9800 Family Deployment Options

Module 1
Maurijn van Tol
 Maurijn van Tol

• NL Wi-Fi Guy
• Joined Cisco in October 1999
• Involved Wi-Fi since Cisco acquired
Aironet in November 1999
• Member of Cisco Live! EU Wi-Fi team
since 2013

Amsterdam
Netherlands
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Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers
Translate business intent into network policy and
DNA Center capture actionable insights with DNA Center

Catalyst 9800-80 Catalyst 9800-40 Catalyst 9800-L

Catalyst 9800 for Cloud Catalyst 9800 embedded wireless

Aironet and Catalyst for Cat 9k Switch and 9100 AP
Works with Cisco Aironet 802.11ac
Access Wave 1 and Wave 2 and 802.11ax
C9100 Access Points Global
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Points S a l e s Tr a i n i n g
Deploy It the Way You Want It

Catalyst 9800-SW* Catalyst 9800-CL Catalyst 9800-CL

200 APs, 4K Clients 3000 APs, 32K Clients 6000 APs, 64K Clients

100 APs 250 APs 1000 APs 2000 APs 3000 APs 6000 APs

Catalyst 9800-EWC Catalyst 9800-L Catalyst 9800-40 Catalyst 9800-80

2000 APs, 32K Clients, 40 Gbps 6000 APs, 64K Clients, 80 Gbps
100 APs, 2K Clients** 250 APs, 5K Clients, 5 Gbps

On-premise Appliance | Pubic or Private Cloud | On a Switch | On an AP

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*SD-Access only
+C9800-CL for Public Cloud with FlexConnect;
Cisco Catalyst 9800 Wireless Controller
Series: C9800-80-K9

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C9800-80-K9
Front Panel
EXTERNAL INTERFACES
• RJ-45 Console Port Gigabit SFP
RP Port
• Mini USB Console Port
• 2 External USB Ports
• RJ-45 Ethernet Management Port (SP)
• RJ-45 Ethernet Redundancy port (RP)
• SFP Gigabit Ethernet Port
• BUILT-IN-6x10GE/2x1GE or 10GE
• C9800 Modules
LEDs
• Power Status LED
• Alarm LED
• High availability LED
• USB console LED
C9800-80-K9
• 10/100/1000 RJ45 Link LED
• 10/100/1000 RJ45 Activity LED
• SSD Activity LED
• System Status LED 8540

• Power Supply (PEM 0)

• Power Supply (PEM 1) Dimensions of C9800-80-K9: 17.3” (439.42 mm) wide, 3.5”
• Power Switch
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(88.9 mm)tall (2RU), and 22.0” (558.8 mm) deep
6

(Compared to 30.8 “ for 8540)

 Industry’s First Controller with Modular 100G Uplink
C9800 Modules Support

• C9800-2X40GE • C9800-1X100GE
• C9800-1X40GE

• C9800-18X1GE • C9800-10X10GE

Eighteen 1GE-ports that support small form-factor Ten 10GE-ports that support small form-factor pluggable (SFP+)
pluggable (SFP) optical transceivers to provide network optical transceivers to provide network connectivity. Ports are
connectivity. Ports are numbered 0 – 17 numbered 0 – 9.

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SFP/SFP+ Support for C9800-80-K9
SFP MODULES SFP+ MODULES

• GLC-BX-D • SFP-10G-SR

• GLC-BX-U • SFP-10G-SR-X

• GLC-LH-SMD • SFP-10G-LR

• GLC-SX-MMD • SFP-10G-LRM
• GLC-ZX-SMD
• SFP-10G-LR-X
• GLC-TE
• SFP-10G-ER

Note: • SFP-10G-ZR
SFP-GE-S, SFP-GE-L and SFP-GE-Z are End-of-Sale, and will not be officially
supported
• SFP-H10GB-ACU7M
10G ports will operate in 1GE mode but will not support operation at 10/100M.
Hence the 10G ports will not support the following SFPs for 10/100M: • SFP-H10GB-ACU10M
• GLC-GE-100FX=
• SFP-GE-T • DWDM-SFP10G-30.33 –DWDM-SFP10G-61.41
• GLC-TE
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Evolution of Wireless Controllers
Enterprise Campus and Full-Service Branch
NOW C9800-80-K9
THEN 8540
• 6000 APs, 64000 Clients
• 6000 APs, 64000 Clients • 80 Gbps Throughput
• 40 Gbps Throughput

