Wireless/Redundant Edge Services xl Module Management and Configuration Guide WS.02.xx and greater

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Redundancy Groups
Configuring a Redundancy Group
Updates Received—the number of updates that the module has received
from this member
Radio Portals—the number of radios adopted by this member (some RPs
have two radios)
Associated Stations—the number of stations associated to RPs adopted by
this member
Rogue AP—the number of unapproved APs detected by RPs adopted by
this member
Self Healing Radios—the number of radios adopted by this member that
are configured for self healing
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Setting up Adoption Preference IDs to Control RP
Adoption
Your redundancy group might include more than one active module. In this
case, you can use adoption preference IDs to control which Wireless Edge
Services xl Module (or Redundant Wireless Services xl Module) adopts par-
ticular RPs.
You set an adoption preference ID for both the module and the RPs. If you
want a module to adopt an RP, the module’s adoption preference ID should
match the RP’s adoption preference ID (which can be set in the radio adoption
default configuration or the configuration for a particular RP).
Before configuring adoption preference IDs, consider your goals. Which RPs
do you want a particular module to support and why? Sometimes you might
want to group RPs in the same general location on the same module in order
to simplify roaming. On the other hand, having different modules adopt RPs
in the same general location can help build redundancy into your network. In
this case, though, remember to set up roaming correctly as described in
Chapter 9: Fast Layer 2 Roaming and Layer 3 Mobility.
Once you have planned your deployment, begin to configure adoption prefer-
ence IDs. The following procedure for setting preference IDs gives you the
greatest control over RP adoption: you set adoption preference IDs for each
RP on each module before you install the RPs.
Note These instructions also apply to Wireless Edge Services xl Modules that are
not in a redundancy group but are in the same network.