Cisco Catalyst 9800 80 Wireless Controller

High availability and seamless software updates  enabled by hot patching  keep your clients and services always on in planned and unplanned events.

Secure air  devices  and users with the Cisco Catalyst 9800-80. Wireless infrastructure becomes the strongest first line of defense with Cisco Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA) and Software-Defined Access (SD-Access).

The controller comes with built-in security: secure boot  runtime defenses  image signing  integrity verification  and hardware authenticity.

Built on a modular operating system  the 9800-80 features open and programmable APIs that enable automation of day-0 to day-N network operations.

Model-driven streaming telemetry provides deep insights into the health of your network and clients.

Maximum number of access points : Up to 6000

Maximum number of clients : 64 000

Maximum throughput : Up to 80 Gbps

Maximum WLANs : 4096

Maximum VLANs : 4096

Max site tags : 6000

Max Flex APs per site : 100

Max policy tags : 6000

Max RF tags : 6000

Max RF profiles : 12000

Max policy profiles : 1000

Max flex profiles : 6000

Fixed uplinks : 8x 10 GE or 6x 10 GE + 2x 1 GE SFP+/SFP

Modular uplinks (optional)

The supported uplink modules are

 C9800-18X1GE(=)

 C9800-10X10GE(=)

 C9800-1X40GE(=)

 C9800-2X40GE(=)

 C9800-1X100GE(=)

The uplink modules are hot-swappable.

Supports 10 GE  40 GE  and 100 GE QSFP transceivers

Redundant power supply : AC or DC power supply

Maximum power consumption with modules 600W

Deployment modes : Centralized  Cisco FlexConnect®  and Fabric Wireless (SD-Access)

Form factor : 2RU

License : Smart License enabled

Operating system : Cisco IOS XE

Management : Cisco DNA Center  Cisco Prime Infrastructure  integrated WebUI  and third party (open standards APIs)

Interoperability : AireOS-based controllers

Policy engine : Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)

Location platform : Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences (CMX)/Cisco DNA Spaces*

Access points : Aironet 802.11ac Wave 1 and Wave 2 access points  Catalyst 9100 802.11ax access points

Width : 17.3 inches (43.94 cm)

Depth : 20.5 inches (52.07 cm)

Height : 3.47 inches (8.81 cm)

Weight : 31.5 lb (14.29 kg)

Hard Disk Drives (HDD) :   SATA solid-state drive (SSD)

 240 GB of memory