User Manual Part 1

Wi-Fi Array
80 Installing the Wi-Fi Array
Failover Planning
This section discusses failover protection at the unit and port levels.
Port Failover Protection
To ensure that service is continued in the event of a port failure, you can utilize
the Gigabit 1 and Gigabit 2 ports simultaneously.
Figure 29. Port Failover Protection
In addition, the Array has full failover protection between the Gigabit 1 and
Gigabit 2 Ethernet ports (see following table).
The Wi-Fi Array Gigabit Ethernet ports actually support a number of modes:
 802.3ad Link Aggregation
Interface
Bridges
Data?
Bridges
Management
Traffic?
Fails Over To: IP address
Fast Ethernet No Yes None DHCP or
static
Gigabit 1 Yes Yes Gigabit 2 DHCP or
static
Gigabit 2 Yes Yes Gigabit 1 Assumes the
IP address of
Gigabit 1
Ethernet switch
Multiple port connections