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Motorola Series Switch WS5100 User Manual

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Switch Services

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2. Select the

Status

tab.

3. Refer to the

Status

field to assess the current state of the redundancy group.

Redundancy state is

Displays the state of the redundancy group. When the redundancy feature is disabled, the
state is “Disabled.” When enabled, it goes to “Startup” state. From “startup” it goes to
“Discovery” state immediately if the STP convergence is not enabled. Otherwise, it remains
in “Startup” state for a period of 50 seconds (the standard STP convergence time). During
the discover state, the switch exchanges heartbeats and update messages to discover other
members and determine the redundancy group authorization level. After discerning
memberships, it moves to an Online state. There is no difference in state execution for the
Primary and Standby modes of operatio

n.

Licenses in switch

Displays the number of licenses installed to adopt access ports on the current switch.

Protocol Version

The Cluster Protocol should be set to an identical value for each switch in the redundancy
group. The protocol version is one of the parameters used to determine whether two peers
can form a group.

Licenses in Group

Displays the number of access ports that can be adopted in the redundancy group. This value
is calculated when a member starts-up, is added, is deleted or a license changes (downgrade
and upgrade.) This value is equal to the highest license level of its members. It is NOT the
sum of the license level of its members. For information on licensing rules impacting
redundancy group members, see

Redundancy Group License Aggregation Rules on page 5-34

.

Access Ports in group

Displays the total of the number of access ports adopted by the entire membership of the
redundancy group.

Adoption capacity in
group

Displays the combined AP adoption capability for each switch radio comprising the cluster.
Compare this value with the adoption capacity on this switch to determine if the cluster
members have adequate adoption capabilities.