• 6000 Policy Tags

• 6000 AP Groups
• 2000 FlexConnect Groups, • 6000 Site Tags,
• 100 Flex APs/FCG • 100 Flex APs/Site
• 4096 VLANs, 512 Interface Groups
• 64000 PMK Cache
• 4096 VLANs, 4096 Interface Groups
• 512 WLANs • 128000 PMK Cache
• 4096 WLANs
• 50000 RFIDs
• 6000 APs/RRM Group
• 320000 AVC Flows • 64000 RFIDs
• 12000 APs/RRM Group
• 800000 AVC Flows
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Cisco Catalyst 9800 Wireless Controller
Series: C9800-40-K9

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C9800-40-K9
Front Panel
EXTERNAL INTERFACES
• RJ-45 Console Port
• Mini USB Console Port
• 2 External USB Ports
• RJ-45 Ethernet Management Port (SP)
• RJ-45 Ethernet Redundancy port (RP) Gigabit SFP
RP Port
• SFP Gigabit RP Port
• 4 x 10GE/1GE SFP and SFP+ ports
LEDs
• Power Status LED
Dimensions : 17.3” (439 mm) wide, 1.75”(44.4
• Alarm LED
mm) tall (1RU), and 18.3”(464 mm) deep*
• High availability LED
• USB console LED
• 10/100/1000 RJ45 Link LED C9800-40-K9

• 10/100/1000 RJ45 Activity LED

AIR-CT-5508-K9
• SSD Activity LED
• System Status LED AIR-CT-5520-K9
*compared to 30.98” (786 mm) in 5520
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SFP/SFP+ Support for C9800-40-K9

SFP MODULES SFP+ MODULES

• GLC-BX-D • SFP-10G-SR

• SFP-10G-SR-X
• GLC-BX-U
• SFP-10G-LR
• GLC-LH-SMD
• SFP-10G-LRM
• GLC-SX-MMD
• SFP-10G-LR-X
• GLC-ZX-SMD
• SFP-10G-ER
• GLC-TE
• SFP-10G-ZR
Note:
• SFP-H10GB-ACU7M
SFP-GE-S, SFP-GE-L and SFP-GE-Z are End-of-Sale, and will not be
officially supported
• SFP-H10GB-ACU10M
10G ports will operate in 1GE mode but will not support operation at 10/100M.
• DWDM-SFP10G-30.33 –DWDM-SFP10G-61.41
Hence the 10G ports will not support the following SFPs for 10/100M:
• GLC-GE-100FX=
• SFP-GE-T
• GLC-TE
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Evolution of Wireless Controllers
Enterprise Campus and Full-Service Branch
NOW C9800-40-K9
THEN 5520
• 2000 APs, 32000 Clients
• 1500 APs, 20000 Clients • 40 Gbps Throughput
• 20 Gbps Throughput

• 2000 Policy Tags

• 1500 AP Groups
• 1500 FlexConnect Groups, • 2000 Site Tags,
• 100 Flex APs/FCG • 100 Flex APs/Site
• 4096 VLANs, 512 Interface Groups
• 40000 PMK Cache
• 4096 VLANs, 100 VLAN Groups
• 512 WLANs • 64000 PMK Cache
• 4096 WLANs
• 25000 RFIDs
• 3000 APs/RRM Group
• 320000 AVC Flows • 32000 RFIDs
• 4000 APs/RRM Group
• 800000 AVC Flows
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Cisco Catalyst 9800 Wireless Controller
Series: C9800-L

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 Catalyst 9800 Appliance Wireless Controller

• 250 APs, 5K clients, 5 Gbps

• Copper or fiber uplinks

IOS-XE 16.12.1s with Cisco DNA-C 1.3.1

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Cisco Catalyst 9800-L Specifications

Flexible
Chassis Height 1RU
Deployment
Throughput 5 Gbps

COPPER AP Support 250

Client Support 5000

2x 10G/mGig Copper or 2x 10G/1G Fiber,
Data Ports
4x2.5G/1G Copper
Console port Dual RJ45+miniB USB Console port
SFP USB port Single USB3.0

Operating Temp 0-40˚C

Power 79.3W
Dimensions: 1.58in x 8.50in x 9.06in
Weight: 4.0 lbs. (1.81 kg) Noise 42.9dBA

