C9115AXI-I Datasheet Specification

Description

Software

•Cisco Unified Wireless Network Software Release 8.9 or later

•Cisco IOS ® XE Software Release 16.11or 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

• 4×4 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

•4×4 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

•4×4 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 6 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 2×2 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 4×4 to 2×2 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)

• -1 dBm (0.79 mW)

• -4 dBm (0.39 mW)

5 GHz

•26 dBm (400 mW)

•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)

•-1 dBm (0.79 mW)

•-4 dBm (0.39 mW)

Frequency band and 20-MHz operating channels

I (I regulatory domain):

•2.412 to 2.472 GHz; 13 channels

•5.180 to 5.320 GHz; 8 channels