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C HAPTER

CONFIGURING A STANDBY AP SERVER

Chapter overview

This chapter describes how to configure a standby AP server. The network will use the

standby server if the primary server becomes unavailable.

Standby AP server overview

The standby AP server can be put into service if the primary AP server is not available.

Note: Make sure that the primary and secondary server are not running at the same time.

Also, make sure that the server on which shared AP configuration files reside is not powered

off while either the primary or secondary server is running.

During AP server outage, subscriber data traffic is passed from CPEs and VLANs.

The elements of the standby AP server solution are:

• Primary AP server

• Secondary AP server

• Shared AP server configuration files

To maintain overall network integrity, configure the primary and secondary AP server with

identical information, including the ISP ID assignments and VLAN assignments.

Configuring the base station with standby AP server

information

To configure the base station so it can use a standby AP server:

1 Set the address of the primary and secondary server:

set aaa server address p.p.p.p,s.s.s.s

where:

p.p.p.p is the address of the primary AP server.

s.s.s.s is the IP address of the secondary AP server.