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Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers
Catalyst CW9800M
For midsize campus deployments that require fast wireless connections
- Up to 3000 access points, 32,000 clients, and up to 50 Gbps throughput using 1/10/25 Gbps uplinks
- 1RU design along with 10 Gbps HA port allows for more flexible data center deployments
- Supports 1000 more APs with up to 53% increased performance and up to 18% less power consumption than the 9800-40
- Line-rate encryption with hardware offload to eliminate performance degradation
Catalyst CW9800H1
For large campus deployments that require fast wireless connections
- Up to 6000 access points, 64,000 clients, and up to 100 Gbps throughput using 1/10/25 Gbps uplinks
- 1RU design along with 10 Gbps HA port allows for more flexible data center deployments
- Up to 36% increased performance and up to 40% less power consumption than 9800-80
- Line-rate encryption with hardware offload to eliminate performance degradation
Catalyst CW9800H2
For large campus deployments that require fast wireless connections
- Up to 6000 access points, 64,000 clients, and up to 100 Gbps throughput using 1/10/40 Gbps uplinks
- 1RU design along with 10 Gbps HA port allows for more flexible data center deployments
- Up to 36% increased performance and up to 40% less power consumption than 9800-80
- Line-rate encryption with hardware offload to eliminate performance degrdation
Cisco CW9800L
Compact wireless controller for small to medium deployments.
- Up to 500 access points, 10,000 clients, and 10 Gbps throughput
- 1 RU design with dual-unit rack shelf option
- Twice the capacity over base C9800-L and 10dB quieter
- Built in support for WPA3, Encrypted Traffic Analysis, and Software-Defined Access
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