Cisco Cisco 5760 Wireless LAN Controller White Paper
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Test Bed Diagram
How We Did It
The Cisco WLC 5760 and Aruba 7240 wireless controllers and the Cisco Catalyst 3850 switch were tested for
throughput, validation of QoS, validation of better performance of UADP ASIC relative to a network processor,
capability of downloadable policy management with ISE, and B-W ration on two SSIDs.
Products tested: Cisco Catalyst 3850, fixed GE access switch, version 03.02.01.SE; Cisco WLAN 5760,
Products tested: Cisco Catalyst 3850, fixed GE access switch, version 03.02.01.SE; Cisco WLAN 5760,
60Gbps wireless controller, version 03.02.01.SE; and Aruba 7240, 40Gbps Wireless Controller, version
6.2.1.0.
Spirent Test Center was used for the RFC load testing. In the case of the Cisco Access Controller tests, the
Spirent Test Center was used for the RFC load testing. In the case of the Cisco Access Controller tests, the
traffic was routed through the lightweight wireless controller simulators. For the Aruba tests, the traffic was
routed directly through the Aruba controller.
Ixia IxChariot was used for the Voice QoS testing, simulating real life voice calls, in the presence of
Ixia IxChariot was used for the Voice QoS testing, simulating real life voice calls, in the presence of
background traffic generated by the Spirent Test Center. The access points used in this test case were Aruba
AP-135 and Cisco 3602i. Video QoS Testing was performed using VLC media player as the streaming
application on Apple MacBook Pro Laptops. Both the QoS Tests were performed under similar RF conditions.
The lightweight wireless controller simulator provided upstream CAPWAP IP/UDP encapsulatation and traffic
was de-capsulated at either Cisco WLC 5760 or Cisco Catalyst 3850.
The testing network was supported by Cisco Nexus 7000 and Cisco Catalyst 6000 switches.
The tests in this report are intended to be reproducible for customers who wish to recreate them with the
The testing network was supported by Cisco Nexus 7000 and Cisco Catalyst 6000 switches.
The tests in this report are intended to be reproducible for customers who wish to recreate them with the
appropriate test and measurement equipment. Current or prospective customers interested in repeating these
and test tools used in this evaluation. Miercom recommends customers conduct their own needs analysis
study and test specifically for the expected environment for product deployment before making a product
selection.
Source: Miercom, May 2013
Lightweight Wireless Controller Simulator
(Multiples of Cisco WLC5508)
Spirent
Testing Center
Cisco Nexus 7000
for Layer 3
Cisco Catalyst 6000
for L2 Switching
Device Under Test
Aruba 7240 Wireless LAN Controller
Devices Under Test
Cisco Catalyst 3850G
Cisco 5760 Wireless LAN Controller
Ixia IxChariot