Switch Over Managed APs and External DPs

Switchover helps move APs / external DPs between clusters that are not confined to cluster, which enable cluster redundancy. For normal clusters you can switchover APs regardless of staging zone with firmware version 5.0 or later and external DPs with version 5.1 or later. For a standby cluster in cluster redundancy, APs in Staging Zone can only be moved to another cluster by switchover. You can switch over per AP or APs per Zone. However, you can switch over only per data plane.

Switch Over APs (per Zone)

To switch over APs per zone:
  1. From the Access Points page, select the Zone.
  2. Click More and select Switch Over Clusters . The Switchover Cluster dialog appears.
  3. Choose the Target Cluster:
    • Predefined Destination: Available only when "Active-Active" mode cluster redundancy is enabled. Choose the Cluster Name of the switchover target from the list of target active clusters. The Control IPv4 List and Control IPv6 List is displayed.
    • Custom Destination: Enter the Control IP/FQDN of the switchover target cluster .
  4. To delete the AP record after triggering a switchover, enable the Delete selected Access Point after switchover option.
  5. Click OK, you have set all APs to disconnect from current cluster then connect to target cluster.
Parent topic: Monitoring WLAN Services

Switch Over APs (per AP)

To switch over per AP:
  1. From the Access Points page, navigate the Zone and select the AP from the list.
  2. Click More and select Switch Over Clusters . The Specify Destination cluster dialog appears.
  3. Enter the Control IP/FQDN of the switchover target cluster.
  4. Click OK, a confirmation dialog appears.
  5. Click OK to confirm. You have set the AP to disconnect from current cluster then connect to target cluster.
Parent topic: Monitoring WLAN Services

Switch Over Data Planes (per data plane)

You can switch over external data planes.

To switch over external data planes:
  1. Go to System > Cluster. From the Data Plane section, select the vSZ-D from the list.
  2. Click More and select Switch Over Clusters . The Switchover Cluster dialog appears.
  3. Choose the Target Cluster:
    • Predefined Destination: Available only when "Active-Active" mode cluster redundancy is enabled. Choose the Cluster Name of the switchover target from the list of target active clusters. The Control IPv4 List and Control IPv6 List is displayed.
    • Custom Destination: Enter the Control IP/FQDN of the switchover target cluster .
  4. To delete the external data planes record after triggering a switchover, enable the Delete selected Data Plane after switchover option.
  5. Click OK, you have set the external data plane to disconnect from current cluster then connect to target cluster.
Parent topic: Monitoring WLAN Services
Parent topic: Monitoring WLAN Services