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Ensure that the master switch recognizes the new switch as its local switch. The local switch should be listed
with type local in the Monitoring > Network > All WLAN Switches page on the master. It takes about 4–5
minutes for the master and local switches to synchronize configurations.
Configuring Trusted Ports
On the local switch, navigate to the Configuration > Network > Ports page and make sure that the port on
the local switch connecting to the master is trusted. On the master switch, check this for the port on the master
switch that connects to the local switch.
Configuring Local Switch Settings
Many switch settings are unique to that device and therefore are not replicated from a master switch to a local
switch. The following settings must be manually configured on a local switch that synchronizes with the master
switch.
n Time zone and daylight savings time settings
n VPN pools for remote APs and other VPN clients.
n Switch and IP interfaces. (Note that these values may need to be set before synchronization with the master
so the synchronization can properly complete.)
n IP routing and spanning-tree configurations
n Remote AP whitelist and local-user database values
By default, the local switches forward the authentication requests for the RAP whitelist and the local user database to
the master switch. Therefore, this data does not have to be manually replicated unless the default behavior has been
altered. The user table is NOT synchronized, so if an AP fails over to a master from a local or vice versa, that AP will
have to re-authenticate.
n DHCP pools
n NAT pools
n SNMP, NTP, and syslog settings
n Hostnames, DNS and SMTP servers
n ACLs applied to ports
n Certificates
n RADIUS client details and RADIUS source interfaces
n Stateful firewall settings
n Customized captive portal pages and images, and the captive portal redirect address.
If you want to configure GRE tunnel between master and local switches, you should use switch-IPs as tunnel
endpoints.
Configuring APs
APs download their configurations from a master switch. However, an AP or AP group can tunnel client traffic
to a local switch. To specify the switch to which an AP or AP group tunnels client traffic, you configure the LMS
IP in the AP system profile on the master switch.
Configuration changes take effect only after you reboot the affected APs; this allows them to reassociate with
the local switch. After rebooting, these APs appear to the new local switch as local APs.
In the WebUI
To configure the LMS IP:
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