Specifications

Configuring a Mobility Domain
7-2 Configuring and Managing Mobility Domain Roaming
Configuring a Mobility Domain
TheRoamAboutswitchesinaMobilityDomainusetheir systemIPaddressforMobilityDomain
communication.TosupporttheservicesoftheMobilityDomain,thesystemIPaddressofevery
RoamAboutSwitchrequiresbasicIPconnectivitytothesystemIPaddressofeveryother
RoamAboutSwitch.(Forinformationaboutsetting
thesystemIPaddressfortheRoamAbout
Switch,see“ConfiguringtheSystemIPAddress”onpage 5‐5.)
TocreateaMobilityDomain:
1. DesignateaseedRoamAboutSwitch.(See“ConfiguringtheSeed”onpage 7‐2.)
2. CreatealistofthememberRoamAboutswitches.(See“ConfiguringMemberRoamAbout
Switchesonthe
Seed”onpage 7‐3.)
3. ConfigureeachmemberRoamAboutSwitchtopointtotheseed.(See“Configuringa
Member”onpage 7‐3.)
YoucanviewthestatusandconfigurationofaMobilityDomain,clearmembers,andclearall
MobilityDomainconfigurationfromaRoamAboutSwitch.
Configuring the Seed
YoumustexplicitlyconfigureonlyoneRoamAboutSwitchperdomainastheseed.Allother
RoamAboutswitchesinthedomainreceivetheirMobilityDomaininformationfromtheseed.
UsethefollowingcommandtosetthecurrentRoamAboutSwitchastheseeddeviceandnamethe
MobilityDomain:
set mobility-domain mode seed domain-name mob-domain-name
Example
ThefollowingcommandsetsthecurrentRoamAboutSwitchastheseedandnamestheMobility
DomainPleasanton:
RBT-8100# set mobility-domain mode seed domain-name Pleasanton
success: change accepted.
TheMobilityDomainnameisassignedtotheseedRoamAboutSwitch only. TheRoamAbout
SwitchsystemIPaddressisusedasthesourceIPaddressforallMobilityDomain
communications.IfthesystemIPaddressisnotset,MSSissuesawarningwhenyouentertheset
mobility‐domainmodeseed
domain‐namecommand,toinformyouthattheMobilityDomainis
notoperationaluntilthesystemIPisset.