Hello Aviv,
The behavior you are seeing in the VC scenario described is an expected one.
Please note the following regarding VC deployments..
An Independent Access Point operating as a Virtual Controller only provides management / configuration functions and not data switching for other Independent Access Points.
An Independent Access Point operating as a Virtual Controller provides:
RF Management (Smart-RF)
Firmware Updates adopted Access Points
Configuration Management for adopted Access Points (24 Max / 64 for 802.11ac platforms except AP7502)
Statistics Collection and Aggregation
Troubleshooting adopted Access Points.
No tunneled VLANs are supported.
WiNG 5.9.1.0, support on the Virtual Controller (VC) AP to adopt and manage heterogeneous AP models for the 802.11ac AP platforms was added.
The following AP models can be deployed in a heterogenous AP VC scenario:
AP 8533
AP 8432
AP 7632/AP 7662/AP 7612
AP 7622/AP7602
AP 7532/AP 7522/AP 7562
The following are the supported adoption hierarchies:
AP 7662/7632 can adopt AP 7662/7632/7612
AP 8533/8432 can adopt AP 8533/8432/7562/7532/7522/7662/7632/7622/7612/7602
AP7532/AP7522/AP7562 can be managed by AP8533/AP8432 but not by AP7632/AP7662
Note:
Image upload capability will only be enabled on the AP that is elected as VC
VC can manage up to 64 APs
AP65xx APs do not support heterogeneous AP adoption and management.