Cisco C9800-CL-K9 Catalyst 9800-CL Wireless Controller for Cloud

Metric

Value

Maximum number of access points

Up to 6000

Maximum number of clients

64,000

Maximum throughput

Up to 2.5 Gbps

Maximum WLANs

4096

Maximum VLANs

4096

Deployment modes

Centralized, Cisco FlexConnect, and Fabric Wireless (SD-Access)

License

Smart License enabled

Operating system

Cisco IOS XE Software

Management

Cisco DNA Center^™ 1.2.8, Cisco Prime^® Infrastructure 3.5, integrated WebUI, and third party (open standards APIs)

Interoperability

AireOS-based controllers with 8.8 MR2, 8.5 MR4, and 8.5 MR3 special

Policy engine

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) 2.2, 2.3, and 2.4

Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences (CMX)

CMX 10.5.1

Access points

Aironet 802.11ac Wave 1 and Wave 2 access points

Small

Medium

Large

Deployment modes supported

Centralized, Cisco FlexConnect, Fabric(SD-Access)

Centralized, Cisco FlexConnect, Fabric (SD-Access)

Cisco FlexConnect,Fabric (SD-Access)

Cisco FlexConnect (local switching only)

vCPUs Required

4

6

10

4

RAM required (GB)

8

16

32

8

Hypervisors and cloud providers supported

ESXi 6.0/6.5, KVM, NFVIS

ESXi 6.0/6.5, KVM, NFVIS

ESXi 6.0/6.5, KVM, NFVIS

AWS

Maximum number of access points

1000

3000

6000

1000

Maximum number of clients

10,000

32,000

64,000

10,000

Maximum throughput

2.5 Gbps

2.5 Gbps

Locally switched

(All traffic will be locally switched)

Maximum WLANs

4096

4096

4096

4096

Maximum VLANs

4096

4096

4096

4096

Maximum site tags

1000

3000

6000

1000

Maximum APs per site

100

100

100

100

Maximum policy tags

1000

3000

6000

1000

Maximum RF tags

1000

3000

6000

1000

Maximum RF profiles

2000

6000

12,000

2000

Maximum policy profiles

1000

1000

1000

1000

Maximum Flex profiles

1000

3000

6000

1000

vNIC adapters

ESXi: VXNET3, E1000E, E1000

KVM: VIRTIO

ESXi: VXNET3, E1000E, E1000

KVM: VIRTIO

ESXi: VXNET3, E1000E, E1000

KVM: VIRTIO

–

Virtual switch

ESXi: vSwitch

KVM: OVS Linux Bridge(brctl)

ESXi: vSwitch

KVM: OVS Linux Bridge(brctl)

ESXi: vSwitch

KVM: OVS Linux Bridge(brctl)

–

High availability

SSO, N+1

SSO, N+1

SSO, N+1

N+1

Cisco DNA^™ support

Automation, Assurance

Automation, Assurance

Automation, Assurance

–

Guest anchor

Yes

Yes

Yes

–

Client IPv6 support

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Infrastructure IPv6 support

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

LIC-C9800-DTLS-K9

Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controller DTLS license