The Cisco 5520 Wireless Controller provides centralized control, management, and troubleshooting for high-scale deployments in service provider and large campus deployments. It offers flexibility to support multiple deployment modes in the same controller: for example, centralized mode for campus, Cisco FlexConnect™ mode for lean branches managed over the WAN, and mesh (bridge) mode for deployments where full Ethernet cabling is unavailable. As a component of the Cisco Unified Wireless Network, this controller provides real-time communications between Cisco Aironet® access points and Cisco Catalyst® access points, the Cisco Prime® Infrastructure, and the Cisco Mobility Services Engine, and is interoperable with other Cisco controllers.
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Item | Specifications |
Wireless | IEEE 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11d, WMM/802.11e, 802.11h, 802.11n, 802.11k, 802.11r, 802.11u, 802.11w, 802.11ac Wave1 and Wave2, Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) |
Wired/switching/routing | IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T, IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX specification, 1000BASE-T. 1000BASE-SX, 1000-BASE-LH, IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging, IEEE 802.1AX Link Aggregation |
Data Request For Comments (RFC) | ● RFC 768 UDP ● RFC 791 IP ● RFC 2460 IPv6 ● RFC 792 ICMP ● RFC 793 TCP ● RFC 826 ARP ● RFC 1122 Requirements for Internet Hosts ● RFC 1519 CIDR ● RFC 1542 BOOTP ● RFC 2131 DHCP ● RFC 5415 CAPWAP Protocol Specification ● RFC 5416 CAPWAP Binding for 802.11 |
Security standards | ● Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) ● IEEE 802.11i (WPA2, RSN) ● RFC 1321 MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm ● RFC 1851 ESP Triple DES Transform ● RFC 2104 HMAC: Keyed Hashing for Message Authentication ● RFC 2246 TLS Protocol Version 1.0 ● RFC 2401 Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol ● RFC 2403 HMAC-MD5-96 within ESP and AH ● RFC 2404 HMAC-SHA-1-96 within ESP and AH ● RFC 2405 ESP DES-CBC Cipher Algorithm with Explicit IV ● RFC 2407 Interpretation for ISAKMP ● RFC 2408 ISAKMP ● RFC 2409 IKE ● RFC 2451 ESP CBC-Mode Cipher Algorithms ● RFC 3280 Internet X.509 PKI Certificate and CRL Profile ● RFC 4347 Datagram Transport Layer Security ● RFC 5246 TLS Protocol Version 1.2 |
Encryption | ● Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) and Temporal Key Integrity Protocol-Message Integrity Check (TKIP-MIC): RC4 40, 104 and 128 bits (both static and shared keys) ● Advanced Encryption Standard (AES): Cipher Block Chaining (CBC), Counter with CBC-MAC (CCM), Counter with Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol (CCMP) ● Data Encryption Standard (DES): DES-CBC, 3DES ● Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS): RC4 128-bit and RSA 1024- and 2048-bit ● DTLS: AES-CBC ● IPsec: DES-CBC, 3DES, AES-CBC ● 802.1AE MACsec encryption |
Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) | ● IEEE 802.1X ● RFC 2548 Microsoft Vendor-Specific RADIUS Attributes ● RFC 2716 PPP EAP-TLS ● RFC 2865 RADIUS Authentication ● RFC 2866 RADIUS Accounting ● RFC 2867 RADIUS Tunnel Accounting ● RFC 2869 RADIUS Extensions ● RFC 3576 Dynamic Authorization Extensions to RADIUS ● RFC 5176 Dynamic Authorization Extensions to RADIUS ● RFC 3579 RADIUS Support for EAP ● RFC 3580 IEEE 802.1X RADIUS Guidelines ● RFC 3748 Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) ● Web-based authentication ● TACACS support for management users |
Management | ● Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) v1, v2c, v3 ● RFC 854 Telnet ● RFC 1155 Management Information for TCP/IP-Based Internets ● RFC 1156 MIB ● RFC 1157 SNMP ● RFC 1213 SNMP MIB II ● RFC 1350 TFTP ● RFC 1643 Ethernet MIB ● RFC 2030 SNTP ● RFC 2616 HTTP ● RFC 2665 Ethernet-Like Interface Types MIB ● RFC 2674 Definitions of Managed Objects for Bridges with Traffic Classes, Multicast Filtering, and Virtual Extensions ● RFC 2819 RMON MIB ● RFC 2863 Interfaces Group MIB ● RFC 3164 Syslog ● RFC 3414 User-Based Security Model (USM) for SNMPv3 ● RFC 3418 MIB for SNMP ● RFC 3636 Definitions of Managed Objects for IEEE 802.3 MAUs ● Cisco private MIBs |
Management interfaces | ● Web-based: HTTP/HTTPS ● Command-line interface: Telnet, Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol, serial port ● Cisco Prime Infrastructure |
Interfaces and indicators | ● 2 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces or 2 x 1 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces ● Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus (SFP+) options (only Cisco SFP+s supported), including S-Class Optics ● Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) options (only Cisco SFPs supported), including ● 1 x service port: 1 Gigabit Ethernet port (RJ-45) ● 1 x redundancy port: 1 Gigabit Ethernet port (RJ-45) ● 1 x Cisco Integrated Management Controller port: 10/100/1000 Ethernet (RJ-45) ● 1 x console port: Serial port (RJ-45) ● LED indicators: Network Link, Diagnostics |
Physical dimensions | ● Dimensions (WxDxH): 18.98 x 30.98 x 1.70 in. (48.2 x 78.7 x 4.32 cm) including handles ● Weight: 30 lb (13.6 kg) with 1 power supply |
Environmental conditions | Air temperature: ● Appliance operating: 41° to 104°F (5° to 40°C), derate the maximum temperature by 1.0°C per every 1000 ft. (305m) of altitude above sea level ● Appliance nonoperating: -40° to 149°F (-40° to 65°C) Humidity: ● Appliance operating: 10% to 90%; noncondensing at 82°F (28°C) ● Appliance nonoperating: 5% to 93% at 82°F (28°C) Altitude: ● Appliance operating: 0 to 3000m (0 to 10,000 ft.) ● Appliance nonoperating: 0 to 12,192m (0 to 40,000 ft.) Electrical input: ● AC input frequency range: 47 to 63 Hz ● Input voltage range: ◦ Minimum: 90 VAC ◦ Maximum: 264 VAC ◦ Maximum Power 190W ● Input kilovolt-amperes (kVA), approximately: ◦ Minimum: 0.090 kVA ◦ Maximum: 0.700 kVA ● Heat dissipation: 650 BTU/hr ● Sound power level measure: ◦ A-weighted per ISO 7779 LpAm (dBA), operation at 77°F (25°C): 49.3 |
Regulatory compliance | CE Markings per directives 2004/108/EC and 2006/95/EC Safety: ● UL 60950-1 Second Edition ● CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1 Second Edition ● EN 60950-1 Second Edition ● IEC 60950-1 Second Edition ● AS/NZS 60950-1 ● GB4943 2001 EMC - Emissions: ● 47CFR Part 15 (CFR 47) Class A ● AS/NZS CISPR22 Class A ● EN55022 Class A ● ICES003 Class A VCCI Class A ● EN61000-3-2 EN61000-3-3 KN22 Class A ● CNS13438 Class A EMC - Immunity: ● EN55024 ● CISPR24 ● EN300386 ● KN24 |
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