C9115AXI-EWC-Q, Cisco Embedded Wireless Controller on C9115AX Access Point, Wi-Fi 6, Dual-band, 4x4 MU-MIMO

C9115AXI-EWC-Q Specification

Software

●  Cisco Unified Wireless Network Software Release 8.9 or later

●  Cisco IOS ® XE Software Release 16.11 or later

Supported wireless LAN controllers

●  Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers

●  Cisco 3500, 5520, and 8540 Series Wireless Controllers and Cisco Virtual Wireless Controller

802.11n version 2.0 (and related) capabilities

●  4x4 MIMO with four spatial streams

●  Maximal Ratio Combining (MRC)

●  802.11n and 802.11a/g beamforming

●  20- and 40-MHz channels

●  PHY data rates up to 890 Mbps (40 MHz with 5 GHz and 20 MHz with 2.4 GHz)

●  Packet aggregation: A-MPDU (transmit and receive), A-MSDU (transmit and receive)

●  802.11 Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS)

●  Cyclic Shift Diversity (CSD) support

802.11ac

●  4x4 downlink MU-MIMO with four spatial streams

●  MRC

●  802.11ac beamforming

●  20-, 40-, 80-, and 160-MHz channels

●  PHY data rates up to 3.47 Gbps (160 MHz with 5 GHz)

●  Packet aggregation: A-MPDU (transmit and receive), A-MSDU (transmit and receive)

●  802.11 DFS

●  CSD support

802.11ax

●  4x4 downlink MU-MIMO with four spatial streams

●  Uplink/downlink OFDMA

●  TWT

●  BSS coloring

●  MRC

●  802.11ax beamforming

●  20-, 40-, 80-, and 160-MHz channels

●  PHY data rates up to 5.38 Gbps (160 MHz with 5 GHz and 20 MHz with 2.4 GHz)

●  Packet aggregation: A-MPDU (transmit and receive), A-MSDU (transmit and receive)

●  802.11 DFS

●  CSD support

Integrated antenna

●  2.4 GHz, peak gain 3 dBi, internal antenna, omnidirectional in azimuth

●  5 GHz, peak gain 4 dBi, internal antenna, omnidirectional in azimuth

External antenna (sold separately)

●  Cisco Catalyst 9115AXE Access Points are certified for use with antenna gains up to 6 dBi (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz)

●  Cisco offers the industry's broadest selection of antennas, delivering optimal coverage for a variety of deployment scenarios

Interfaces

●  1x 100, 1000, 2500 Multigigabit Ethernet (RJ-45) – IEEE 802.3bz

●  Management console port (RJ-45)

●  USB 2.0 (enabled via future software)

Indicators

●  Status LED indicates boot loader status, association status, operating status, boot loader warnings, and boot loader errors

Dimensions (W x L x H)

●  Access point (without mounting brackets): C9115I: 8.0 x 8.0 x 1.5 in. (20.3 x 20.3 x 3.8 cm), C9115E: 8.0 x 8.0 x 1.7 in. (20.3 x 20.3 x 4.3 cm)

Input power requirements

●  802.3at Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+),  802.3bt Cisco Universal PoE (Cisco UPOE+, Cisco UPOE ®)

●  Cisco power injector, AIR-PWRINJ6=

●  802.3af PoE

●  Cisco power injector, AIR-PWRINJ5= (Note: This injector supports only 802.3af)

Note: When 802.3af PoE is the source of power, both 2.4-GHz and 5-GHz radios will be reduced to 2x2 and Ethernet downgraded to 1 Gigabit Ethernet. In addition, the USB port will be off.

Environmental

Cisco Catalyst 9115AXI

●  Nonoperating (storage) temperature: -22° to 158°F (-30° to 70°C)

●  Nonoperating (storage) altitude test: 25˚C, 15,000 ft.

●  Operating temperature: 32° to 122°F (0° to 50°C)

●  Operating humidity: 10% to 90% (noncondensing)

●  Operating altitude test: 40˚C, 9843 ft.

Note: When the ambient operating temperature exceeds 40°C, the access point will shift from 4x4 to 2x2 on both the 2.4-GHz and 5-GHz radios, uplink Ethernet will downgrade to 1 Gigabit Ethernet, and the USB interface will be disabled.

Cisco Catalyst 9115AXE

●  Nonoperating (storage) temperature: -22° to 158°F (-30° to 70°C)

●  Nonoperating (storage) altitude test: 25˚C, 15,000 ft.

●  Operating temperature: -4° to 122°F (-20° to 50°C)

●  Operating humidity: 10% to 90% (noncondensing)

●  Operating altitude test: 40˚C, 9843 ft.

System memory

●  2048 MB DRAM

●  1024 MB flash

Available transmit power settings

2.4 GHz

●  23 dBm (200 mW)

●  20 dBm (100 mW)

●  17 dBm (50 mW)

●  14 dBm (25 mW)

●  11 dBm (12.5 mW)

●  8 dBm (6.25 mW)

●  5 dBm (3.13 mW)

●  2 dBm (1.56 mW)

●  -1dBm (0.79mW)

●  -4dBm (0.39mW)

5 GHz

●  23 dBm (200 mW)

●  20 dBm (100 mW)

●  17 dBm (50 mW)

●  14 dBm (25 mW)

●  11 dBm (12.5 mW)

●  8 dBm (6.25 mW)

●  5 dBm (3.13 mW)

●  2 dBm (1.56 mW)

●  -1dBm (0.79mW)

●  -4dBm (0.39mW)

Frequency band and 20-MHz operating channels

S (S regulatory domain):

● 2.412 to 2.472 GHz; 13 channels
● 5.180 to 5.320 GHz; 8 channels
● 5.500 to 5.700 GHz; 11 channels
● 5.745 to 5.825 GHz; 5 channels