Cisco Cisco 5508 Wireless Controller Getting Started Guide
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Table 3 summarizes the features of Cisco Controller products for
mid-sized and large, single-site enterprises.
Table 3. Cisco Wireless Controllers for Mid-Sized and Large, Single-Site
Enterprises
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Support for up to 500 access
points and 7000 clients
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8-Gbps throughput, eight 1
Gigabit Ethernet ports, with Link
Aggregation Group (LAG) support
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Standalone, rack-mountable
appliance
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Support for up to 1000 access
points and 15,000 clients
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20-Gbps throughput
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Integrated switch blade for Cisco
Catalyst 6500 Series chassis
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Supports up to seven Cisco
WiSM2 blades per chassis for
added scalability
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802.11ac optimized, up to 40
Gbps wirespeed throughput with
advanced network services per
3850 switch
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Up to 50 access points per switch
and per stack; up to 2,000 clients
per switch and per stack
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Converged access switch with
integrated controller
Cisco Wireless Controllers for Branch Environments
and Multisite Deployments
Consolidate your wireless branch network with the Cisco Flex® 7500
Series Wireless Controllers to help network managers cost-effectively
manage branch networks. Its robust scalability significantly lowers
operating expenses by providing the visibility and control needed to
manage thousands of wireless branches from a single location.
The Cisco Flex 7500 Series is ideally suited for supporting smaller,
The Cisco Flex 7500 Series is ideally suited for supporting smaller,
leaner branch environments (see Table 4). The Cisco 7500 Series is:
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A cost-effective solution that does not require a local controller at
each branch location
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A consolidated, remote management system that allows scaled and
consistent control over thousands of branches
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A way to provide secure, centralized policy management of
distributed guest and employee access
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A solution that helps ensure business continuity in each local branch
by providing resiliency in WAN failures
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A solution that provides efficient networking with local switching of
data traffic, allowing WAN optimization and QoS policies without
requiring tunneling across the WAN
Table 4. Cisco Wireless Controllers for Multisite Deployments
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Private cloud deployment extends
wireless services to distributed branches
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802.11n and 802.11ac ready, supports up
to 6000 branch offices
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Supports up to 100 access points per
branch
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Configure, manage and troubleshoot
up to 6000 access points and 64,000
clients
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Designed specifically for wireless
branches with local survivability features
Cisco Wireless Controllers
At a Glance
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