5520 Wireless Controller

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, the Cisco Prime™ Infrastructure, and the Cisco Mobility Services Engine, and is interoperable with other Cisco controllers.

Manufacturer Part Number
AIR-CT5520-K9
EAN/UPC
0882658811333,882658811333
Full Product Specifications

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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

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
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 4346 TLS Protocol Version 1.1
Encryption:
  • Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) and Temporal Key Integrity Protocol-Message Integrity Check (TKIP-MIC): RC440, 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 RADIUSAuthentication
  • RFC 2866 RADIUS Accounting
  • RFC 2867 RADIUS Tunnel Accounting
  • RFC 3576 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 S-Class Optics
  • 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 95°F (5° to 35°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: 264VAC
    • Maximum Power 190W
  • Input kilovolt-amperes (kVA), approximately:
    • Minimum: 0.090 kVA
    • Maximum: 0.700 kVA
  • Heat Disssipation
  • 650 BTU/hr
  • Sound power level measure:
    • A-weighted per ISO7779 LWAd (Bels), operation at 73°F (23°C): 5.4
    • A-weighted per ISO7779 LpAm (dBA), operation at 73°F (23°C): 37
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