Cisco 8500 Series - Page 4

8500
7500 5500 WiSM2
Deployment
type
Enterprise
Large campus
+ SP Wi−Fi
Central site
Controller for
large number
of distributed,
controller−less
branches
Enterprise
Campus and
full service
branch
Enterprise
Campus
Operational
Modes
Local mode,
FlexConnect,
Mesh
FlexConnect
only
Local mode,
FlexConnect,
Mesh
Local mode,
FlexConnect,
Mesh
Maximum
Scale 6000 APs
64,000 clients
6000 APs
64,000 clients
500 APs 7000
clients
1000 APs
15,000 clients
AP Count
Range
300k APs 300k APs 1200 APs
100™000
APs
Licensing Right to Use
(with EULA)
Right to Use
(with EULA)
CISL based
(unchanged)
CISL based
(unchanged)
Connectivity
2x10G ports 2x10G ports 8x1G ports
Internal
connections
to the
Catalyst
Backplanes
Power AC/DC dual
redundant
AC dual
redundant
AC
(redundant
PSU option)
AC/DC
Catalyst
chassis
redundant
PSU option
Maximum
Number of
FlexConnect
Groups
2000 2000 100 100
Maximum
Number of
APs per
FlexConnect
Group
100 100 25 25
Maximum
Number of
Rogue APs
Management
24,000 24,000 2000 4000
Maximum
Number of
Rogue
Clients
Management
32,000 32,000 2500 5000
Maximum
Number of
RFID
50,000 50,000 5000 10,000