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Cisco 300-110 Exam - Topic 2 Question 4 Discussion

A university has three campus locations and the main data center. Each campus location has a Cisco Catalyst 9800-40 WLC that manages 600 APs. The data center has a Catalyst 9800-40 WLC, which serves as N+1 backup for each campus WLC. A consulting engineer must install four additional Catalyst 9800-40 WLCs to serve as high availability SSO pairs for each campus, but only two have been approved due to budget restrictions. Requirements: Data center WLC must always be available as N+1 backup, Campus1 WLC must operate with zero downtime, and in the event of multiple campus outages, the AP priority order is to support Campus3, Campus2, then Campus1. Which design approach must the consulting engineer take?
C) The data center WLC and Campus1 WLC are the high availability SSO pair. Campus3 APs have priority 4, Campus2 APs have priority 2, and Campus1 APs have priority 1.
A) The data center WLC and Campus3 WLC are the high availability SSO pair. Campus1 APs have priority 4, Campus2 APs have priority 2, and Campus3 APs have priority 1.
B) The data center WLC and Campus1 WLC are the high availability SSO pair. Campus1 APs have priority 4, Campus2 APs have priority 2, and Campus3 APs have priority 1.
D) The data center WLC and Campus3 WLC are the high availability SSO pair. Campus3 APs have priority 4, Campus2 APs have priority 2, and Campus1 APs have priority 1.

Cisco 300-110 Exam - Topic 2 Question 4 Discussion

Actual exam question for Cisco's 300-110 exam
Question #: 4
Topic #: 2
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A university has three campus locations and the main data center. Each campus location has a Cisco Catalyst 9800-40 WLC that manages 600 APs. The data center has a Catalyst 9800-40 WLC, which serves as N+1 backup for each campus WLC. A consulting engineer must install four additional Catalyst 9800-40 WLCs to serve as high availability SSO pairs for each campus, but only two have been approved due to budget restrictions. Requirements: Data center WLC must always be available as N+1 backup, Campus1 WLC must operate with zero downtime, and in the event of multiple campus outages, the AP priority order is to support Campus3, Campus2, then Campus1. Which design approach must the consulting engineer take?

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Suggested Answer: C

This design scenario requires careful interpretation of the SSO pair function and AP priority semantics. The SSO requirement for Campus1 zero downtime means Campus1's WLC must be paired in an SSO relationship --- SSO provides hitless failover with no AP disassociation and no client reauthentication. The data center WLC, which must always remain available as N+1 backup for all campuses, is the logical SSO partner for Campus1 WLC. The SSO pair presents as a single logical entity, ensuring the data center WLC remains active and capable of serving as N+1 backup while simultaneously providing SSO for Campus1. The AP priority for the N+1 backup scenario defines the recovery order when the backup controller must simultaneously handle APs from multiple campuses. In Cisco WLC AP failover priority, priority 1 is Critical (highest). The stated recovery order --- Campus3 first, Campus2 second, Campus1 last --- maps to: Campus3 APs assigned priority 4 (Cisco's highest numeric value in the 4-tier system, equating to the highest service recovery priority in this context), Campus2 APs priority 2, and Campus1 APs priority 1 (lowest, recovered last). Option C correctly pairs the data center WLC with Campus1 WLC for SSO and assigns AP priorities in the correct descending recovery order. Reference: WLSD Study Guide --- SSO High Availability, N+1 Redundancy, AP Failover Priority Design.


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Kristal
11 hours ago
Wait, why would Campus3 be prioritized over Campus1? That seems off.
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Rickie
6 days ago
I think option B makes the most sense for zero downtime at Campus1.
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Dudley
11 days ago
The data center WLC must always be available as N+1 backup.
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Samira
16 days ago
I’m leaning towards option A, but I’m confused about the SSO pairs. I thought the main campus should always have the highest priority.
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Genevive
21 days ago
I practiced a similar question where the priority order was crucial. I feel like Campus3 should have higher priority since it’s mentioned last in the requirements.
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Amie
26 days ago
I think Campus1 should definitely have zero downtime, so it might make sense to pair it with the data center WLC, but I can't recall the exact priority order for the APs.
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Ona
1 month ago
I remember that the data center WLC needs to be the N+1 backup, but I'm not sure which campus should be paired with it for high availability.
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