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WS5000 Series Switch System Reference Guide

1.5.4 Hot Standby

You can use the WS5000 Series Switch in the hot standby mode, but when the switch is in this mode it will
not adopt primary access ports. The hot standby system only adopts APs after it detects that the primary
system it monitors failed. The system administrator should export the primary system's configuration into the
backup switch. After importing, the administrator should place the switch in the backup mode. The backup
switch can monitor only one primary machine at a time.
The hot standby switch adopts the APs defined by the switch policy rules. The primary switch license
determines the number of APs. The primary switch sends the current number of licenses during its regular
communication with the standby switch. The primary switch does not communicate policy configuration
information; the system administrator must manually export or import it. The communication between the
switches is an ongoing process, so if you change the number of active licenses on the primary switch while it
runs, the standby adopts the appropriate number of access ports during a fail-over. For maximum robustness,
it is recommended both primary and standby switches run the same version of the switch.

1.5.5 Integrated Radius/AAA ServerRadius

The WS5000 Wireless Switch provides an integrated Radius server as well as the ability to work with external
Radius and LDAP servers to provide user database information and user authentication. Radius configuration
supports:
• Configuring appropriate authentication types
• Configuring Clients
• Configuring External Proxy Servers
• Configuring LDAP Servers

1.5.6 On-Board DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) automatically assigns IP addresses to computers using TCP/IP. A
DHCP server assigns addresses to computers configured as DHCP clients.
The DHCP configuration can be done on both ethernet interfaces independently.

1.5.6.1 Configuring DHCP Server using CLI

You must run all DHCP CLI commands in the
and describes the DHCP commands:
Table 1.5 DHCP CLI Commands
Command
set dhcpsrv <enable | disable>
set dhcp_IP_Range startIP [ endIP ]
Configuration.Ethernet.[N]
Description
Enables or disables the WS5000 Series Switch's
internal DHCP server (for this NIC).
Sets the DHCP server's IP pool range. If endIP isn't
supplied, the pool consists of the single startIP
address.
context. Table 1.5 lists