Configuring Availability Using the Availability Wizard

1. From the top menu, click Controller.
2. In the left pane, click Administration > Availability.
3. In the Availability Wizard section, click Start.
   The Availability Pair Wizard screen displays.

   

   
4. In the Connection Details section, do the following:
   • Select Port — Select the port and IP address of the primary controller that is to be used to establish the availability link.
   • Peer Controller IP — Type the IP address of the peer (secondary) controller.
   • User — Type the login user name credentials of an account that has full administrative privileges on the peer controller.
   • Password — Type the login password used with the user ID to login to the peer controller.
   • Enable Fast Failover — Select this checkbox to enable Fast Failover for the availability pair.
5. In the Synchronize Options section, do the following:
   • Synchronize System Configuration — Select this checkbox to push the configured Routed and Bridge Traffic Locally at Controller VNS definitions from the primary controller to the peer controller. WDS and 3rd Party AP VNS definitions are ignored and not synchronized.
     

     Note

     Synchronizing the VNS definitions will delete and replace existing VNS definitions on the peer controller.
   • Synchronize Guest Portal Accounts — Select this checkbox to push GuestPortal user accounts to the peer controller.
6. Click Next.
7. If you are synchronizing topology definitions, the Topology Definitions screen displays. Do the following:
   1. In the Synchronization Settings section, complete the topology properties that are missing. Any topology that did not already exist on the peer controller will have missing properties on the Topology Definitions screen.

      The fields configured are actual parameter values that are configured at the remote Controller with respect to associated topologies chosen for synchronization. Some of these parameters are: Interface IP address, Netmask, L2 port, VLAN (Virtual LAN) ID, DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) range, etc.

   2. Click Finish.
8. If you are not synchronizing topology definitions, the availability wizard completes the configuration.
9. Click Close.