for Instant APs to form a cluster, they need to have layer 2 adjacancy. So if you have a common mgmt VLAN that is available in all the LAN switches that the APs connects to, then they will form a cluster which happens automatically. Also preferably this mgmt VLAN needs to be the native VLAN for the VLAN trunks.
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