WLC- Ports

[Toss Leey]

Hi

I have new WLC 5508 and 20 AP, but there are Management and service Port, my question is should to be Management IP from management subnet in existing network and service port from Data subnet in existing network?

Thank you

[Leo Laohoo]

Take the time to read and understand THIS.

[Toss Leey]

Hi

as i understood Management interface can be from existing network if i have already management vlan, but service port should not be same as any subnet in exiting network, Right?

Thank you

[Leo Laohoo]

Service Port is used primarily as an Out-of-Band-Management (OoBM) port.  IP Address of the Service Port must NOT be routed and a different subnet to your the rest of your network.  For example if your Management Interface has an IP address of 10.0.0.0/8 the your Service Port could have an IP address of 192.168.0.0/16.

[Toss Leey]

Hi

So should i create new subnet  only have one IP Address for service port?

Thank you

[Leo Laohoo]

So should i create new subnet  only have one IP Address for service port?

For the sake of the operation of the WLC, Service Port is not necessary.  Your WLC will function without it.  

Only enable the Service Port if you have an OoBM network.