Converged Access Wireless Configuration

[Salvador Antonio Quintanilla Mendoza]

hi!,

    I'm kind a new on this "converged access" mode of configuration and I have a few questions...

My scenario: 2 wlc (5508 software 7.6) working on HA on site A.... normal deploy of wireless on that site (nothing new)... Site B with 3650 switches that will be mobility agents connected to the main controller in SITE A (thats the new for me)...

As i know, the APs needs to be connected directly to the 3650, and the AP will be registed to that switch in order to managing locally the CAPWAP.

Question: To start a simple wlan configuration, do i need to create the SSID on the WLC and every switch? or the configuration will be replicated from the WLC?

thanks in advance...

[Rasika Nayanajith]

Here is my suggestions.

Ensure one of 3650 on site B act as MC  & others as MA (if you have multiple 3650 on that site). Do not use site A 5508 as MC for site B 3650 MAs. (from AireOS 8.1 onward this is not going to work). Follow this document for some design guidelines

http://wirelessonthego.postach.io/post/best-practices-and-golden-configs-converged-access-branch-deployment

In converged access all MA switches should have same WLAN configurations. From 3.7.x code onward you can use PI template to push this configuration. In previous IOS-XE codes it has to do via manual configuration (GUI or CLI)

Below posts may useful to you as well

http://mrncciew.com/2013/09/29/getting-started-with-3850/

http://mrncciew.com/2013/12/04/wlan-config-in-3850-part-1/

http://mrncciew.com/2013/12/06/wlan-config-with-3850-part-2/

http://mrncciew.com/2013/12/14/3850ma-with-5760mc/

HTH

Rasika

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[Salvador Antonio Quintanilla Mendoza]

Thanks sr, but i need to use the 5508 as a MC because that WLC has all the licences for the new APs for the site B. 

[Rasika Nayanajith]

If there is no any other option you can start with like that. but you have to get a 3650 with some AP license & make it MC going forward.

Keep your 5508 with 8.0.x code in order to support this MC role.

HTH

Rasika

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