12-30-2020 07:50 AM - edited 07-05-2021 12:57 PM
My company has a number of large sites with numerous wiring cabinets and, often multiple switches in a stack configuration.
During a recent equipment refresh discussion the question came up as to whether to place all AP connections on one switch or to distribute them across multiple switches already in the stack. . We have some folks who believe that having all AP's connect to a separate switch in each cabinet will simplify and speed up troubleshooting but the cost of 500 or so additional switches seems to be financially unsound.
I've been looking for a best-practice to provide guidance to our team but I haven't seen anything specific in the Cisco Design Guides. Can someone point me to a published recommendation?
12-30-2020 07:54 AM - edited 12-30-2020 07:55 AM
AP need PoE, so Distribute your AP in different component of the Switch will be good in terms of PoE and also redundancy - in case one of the stack member go down, other can still be able to serve the purpose still.
personally i do this. (this is exmapl only - your case may be different)
in the floor you have 4 AP
1 2 3 4
1 and 3 in - switch1 in stack
2 and 4 in switch 2 in stack , this will cover whole floor
12-30-2020 08:29 AM
12-30-2020 08:37 AM
I do not believe you find this in CVD, the CVD only show you best practice, Power requirement, placing AP is whole business choice.
but i do agree and wait we get any document reference (happy learning myself)- if you looking some stamp from cisco.
12-30-2020 09:51 AM
12-30-2020 03:28 PM
That kind of thinking is "old school".
There is one important reason why we stopped entertaining this sort of thinking: PoE allowance.
We "distribute" the APs to different members of the stack so PoE allowance does not all get used up in one switch member.
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