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An engineer has successfully configured high availability and SSO using two Cisco 5508 Wireless LAN Controllers. The engineer can access the Active Primary WLC, but the Secondary Standby WLC is not…
The correct answer is A. via the console connection C. SSH to the service port interface. In a Cisco 5508 HA/SSO pair, the standby WLC blocks normal management access, so only the physical console port and the dedicated service port interface remain reachable.
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An engineer has successfully configured high availability and SSO using two Cisco 5508 Wireless LAN Controllers. The engineer can access the Active Primary WLC, but the Secondary Standby WLC is not accessible. Which two methods allow access to the standby unit? (Choose two.)
Options
- Avia the console connection
- BSSH to the redundancy management interface of the primary WLC
- CSSH to the service port interface
- DSSH to the virtual interface of the secondary WLC
- ESSH to the management interface of the primary WLC
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Why each option
In a Cisco 5508 HA/SSO pair, the standby WLC blocks normal management access, so only the physical console port and the dedicated service port interface remain reachable.
Direct physical console access to the standby unit hardware is always available regardless of HA/SSO state, making it a reliable out-of-band method to reach the standby WLC.
SSH to the redundancy management interface of the primary WLC connects you to the primary controller, not the standby unit.
The service port on the standby WLC maintains an independent, dedicated IP address that is not part of the HA redundancy pair synchronization, allowing SSH connectivity to the standby unit for management even while it is in hot-standby mode.
The virtual interface is a non-routable, placeholder IP used solely for client web authentication redirects and does not support SSH management sessions.
SSH to the management interface of the primary WLC provides access only to the active primary unit, not the standby.
Concept tested: Cisco 5508 WLC HA/SSO standby unit management access
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/wireless/5500-series-wireless-lan-controllers/113260-wlc-ha-sso-faq-00.html
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