Note: No direct AP support

Compact (1 RU) | mGig ready | Dedicated RP/SP ports | HA SSO | Side by Side rack mount
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SFP/SFP+ Supported on Catalyst 9800-L

SFP
• GLC-BX-D
• GLC-BX-U
• GLC-SX-MMD
• GLC-ZX-SMD

SFP+
• SFP-10G-SR
• SFP-10G-SR-X
• SFP-H10GB-ACU7M
• SFP-H10GB-ACU10M

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C9800—L Power Supply

§ Single Power Supply

§ C9800-AC-PWR power adapter

§ WLC 3504 Power Supply is not

compatible with C9800-L

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C9800-L Racking tray
Fit 2 units in 1RU with a ‘toolless' snap-in rackmount
installation (with exception to the rack screws)

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 Evolution of Wireless Controllers
NOW C9800-L
3504
• 250 APs, 5000 Clients
• 150 APs, 3000 Clients • 5 Gbps Throughput
• 4 Gbps Throughput

• 4096 Policy Tags

• 150 AP Groups
• 100 FlexConnect Groups, • 250 Site Tags
• 100 Flex APs/FCG • 100 Flex APs/Site

• 4094 VLANs, 512 Interface Groups • 4096 VLANs, 4096 Interface Groups
• 14000 PMK Cache • 10000 PMK Cache
• 4096 WLANs
• 600 Rogue APs, 1500 Rogue Clients, 1500 RFIDs
• 500 APs/RRM Group
• 5000 RFIDs
• 1000 APs/RRM Group
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Performance License

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9800-L Performance License

Performance
License*
=
250 APs 500 APs
5k Clients 10K Clients
Max Throughput (*): 5Gbps Max Throughput (*): 10 Gbps

ü Same device can scale up to higher no. of APs and higher throughput
ü Ability to upgrade at any point without having to buy new hardware
ü Complete investment protection
ü Supports smart licensing
ü TWO performance licenses needed for HA SSO: one on each 9800-L

(*) MaxCisco
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Cisco packets, with IMIX traffic and small packets the numbers will be lower
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Scale Comparison

Features 9800-L 9800-L with Performance License

APs supported 250 500

Clients Supported 5000 10 000

Throughput with IMIX 5 Gbps 5 Gbps

Throughput W/O IMIX 5 Gbps 10 Gbps *

* With 1374 Byte size of packet

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Cisco Catalyst 9800 Wireless Controller
Series: Embedded Wireless Controller

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 Catalyst 9800 Embedded Wireless Controller

Catalyst 9k Catalyst 9k
Switches Access Points

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 Catalyst 9800 Embedded Wireless Controller
On Catalyst Access Point

IOS-XE 16.12.2 with Cisco DNA-C 1.3.2

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Embedded Wireless Controller on Catalyst 9100
Ready for Enterprise deployments

Runs C9800 IOS-XE Modern OS, scalable,

Wireless Controller on open and programmable,
Catalyst Access Points supports telemetry

Supports Advanced HA, SMU, aWIPS,

Enterprise Feature Set Umbrella, NetFlow, ICAP

Use Mobile App, WebUI

Flexible Management
and DNA-C to Deploy,
Options
Manage and Monitor

Migrate Access Points to

Investment Protection controller for more than
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 Embedded Wireless Controller Catalyst 9100 Access Points
Ideal for single or multi-site small to medium Mission Critical Best in Class
Enterprise deployments Best suited for High Density Enterprise Branch Deployments

Powered by Cisco RF ASIC Powered by Cisco RF ASIC

C9115AX-EWC C9117AX-EWC C9120AX-EWC C9130AX-EWC

• 50 Access Point, 1000 Clients • 50 Access Point, 1000 Clients • 100 Access Point, 2000 Clients • 100 Access Point, 2000 Clients
• 4x4 + 4x4 • 8x8 + 4x4 • 4x4 + 4x4 • 8x8 + 4x4 or 4x4 + 4x4 + 4x4
• MU-MIMO, OFDMA • MU-MIMO, OFDMA (only DL) • MU-MIMO, OFDMA • Tri-radio (Dual 5GHz + 2.4GHz), HDX
• Spectrum intelligence • Spectrum intelligence • Cisco RF ASIC • Cisco RF ASIC
• Bluetooth 5 • Bluetooth 5 • Dual 5GHz, HDX • RF signature capture
• 1 x 2.5 mGig • 1 x 5 mGig • RF signature capture • Decrypted data packet iCAP
• USB • USB • 1 x 2.5 mGig • 1 x 5 mGig
• Integrated or External antenna • Integrated Antenna only • Integrated or External antenna • 8 port Smart Antennas

