Wireless Access

Ideally it should be less than 128x APs  in an Instant cluster. note that Instant cluster are running AOS8.x firmware not to be confused with AOS10 APs.

If you want to create two Instant clusters then you should create a second group with appropriate configuration and move your instant APs to the second group.

the main thing is that the two instant clusters should have different mgmt VLAN so that they do not have L2 adjacency, otherwise they will end up in the same cluster.

it is best to group the APs in a cluster based on geographical boundary.

ours is hospital environment.

it started of with 50 AP303. due to increase demand for WIFI connections, we expanded to installing 1 AP in each patient room. now we have more than 170 units covering the whole building of 7 storeys. our firmware version for the AP is 8.6.0.xxx. 

If you're running that many APs in a single building and already using Central for management, then you should be looking at a migration to AOS 10 rather than continuing on InstantOS.

https://arubanetworking.hpe.com/techdocs/aos/aos10/migrate/

ours is hospital environment.

it started of with 50 AP303. due to increase demand for WIFI connections, we expanded to installing 1 AP in each patient room. now we have more than 170 units covering the whole building of 7 storeys. our firmware version for the AP is 8.6.0.xxx. 

Ideally it should be less than 128x APs  in an Instant cluster. note that Instant cluster are running AOS8.x firmware not to be confused with AOS10 APs.

If you want to create two Instant clusters then you should create a second group with appropriate configuration and move your instant APs to the second group.

the main thing is that the two instant clusters should have different mgmt VLAN so that they do not have L2 adjacency, otherwise they will end up in the same cluster.

it is best to group the APs in a cluster based on geographical boundary.

how do i check i am running on instantOS or AOS 10 ?

If you're running that many APs in a single building and already using Central for management, then you should be looking at a migration to AOS 10 rather than continuing on InstantOS.

https://arubanetworking.hpe.com/techdocs/aos/aos10/migrate/

ours is hospital environment.

it started of with 50 AP303. due to increase demand for WIFI connections, we expanded to installing 1 AP in each patient room. now we have more than 170 units covering the whole building of 7 storeys. our firmware version for the AP is 8.6.0.xxx. 

If the firmware version starts with 8, then you're running HPE Aruba Networking Instant AOS-8.

If you have questions about AOS 10 or about upgrading, please contact your local HPE Aruba Networking account team for some guidance.  There are also some videos and other resources on the subject.

how do i check i am running on instantOS or AOS 10 ?

If you're running that many APs in a single building and already using Central for management, then you should be looking at a migration to AOS 10 rather than continuing on InstantOS.

https://arubanetworking.hpe.com/techdocs/aos/aos10/migrate/

ours is hospital environment.

it started of with 50 AP303. due to increase demand for WIFI connections, we expanded to installing 1 AP in each patient room. now we have more than 170 units covering the whole building of 7 storeys. our firmware version for the AP is 8.6.0.xxx. 

Ideally it should be less than 128x APs  in an Instant cluster. note that Instant cluster are running AOS8.x firmware not to be confused with AOS10 APs.

If you want to create two Instant clusters then you should create a second group with appropriate configuration and move your instant APs to the second group.

the main thing is that the two instant clusters should have different mgmt VLAN so that they do not have L2 adjacency, otherwise they will end up in the same cluster.

it is best to group the APs in a cluster based on geographical boundary.