Motorola Series Switch WS5100 - Manual (Page 17)

Overview 1-7
• Up to 12 switch redundancy members supported per group. Each member is capable of tracking statistics
for the entire group in addition to their own.
• Each redundancy group is capable of supporting an Active/Active configuration. Each redundancy group
can support two or more primary members, each responsible for group load sharing.
• Members within the same redundancy group can be deployed across different subnets and maintain their
interdependence as redundancy group members.
• Each member of the redundancy group supports AP load balancing by default.
• Members of the redundancy group support license aggregation. When a new member joins the group,
the new member can leverage the access port adoption license(s) of existing members.
• Each member of the redundancy group (including the reporting switch) capable of displaying cluster
performance statistics for all members in addition to their own.
• Centralized redundancy group management using the switch CLI.
For more information on configuring the switch for redundancy group support, see
Configuring Switch Redundancy on page 5-25.
1.2.1.10 Secure Network Time Protocol (SNTP)
Secure Network Time Protocol (SNTP) manages time and/or network clock synchronization within the switch
managed network environment. SNTP is a client/server implementation. The switch (a SNTP client)
periodically synchronizes its clock with a master clock (an NTP server). For example, the switch resets its
clock to 07:04:59 upon reading a time of 07:04:59 from its designated NTP server. Time synchronization is
recommended for the switch’s network operations. The following additionally hold true:
• The switch can be configured to provide NTP services to NTP clients.
• The switch can provide NTP support for user authentication.
• Secure Network Time Protocol (SNTP) clients can be configured to synchronize switch time with an
external NTP server.
For information on configuring the switch to support SNTP, see Configuring Secure NTP on page 5-16.
1.2.1.11 Password Recovery
The switch has a provision enabling the switch to restore its factory default configuration if your password
is lost. In doing so however the current configuration is erased and can be restored assuming if has been
exported to a secure location. For information on password recovery, see
Switch Password Recovery on page 2-3.
1.2.2 Wireless Switching
The switch includes the following wireless switching features:
• Physical Layer Features
• Rate Limiting
• Proxy-ARP
• HotSpot / IP Redirect
• IDM (Identity Driven Management)
• Voice Prioritization