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„dap dap-num— Number of a Distributed MAP for which to change the bias.

„high — High bias.

„low — Low bias.

Defaults — The default bias is high.

Access — Enabled.

History —Introduced in MSS Version 3.0.

Usage — High bias is preferred over low bias. Bias applies only to WX switches that are indirectly attached to the MAP through an intermediate Layer 2 or Layer 3 network. A MAP always attempts to boot on MAP port 1 first, and if an WX switch is directly attached on MAP port 1, the MAP always boots from it.

If MAP port 1 is indirectly connected to WX switches through the network, the MAP boots from the switch with the high bias for the MAP. If the bias for all connections is the same, the MAP selects the switch that has the greatest capacity to add more active MAPs. For example, if a MAP is dual homed to two WX4400 wireless LAN switches, and one of the switches has 50 active MAPs while the other switch has 60 active MAPs, the new MAP selects the switch that has only 50 active MAPs.

If the boot request on MAP port 1 fails, the MAP attempts to boot over its port 2, using the same process described above.

MAP selection of an WX switch is sticky. After a MAP selects an WX switch to boot from, the MAP continues to use that switch for its active data link even if another switch configured with high bias for the MAP becomes available.

Examples — The following command changes the bias for a Distributed MAP to low:

WX4400# set dap 1 bias low success: change accepted.

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