Software Feature Parity Supports up to 100 APs, Supports Wave 2 APs as Cisco DNA Assurance with
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across APs 2000 Clients client serving ICAP 28

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 What about 802.11ac Wave 2 Access Points?
Supports client serving mode

Ideal for small to medium-sized deployments Mission critical

Indoor

1815W 1815I, 1815M 1832 1842 1852 2802 3802 4800

Outdoor
1540 1560

ALL 11ac Wave 2 Access Points can connect to Embedded Wireless Controller
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 Catalyst 9800 Embedded Wireless Controller
On Catalyst 9K Switches

Fabric mode APs only

Managed by Cisco DNA Center

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Cisco Catalyst 9800 Wireless Controller
Series: 9800-CL

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Cloud Wireless offer

AUTOMATION
ASSURANCE

ISE / AD DNA Center

Managed VPN Public Cloud

ISE/AAA

Internet

AD
Enterprise network
ESXi
NFVIS
ENCS

Hypervisors: ESXi, KVM, NFVIS on ENCS, Amazon AWS & Google Cloud with Managed
Hyper-V VPN

DNAC 1.2.8 / W1 & W2 802.11ac APs 1,000 APs / 10,000 Clients

All deployments mode:

FlexConnect local switching only
Centralized, SDA, FlexConnect, Mesh
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AireOS vWLC vs C9800-CL
AireOS vWLC vs. C9800-CL

SSO High Availability No Yes

Deployment Modes Flex Only Flex, Local, Fabric

Guest Anchor No Yes

DNA-C Automation & Assurance No Yes

Max Throughput 500 Mbps 1.7 Gbps

Max AP and Client Scale 3k APs, 32k Clients 6k APs, 64k Clients

Installation Image Multiple Single for any scale

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Key Takeaways

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 Next Generation Wireless Infrastructure For Any Scale

Catalyst 9800-80
6000 Aps, 64K clients
80 Gbps

Catalyst 9800-40
2000 Aps, 32K Clients,
40 Gbps
Catalyst 9800-L Catalyst 9800-CL
250 APs, 5K Clients, 5 Gbps 1000, 3000 or 6000^ APs
500 Aps, 10K clients, 10 10K, 32K or 64K^ Clients
Gbps**
Embedded Wireless
Embedded on Catalyst Switch*
200 APs, 4K Clients
Wireless on
Catalyst 9100 AP
100 APs, 2K Clients *SD-Access only
+Catalyst 9800 for Public cloud FlexConnect only

Up to 100 APs Up to 250 APs Up to 1000 APs Up to 3000 APs Up to 6000 APs

Distributed Branch & Small Campus

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Controller Positioning and C9800 Transition
Refresh old 2504, 5508, 8510 to C9800 and position C9800 in new opportunities

Up to
100 APs
2504
SMB and Distributed
Wireless Controller
Enterprise Branches Embedded Wireless Controller (EWC)

100 to
500 APs
3504 C9800-CL
Small Campus and mid size
Wireless Controller C9800-L C9800 for public cloud
Distributed Branches

250 to
1000 APs
5508, 5520 C9800-CL
C9800-40
Medium Campus Wireless Controller C9800 for public cloud

1000 to
6000 APs
7510, 8510, 8540
C9800-CL
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Large Campus C9800 for private cloud
Cisco Catalyst 9800 Wireless - Platform Support
Wireless Controller Access Points

Cisco Catalyst 9800

Wireless Controller

C9800-40, C9800-80, C9800-L

Cisco Catalyst 9800

Wireless Controller for AP2800/ AP1540/AP1560
AP1810, AP1815,
Cloud AP3800/AP4800
AP1830, AP1850
C9800-CL

11ac Wave 1 and Wave 2 Access Points

Catalyst 9800 AP18xx, 2802, 3802, 4800, 1540, 1560, 1700, 2700, 3700, 1570
Embedded Wireless
on C9100 APs Deployment Modes
Centralized, Distributed Branch, SDA and EWC

AP Modes
Local, FlexConnect, Monitor, Mesh^, Flex+Mesh^, Sensor, Sniffer
Catalyst 9800 SD-
Access Embedded
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^ supported on Wave 1 and outdoor Wave 2 APs
Wireless