Mobility Express Woes

Hi All,

Having an issue with a new Mobility Express deployment. It's one 1832 AP, so the WLC VM is provisioned on it as 10.30.50.240, and the CAPWAP portion is pulling a DHCP address from the server. The CAPWAP side of the unit knows the WLC's static IP, and I can see it trying to contact the WLC at the correct IP. However, the WLC IP is not responding, and I can't ping it. Shortly after, in the logs, the AP goes into FlexConnect Standalone mode, because it detects the WLC is offline.

Mar 6 13:06:04 kernel: [*03/06/2020 13:06:04.7554] Discovery Request sent to 10.30.50.240, discovery type STATIC_CONFIG(1)

Mar 6 13:06:04 kernel: [*03/06/2020 13:06:04.7554] Discovery Request sent to 255.255.255.255, discovery type UNKNOWN(0)

Mar 6 13:06:04 kernel: [*03/06/2020 13:06:04.7754] DOT11_DRV[0]: Stop Radio0

Mar 6 13:06:04 kernel: [*03/06/2020 13:06:04.7754] DOT11_DRV[0]: Start Radio0

Mar 6 13:06:04 kernel: [*03/06/2020 13:06:04.7854] DOT11_DRV[0]: Channel set to 6, width 20

Mar 6 13:06:04 kernel: [*03/06/2020 13:06:04.7854] DOT11_DRV[0]: Stop Radio0

Mar 6 13:06:04 kernel: [*03/06/2020 13:06:04.7854] DOT11_DRV[0]: Start Radio0

Mar 6 13:06:04 kernel: [*03/06/2020 13:06:04.7854] DOT11_DRV[0]: Channel set to 6, width 20

Mar 6 13:06:04 kernel: [*03/06/2020 13:06:04.7954] DOT11_DRV[1]: Stop Radio1

Mar 6 13:06:04 kernel: [*03/06/2020 13:06:04.8054] DOT11_DRV[1]: Start Radio1

Mar 6 13:06:04 kernel: [*03/06/2020 13:06:04.8054] DOT11_DRV[1]: Stop Radio1

Mar 6 13:06:04 kernel: [*03/06/2020 13:06:04.8054] DOT11_DRV[1]: Start Radio1

Mar 6 13:06:04 kernel: [*03/06/2020 13:06:04.8054] DOT11_DRV[1]: Channel set to 36, width 80

Mar 6 13:06:04 kernel: [*03/06/2020 13:06:04.8154] DOT11_DRV[1]: Stop Radio1

Mar 6 13:06:04 kernel: [*03/06/2020 13:06:04.8154] DOT11_DRV[1]: Start Radio1

Mar 6 13:06:04 kernel: [*03/06/2020 13:06:04.8154] DOT11_DRV[1]: Channel set to 36, width 80

Mar 6 13:06:04 kernel: [*03/06/2020 13:06:04.9054] DOT11_DRV[0]: Stop Radio0

Mar 6 13:06:04 kernel: [*03/06/2020 13:06:04.9154] DOT11_DRV[0]: Start Radio0

Mar 6 13:06:05 FIPS[4314]: *** /usr/sbin/hostapd: FIPS Mode = disabled ***

Mar 6 13:06:05 kernel: [*03/06/2020 13:06:05.9251] DOT11_DRV[1]: Stop Radio1

Mar 6 13:06:05 kernel: [*03/06/2020 13:06:05.9351] DOT11_DRV[1]: Start Radio1

Mar 6 13:06:06 FIPS[4388]: *** /usr/sbin/hostapd: FIPS Mode = disabled ***

Mar 6 13:06:06 kernel: [*03/06/2020 13:06:06.9447] Flexconnect Switching to Standalone Mode!

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Now the thing that I'm banging my head against the wall on is that this access point IS the controller, as well as a CAPWAP, because that's how Mobility Express works, in place of a physical dedicated controller. So, if I can ping and access the CAPWAP, why can't I ping and access the Controller instance?

Is this an issue for TAC or has anyone seen this?