C9117AXI-EWC-E Cisco Catalyst 9117AX Indoor 8x8:8 MIMO Access Point

E-domain embedded-controller recovery

C9117AXI-EWC-E retains suffix E and the Embedded Wireless Controller architecture in its full PID.

Required evidence

Name the active EWC owner, save the management backup and exercise role recovery with representative client authentication.

Decision boundary

This EWC order has an embedded-controller operating boundary; do not publish it as an ordinary external-controller-only PID.

Hardware acceptance

Cisco documents an internal-antenna Wi-Fi 6 platform with an 8x8 5 GHz radio, a 4x4 2.4 GHz radio and a 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet interface. Record mounting, PoE source, multigigabit link, controller relationship, country state, both radios and a client transaction under the exact serial.

Lifecycle

Cisco lists April 30, 2021 as end of sale and April 30, 2026 as the last date of support. Continued use needs a controlled software baseline and migration owner rather than an assumption of active vendor support.

Official evidence: Cisco Catalyst 9117 data sheet, Cisco 9117 installation guide, Cisco compliance lookup and Cisco 9117 lifecycle notice.