wcs and wlc snmp

[pkilkenny]

if you configure a wireless controller to not send any client traps, does that affect client information and stats in wcs?  wcs is managing controllers, and the controllers are also configured to send traps to another third party trap receiver for ticketting.  since the 3rd party trap receiver is not using these client traps for anything, and there are thousands being sent, its putting unnecessary load in the trap receiver.  If I configure the controller to stop sending client traps (like associate/disassociate, etc..) will that affect the client information that wcs reports?              

[ramkris2]

Hello,

Good question. The answer is No.

WCS would still poll the controller(s) through SNMP to get that information. From WCS, if you navigate under the Administration --> Background tasks page you would see the list of polling tasks there. The snmp traps help in getting the information quicker to the management application rather than waiting for the polling to happen (which could happen only for every 15 to 60 minutes depending on the task). So your Client reporting in WCS should have the data regardless of the TRAP configuration on the WLC's.

Ram