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  • 1.  Master-local with different hardware

    Posted Sep 21, 2016 09:09 AM

    Hi everyone,

    My hospital merge with a new hospital and we must take the existing infrastructure.

     

    Currently installed :

    Aruba 3400 v6.3.1.15 Standalone mode (EOL)

    18 AP65 / 14 AP105

    32 AP licence and 32 PEFNG licence

     

    Constraints :

    - Change AP65 but I only have AP103 witch required AOS v6.4.x that is not supported by AP65 ... (thanks Aruba !)

    - Provide support on this infrastructure over long time

    - Deploy more AP to extand coverage (minimum 20 new AP)

     

    My idea : 

    Buy an Aruba 7030 v6.4.x.x (with support contract)

    Buy 18 Ap licence

    Switch the 18 AP65 by AP103 on the new controler

    When all AP65 are changed, I update Aruba 3400 to same version 6.4.x.x that 7030.

    Finlally, I change to Master/Local mode with 7030 acting as Master.

    Activation of Centralized Licencing on master and local

    Drink a cup of coffee...

     

    In the future:

    There may be more AP to deploy but not more than 64 in total.

    With this solution, I have scalability, High availibility, support and save (a little) money.

     

    Do you think it's a good design ? 

     



  • 2.  RE: Master-local with different hardware

    Posted Sep 26, 2016 07:56 PM

    I did essentially what you've described to get rid of out AP60/65 gear and move to 205/275 - we used the 7210 controller.

    To ease your mind a bit: we found that clients were able to roam from old-AP/old-controller to new-AP/new-controller (carefully identical wireless configurations of course) with no difficulties.