Wireless HA Query

[Craig Le-Butt]

Hi

We've installed the 8500 WLC in HA, eveything working fine. running 8.0.115

We have 2 Distributions on one site, 1 wlc in each room.

so we have 1 wlc connected to compA dist  -   the HA connected to compB dist.

Last week we was hit by a power outage , the whole room went down to compA, distribution, wireless everything went down in the room.

Everything failed over to the seconday distrabution except the HA for wireless.

My question is, whats the point of the HA controller if it doesn't stay up.

The wlc are installed to cisco best practices, except the fact we have the HA in another room connected by fibre.

If this is in HA, why didn't it fail over, seems to have gone in to split brain.

The HA didn't start working till the pwer was restored to the room,

When we installed we perfomed our own tests by shutting the port down to the dist and removeing the HA cable to replicate a power outage, this worked.

So we are confused why this should happen.

cheers in advance

Craig

[Saurav Lodh]

That is strange, here are the best practices 

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/technology/wlc/82463-wlc-config-best-practice.html#pgfId-380593

[Leo Laohoo]

Duplicate post.  

Go HERE.

PS:  I hope you have a good working relationship with your Cisco SE/AM because something big is about to happen in the next few weeks.

[Craig Le-Butt]

Hi Leo, 

i'll do this in the morning.  The big change coming would this be 8.1 coming out?

ill drop our account manager a call tomorrow

cheers

[Leo Laohoo]

 The big change coming would this be 8.1 coming out?

Yes and no.  Yes, 8.1 is coming out.  But there's something that'll be coming out that will require 8.1 (and it's not an AP).  

That's all I can say without getting into strife.  Talk to your SE/AM.  :)