Hello everyone:
I need some clarification on the following:
Topology:
Two local controllers 7010 running 8.2.1 with 20 315 APs.
Controllers and APs are on the same vlan.
I have an AP Group called Branches_AP_GRP
Consultant (Aruba is new to me) recommended the following:
ha group-profile "Branch HA"
state-sync
pre-shared-key mykey
heartbeat
controller 1.1.1.1 role active
controller 1.1.1.2 role standby
After first deployment and learning about 8.2 new features, HP SE recommended clustering.
Virtual Router 10:
Admin State UP, VR State MASTER
IP Address 1.1.1.3, MAC Address x.x.x.x, vlan 10
Priority 110, Advertisement 1 sec, Preemption Enable Delay 30
Auth type PASSWORD, Auth data: ********
tracking is not enabled
Virtual Router 10:
Description mex-vrrp
Admin State UP, VR State BACKUP
IP Address 1.1.1.3, MAC Address x.x.x.x, vlan 10
Priority 100, Advertisement 1 sec, Preemption Disable Delay 0
Auth type PASSWORD, Auth data: ********
tracking is not enabled
LMS pointing to 1.1.1.3 // the vrrp
Type IPv4 Address Priority Connection-Type STATUS
---- --------------- -------- --------------- ------
peer 1.1.1.1 128 L2-Connected CONNECTED (Leader, last HBT_RSP 14ms ago, RTD = 0.000 ms)
self 1.1.1.2 128 N/A CONNECTED (Member)
Questions:
1 - is this the "best-practice" setup configuration for dual controllers and APs?
2 - Why one controller has more AP's than the other controller?
if I do show ap database it shows 15 APs ("s" flag shows for the remaining 5) with CNTL1 and 5 with CNTL2
3 - Has anyone seen before why the AP's cannot discover the controllers in Layer 2? I had to configured DHCP option pointing to 1.1.1.3 in order for the APs to come up.
I have two stack Cisco 3850 and one controllers plugged into sw_a and other sw_b for redundancy.
4 - why does it show the same priority for the cluster on the config?
lc-cluster group-profile "MY-Cluster"
controller 1.1.1.1 priority 128 mcast-vlan 0 vrrp-ip 0.0.0.0 vrrp-vlan 0 group 0
controller 1.1.1.2 priority 128 mcast-vlan 0 vrrp-ip 0.0.0.0 vrrp-vlan 0 group 0
active-ap-lb
I'm sorry for so many questions and thank you in advance for your answers.
Cheers!