Chapter 10 Managing Stacking And Redundancy; Managing Stacking - NETGEAR WC7520 - ProSafe 20-AP Wireless Controller Reference Manual

Managing Stacking and Redundancy
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This chapter includes the following sections:
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Managing Stacking

• Managing Redundancy
Managing Stacking
The wireless controller supports stacking of up to three units for management of up to 150
access points through purchased licensing (see
controller functions as the primary controller and the other two wireless controllers function
as secondary controllers.
manage 120 access points.
Figure 78.
The wireless controllers that you intend to make members of the stack must be connected
over a wired connection. A switch or router can be located in between the wireless
controllers that are part of a stack.
You configure the primary and secondary controllers individually, enable stacking on all
controllers, and then synchronize their access point configurations with the primary
controller. When stacking is enabled, the primary controller synchronizes the administrative
user name and password and the firmware image with the secondary controllers.
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Figure 78 shows a stacked configuration that is licensed to
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