8533 AP can be configured as Virtual Controller, avoiding the cost of an additional controller, but how does another takes place in case the VC fails ?
There's a very importante feature here that has been disregarded by everyone so far. Stacking only gives you the master control plane, and the other switches provide additional ports. Processing is made only by the master. On MLAG, processing is done...
Besides what André already said, When you stack, the control of the stack is made only by the master control plane. The other switches are serving only the ports. On a MLAG configuration, both control planes are active and processing, so load is shar...
