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MC-VA-250 HA

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  • 1.  MC-VA-250 HA

    Posted 26 days ago
    Hello all,

    If I want to connect 170 AP's to a Virtual Mobility Controller I need a MC-VA-250 and 170 x LIC-K12-1 (education customer). If I want HA do I need to buy 2 x MC-VA-250. 

    They already have a Mobillity Conductor.


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  • 2.  RE: MC-VA-250 HA

    Posted 26 days ago
    Hello,

    All of the licenses  Mobility Master and APs are shared between them. So in this case As long as you have your Mobility Master then you can deploy as many Mobility Controllers as you want no need to purchase extra licenses. 

    That is my understanding since I am new to the whole Aruba platform.
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  • 3.  RE: MC-VA-250 HA

    Posted 25 days ago
    Hi Jason,

    That's correct. Be sure you add the MC-VA-250 on the Mobilty Master and not at the VMC itself.

    • Mobility Master MM-VA-xxx is count as controllers+accesspoints you will need at least 172 MM licenties (170AP+2VMC).
    • Virtual Mobility Controller MC-VA-xxx is count per access points managed by the VMC's, one VMC-VA-250 can be pooled from the Mobility Master license server. 
    • LIC-K12-1 is count per access point and comes as bundle include the AP-LIC, AP-PEF,AP-RFP license.

    For HA you need to install two VMC controllers, note the Mobility Master cannot terminate access points.

    Maybe you could consider a hardware controller like the MC-7205 to not pull all the network resources for 170 access points through your VMware environment.

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    Marcel Koedijk | MVP Guru 2021 | ACMP | ACCP | ACDA | Ekahau ECSE | Not an HPE Employee | Opionions are my own
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  • 4.  RE: MC-VA-250 HA

    Posted 23 days ago
    Hello all,

    Just to be 100% clear I need 2 x MC-VA-250 mobility controllers to support up to 250 APs in HA?

    Jason

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  • 5.  RE: MC-VA-250 HA

    Posted 23 days ago
    Hi Jason,

    No! 1x MC-VA-250 is enough because the licenses count are pooled/shared if installed on the Aruba Mobility Master.

    The term HA is a little prehistorical. In a environment with a Mobility Master we can create a CLUSTER, which means both controllers works active-active and load-balance as well users and access points between both VMC controllers.



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    Marcel Koedijk | MVP Guru 2021 | ACMP | ACCP | ACDA | Ekahau ECSE | Not an HPE Employee | Opionions are my own
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