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High Availability
Cost-effective Controller
Redundancy
Summit WM controllers can operate in a
load sharing redundant mode that enables
both the primary and backup controllers to
be actively servicing traffic during normal
operation. Controllers are paired so each
can assume the load of the other during a
failure. Should either controller fail, its
Altitude APs connect to the backup
controller (see Figure 6) without the need
for additional AP licenses that competing
solutions require. In a failover situation a
controller can support up to double the
number of APs. So for example, a
Summit WM20 can support an additional
32 APs in a failover situation, for a total of
64 APs.
Self-healing Radio Network
Summit WM offers self healing capability
for the radio network. At the radio level,
DRM will detect AP failures and boost the
power output of the neighboring APs to
compensate for the gap in coverage (see
Figure 7). This eliminates middle of the
night support calls when an AP fails.
With increased access to mission critical applications, enterprise users expect wireless service reliability to be at the same
level they have experienced with wired access. All aspects of the Summit WM solution provide enterprise-grade high
availability.
Figure 7: Dynamic Radio
Management
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Figure 6: Summit WM Controller Redundancy Scheme
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