Verifying Standby Operation - Cisco M10-RM Software Manual

Configuring a Hot Standby Access Point
After you enable standby mode, configure the settings that you recorded from the monitored access point
to match on the standby access point.

Verifying Standby Operation

Use this command to check the status of the standby access point:
show iapp standby-status
This command displays the status of the standby access point.
messages that can appear.
Table 19-2
Message
IAPP Standby is Disabled
IAPP—AP is in standby mode
IAPP—AP is operating in active
mode
IAPP—AP is operating in
repeater mode
Standby status: Initializing
Standby status: Takeover
Standby status: Stopped
Standby status: Ethernet Linktest
Failed
Standby status: Radio Linktest
Failed
Standby status: Standby Error
Standby State: Init
Standby State: Running
Standby State: Stopped
Standby State: Not Running
Use this command to check the standby configuration:
show iapp standby-parms
This command displays the MAC address of the standby access point, the standby timeout, and the
poll-frequency values. If no standby access point is configured, this message appears:
no iapp standby mac-address
If a standby access point takes over for the monitored access point, you can use the show iapp statistics
command to help determine the reason that the standby access point took over.
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Standby Status Messages
Description
The access point is not configured for standby mode.
The access point is in standby mode.
The standby access point has taken over for the monitored access
point and is functioning as a root access point.
The standby access point has taken over for the monitored access
point and is functioning as a repeater access point.
The standby access point is initializing link tests with the
monitored access point.
The standby access point has transitioned to active mode.
Standby mode has been stopped by a configuration command.
An Ethernet link test failed from the standby access point to the
monitored access point.
A radio link test failed from the standby access point to the
monitored access point.
An undefined error occurred.
The standby access point is initializing link tests with the
monitored access point.
The standby access point is operating in standby mode and is
running link tests to the monitored access point.
Standby mode has been stopped by a configuration command.
The access point is not in standby mode.
Table 19-2 lists the standby status
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