Introduction

Built from the ground-up for the Intent-based networking and Cisco DNA, Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers are Cisco IOS XE based and integrate the RF excellence of Cisco Aironet access points creating the best-in-class wireless experience for your evolving and growing organization. The Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers are built on an open and programmable architecture with built-in security, streaming telemetry and rich analytics.

The Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers are built on the three pillars of network excellence - always on, secure, and deployed anywhere - which strengthen the network by providing the best wireless experience without compromise, while saving time and money.

The Cisco Catalyst 9800-80 is a modular wireless controller with optional 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) modular uplinks and seamless software updates for large enterprises and campuse.

Specifications

General
Device Type	Network management device
Height (Rack Units)	2U
Width	17.3 in
Depth	20.5 in
Height	3.5 in
Weight	31.5 lbs
Processor / Memory / Storage
Hard Drive	SSD 240 GB
Networking
Form Factor	Rack-mountable
Ports Qty	8
Connectivity Technology	Wired
Data Link Protocol	Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11g, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11ac Wave 2, IEEE 802.11ac Wave 1
Network / Transport Protocol	TCP/IP, UDP/IP, ICMP/IP, IPSec, ARP, BOOTP, DHCP, HTTP, HTTPs, IPv4, IPv6
Routing Protocol	CIDR
Remote Management Protocol	SNMP 1, RMON, Telnet, SNMP 3, SNMP 2c, HTTP, HTTPS, TFTP, SSH, CLI, NETCONF
Performance	Throughput: 80 Gbps
Capacity	Maximum number of access points: 6000 ¦ Maximum number of clients: 64000 ¦ Wireless LANs: 4096 ¦ VLANs supported: 4096 ¦ Site tags: 6000 ¦ Flex APs per site: 100 ¦ Policy tags: 6000 ¦ RF tags: 6000 ¦ RF profiles: 12000 ¦ Policy profiles: 1000 ¦ Flex profiles: 6000
Status Indicators	Port status, power, system, alarm, SSD activity
Features	Syslog support, SNTP support, Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) support, Quality of Service (QoS), CAPWAP support, Management Information Base (MIB), Flexible NetFlow (FNF), 802.1x authentication, Link Aggregation, Management Information Base (MIB) II, Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA), Network-Based Application Recognition (NBAR) 2, Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
Encryption Algorithm	DES, Triple DES, MD5, AES, 128-bit WEP, SSL, TLS 1.0, WPA2, PKI, DTLS, TLS 1.2, ESP, CRL, CCM, CCMP
Authentication Method	Secure Shell (SSH), RADIUS, TACACS, Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
Compliant Standards	IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.11d, IEEE 802.1x, X.509, IEEE 802.11i, IEEE 802.11h, IEEE 802.11e, IEEE 802.1ae, IEEE 802.11k, IEEE 802.1AX, IEEE 802.11w, IEEE 802.11r, IEEE 802.11u
Expansion / Connectivity
Expansion Bays	1 (total) / 0 (free) x internal
Expansion Slots	1 (total) / 1 (free) x expansion slot
Interfaces	6 x 10GBase-X - SFP+ ¦ 2 x 1000Base-X/10GBase-X - SFP+ ¦ 1 x 1000Base-T (management) - RJ-45 ¦ 1 x redundancy - RJ-45 ¦ 1 x redundancy - SFP (mini-GBIC) ¦ 2 x USB 3.0 - Type A ¦ 1 x console - RJ-45 ¦ 1 x console - mini-USB
Power
Power Device	Internal power supply - hot-plug
Max Supported Qty	2
Power Redundancy	Optional
Software / System Requirements
OS Required	Cisco IOS XE 16.10.1 or later
Environmental Parameters
Min Operating Temperature	41 °F
Max Operating Temperature	104 °F
Humidity Range Operating	5 - 85% (non-condensing)