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Redundancy Problems with WLC5520 Hot-Standby Pair

richardfinnie
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We have two WLC5520's configured in a HA  redundancy pair (connected via RP). On the primary and secondary controllers it appears redundancy is working correctly via the following commands:

Primary:

(WLC-SE-1) >show redundancy summary
            Redundancy Mode = SSO ENABLED
                Local State = ACTIVE
                 Peer State = STANDBY HOT
                       Unit = Primary
                    Unit ID = 00:C8:8B:99:F8:13
           Redundancy State = SSO
               Mobility MAC = 00:C8:8B:99:F8:13
            BulkSync Status = Complete
Average Redundancy Peer Reachability Latency = 161 Micro Seconds
Average Management Gateway Reachability Latency = 426 Micro Seconds

Secondary:

(WLC-SE-1-Standby) >show redundancy summary
            Redundancy Mode = SSO ENABLED
                Local State = STANDBY HOT
                 Peer State = ACTIVE
                       Unit = Secondary (Inherited AP License Count = 100)
                    Unit ID = 00:C8:8B:9A:23:99
           Redundancy State = SSO
               Mobility MAC = 00:C8:8B:99:F8:13
Average Redundancy Peer Reachability Latency = 166 Micro Seconds
Average Management Gateway Reachability Latency = 345 Micro Seconds

Additionally, On the secondary controller, I see both the AP tables populating correctly from the primary:

Primary:

(WLC-SE-1) >show ap summary

Number of APs.................................... 2

Global AP User Name.............................. admin
Global AP Dot1x User Name........................ Not Configured

AP Name             Slots  AP Model              Ethernet MAC       Location                          Country     IP Address       Clients   DSE Location
------------------  -----  --------------------  -----------------  ------------                ----  ----------  ---------------  --------  --------------
wap-regstcvn1        3     AIR-CAP3702I-A-K9     00:78:88:61:1c:64  Regina Stora                ge C  CA          10.30.0.253        2       [0 ,0 ,0 ]
wap-psc1             3     AIR-CAP3702I-A-K9     00:42:68:11:2a:d8  PSC                               CA          10.3.0.253         0       [0 ,0 ,0 ]

Secondary:

(WLC-SE-1-Standby) >show ap summary

Number of APs.................................... 2

Global AP User Name.............................. admin
Global AP Dot1x User Name........................ Not Configured

AP Name             Slots  AP Model              Ethernet MAC       Location          Country     IP Address       Clients   DSE Location
------------------  -----  --------------------  -----------------  ----------------  ----------  ---------------  --------  --------------
wap-regstcvn1        3     AIR-CAP3702I-A-K9     00:78:88:61:1c:64  Regina Storage C  CA          10.30.0.253        2       [0 ,0 ,0 ]
wap-psc1             3     AIR-CAP3702I-A-K9     00:42:68:11:2a:d8  PSC               CA          10.3.0.253         0       [0 ,0 ,0 ]

However, it appears when it comes to clients some are not populated to the secondary:

Primary:

(WLC-SE-1) >show client summary

Number of Clients................................ 2

Number of PMIPV6 Clients......................... 0

Number of EoGRE Clients.......................... 0

                                                       GLAN/
                                                       RLAN/
MAC Address       AP Name           Slot Status        WLAN  Auth Protocol         Port Wired Tunnel  Role
----------------- ----------------- ---- ------------- ----- ---- ---------------- ---- ----- ------- ----------------
4c:34:88:ae:3f:99 wap-regstcvn1      0   Associated     1    Yes   802.11n(2.4 GHz) 8    No    No      Local
64:bc:0c:2e:be:7e wap-regstcvn1      1   Associated     2    No    802.11ac(5 GHz)  8    No    No      Local

Secondary:

(WLC-SE-1-Standby) >show client summary

Number of Clients................................ 2

Number of PMIPV6 Clients......................... 0

Number of EoGRE Clients.......................... 0

                                                       GLAN/
                                                       RLAN/
MAC Address       AP Name           Slot Status        WLAN  Auth Protocol         Port Wired Tunnel  Role
----------------- ----------------- ---- ------------- ----- ---- ---------------- ---- ----- ------- ----------------
4c:34:88:ae:3f:99 wap-regstcvn1      0   Associated     1    Yes   802.11n(2.4 GHz) 8    No    No      Local

Also, according to the documentation, the Redundancy State should state AP and Client SSO however it does not (only states SSO). A larger issue though is that when I use the command "redundancy force-switchover" on the primary I see the following behavior.

- Controller WebUI is no longer accessible (even though the Management IP is pingable)

- AP summary table is cleared on standby and AP's do not failover.

- Client table is cleared on standby and client's do not failover

Essentially, the system is down until I issue the "redundancy force-switchover again on the secondary. Once that is issued, AP's associate to the primary controller correctly and clients can connect. Obviously this is a big issue as in the event of actual hardware failure of the primary. 

Anyone have any thoughts as to why this would be happening even though it appears all is setup correctly? Both controllers are running code 8.2.100.0. 

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