Specifications

Configuring Access Points
9-34 Configuring Access Points
Configuring a Load-Balancing Group
Aload‐balancinggroupisanamedsetofaccesspoints.MSSbalancesusersessionsamongthe
accesspointsinthegroup.
Toassignanaccesspoint toaload‐balancinggroup,usethefollowingcommand:
set {ap | dap dap-num} group name
Example
Toconfigureaload‐balancinggroupnamedloadbalance1that containsdirectly‐connectedaccess
pointsonports1,2,and4,typethefollowingcommand:
RBT-8100# set ap 1,2,4 group loadbalance1
success: change accepted.
Disabling or Reenabling Automatic Firmware Upgrades
Anaccesspointcanautomaticallyupgradeitsbootfirmwarebyloadingtheupgradeversionof
thefirmwarefromaRoamAboutSwitchwhentheAPisbooting.Automaticfirmwareupgrades
areenabledbydefault.
Todisableorreenableautomaticfirmwareupgrades, usethefollow ingcommand:
set {ap | dap dap-num} upgrade-firmware {enable | disable}
Forcing an AP To Download its Operational Image from the RoamAbout Switch
AnAP’soperationalimageisthesoftwa rethatallowsittofunctiononthenetworkasawireless
accesspoint.AspartoftheAPbootprocess,anoperationalimageisloadedintotheAP’sRAM
andactivated.TheAPstorescopiesofitsoperationalimagelocally,initsinternalflash
memory.At
boottime,theAPcaneitherloadthelocallystoredimage,oritcandownloadanoperational
imagefromtheRoamAboutSwitchtowhichithasconnected.
Bydefault,anAPmodelthatcanlocallystoreasoftwareimageontheAPwillloadthelocally
storedimage
insteadofdownloadingitsimagefromtheRoamAboutSwitch.
ToforcetheAPtoalwaysdownloaditsimagefromtheRoamAboutSwitchinstead,usethe
followingcommand:
set {ap port-list | dap dap-num} force-image-download {enable | disable}
AchangetotheforcedimagedownloadoptiontakesplacethenexttimetheAPisrestarted.
Evenwhenforcedimagedownloadisdisabled(thedefault),theAPstillcheckswiththe
RoamAboutSwitchtoverifythattheAPhasthelatestimage,andtoverifythatthe R o amAbout
Switchis
runningMSSVersion5.0orlater.
TheAPloadsitslocalimageonlyiftheRoamAboutSwitchisrunningMSSVersion5.0orlater
anddoesnothaveanewerAPimagethantheoneintheAP’slocalstorage.Iftheswitchisnot
runningMSSVersion5.0or
later, ortheRoamAboutSwitchhasanewerversionoftheAPimage
thantheversionintheAP’slocalstorage,theAPloadsitsimagefromtheRoamAboutSwitch.