Part Number: AIR-CT5508-HA-K9
Manufacturer Company: Cisco
Overview: The Cisco AIR-CT5508-HA-K9 is a high-availability wireless LAN controller designed to provide centralized management and control for wireless networks. It offers seamless mobility, scalability, and advanced features for delivering reliable and secure wireless connectivity to users and devices. With its redundant and resilient design, it ensures continuous operation and minimal downtime, making it an ideal solution for mission-critical wireless deployments.
Key Features:
Centralized Management: Provides centralized management and control for wireless access points (APs) and client devices, simplifying network administration and configuration.
High Availability: Features a high-availability (HA) design with redundant controllers for automatic failover and continuous operation, ensuring uninterrupted wireless connectivity.
Scalability: Supports scalability for growing wireless networks, allowing for easy expansion of APs and client devices to meet evolving business needs.
Seamless Mobility: Offers seamless mobility features such as fast roaming and automatic load balancing, providing uninterrupted connectivity as users move within the wireless network.
Advanced Security: Incorporates advanced security features including WPA2 encryption, 802.1X authentication, and intrusion detection/prevention, ensuring secure wireless communication and protection against threats.
Guest Access: Provides guest access features for secure and controlled guest Wi-Fi access, allowing businesses to offer Wi-Fi connectivity to visitors while maintaining network security.
Quality of Service (QoS): Supports Quality of Service (QoS) features for prioritizing and optimizing network traffic, ensuring high performance for latency-sensitive applications such as voice and video.
Comprehensive Monitoring: Offers comprehensive monitoring and reporting capabilities for real-time visibility into network performance, usage statistics, and security events.
Applications:
Enterprise Wireless Networks: Ideal for enterprise wireless deployments in offices, campuses, and large-scale facilities, providing reliable and scalable wireless connectivity for employees and guests.
Education Institutions: Deployed in schools, colleges, and universities for providing Wi-Fi access to students, faculty, and staff, supporting e-learning initiatives and collaborative learning environments.
Healthcare Facilities: Used in hospitals, clinics, and healthcare facilities for enabling wireless communication and access to electronic medical records (EMRs), enhancing patient care and operational efficiency.
Hospitality Industry: Deployed in hotels, resorts, and hospitality venues for offering Wi-Fi access to guests, enhancing guest experience and satisfaction.
Retail Environments: Used in retail stores, shopping malls, and boutiques for providing Wi-Fi access to customers, enabling location-based services, and supporting mobile POS systems.
Specifications:
Part Number: AIR-CT5508-HA-K9
Ports: 8 x 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet ports
Redundancy: Redundant power supplies and controllers for high availability
Maximum Supported APs: Up to 500 access points per controller
Maximum Supported Clients: Up to 12,000 clients per controller
Dimensions (H x W x D): 1.73 x 17.3 x 21.2 inches
Weight: 21.6 pounds
Why Choose:
High Availability: The AIR-CT5508-HA-K9 features a high-availability design with redundant controllers for automatic failover and continuous operation, ensuring uninterrupted wireless connectivity and minimal downtime.
Scalability: With support for up to 500 access points and 12,000 clients per controller, it offers scalability for growing wireless networks, allowing businesses to easily expand their wireless infrastructure to meet evolving needs.
Centralized Management: Provides centralized management and control for wireless access points and client devices, simplifying network administration and configuration, and ensuring consistent policies and settings across the network.
Advanced Security: Incorporates advanced security features to protect wireless communication and devices against threats, ensuring secure and reliable wireless connectivity for users and devices.
Seamless Mobility: Offers seamless mobility features for fast roaming and automatic load balancing, providing uninterrupted connectivity as users move within the wireless network, enhancing user experience and productivity.