Cisco 5508, while the N+1 standby is a Cisco 8510 Wireless Controller. Note that in such a scenario you do not get the access point stateful failover functionality

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/wireless/aironet-1130-ag-series/qa_c67-714540.pdf