Verifying Standby Operation - Allen-Bradley Stratix 5100 User Manual

Chapter 20 Configuring Repeater and Standby Access Points and Workgroup Bridge Mode

Verifying Standby Operation

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13. (Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.
copy running-config startup-config
After you enable standby mode, configure the settings that you recorded from the
monitored access point to match on the standby access point.
Use this command to check the status of the standby access point:
show iapp standby-status
This command provides the status of the standby access point. This table lists the
standby status messages that can appear.
Table 112 - Standby Status Messages
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 provides 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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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.