The Cisco® Catalyst® 9800-L is a fixed wireless controller with seamless software updates for small and midsize

enterprises.

Built from the ground up for intent-based networking, the Cisco Catalyst 9800-L brings together Cisco IOS® XE

Software and Cisco RF excellence to create a best-in-class wireless experience for your evolving and growing

organization.

The Cisco Catalyst 9800-L is feature rich and enterprise ready to power your business-critical operations and

transform end-user experiences:

● Choose between copper and fiber uplinks. This choice gives you flexibility in your network.

● High availability and seamless software updates, enabled by hot and cold patching, keep your clients

and services always on in planned and unplanned events.

● Secure the air, devices, and users with the Cisco Catalyst 9800-L. The wireless infrastructure becomes

the strongest first line of defense, with Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA) and Software-Defined Access

(SD-Access). The controller comes with built-in security: Secure Boot, runtime defenses, image signing,

integrity verification, and hardware authenticity.

● Built on a modular operating system, the controller features open and programmable APIs that enable

automation of day-0 to day-N network operations. Model-driven streaming telemetry provides deep

insights into your network and client health.

● Cisco User Defined Network, a feature available in Cisco DNA Center, allows IT to give end users control

of their very own wireless network partition on a shared network. End users can then remotely and

securely deploy their devices on this network. Perfect for university dormitories or extended hospital

stays, Cisco User Defined Network grants both device security and control, allowing each user to choose

who can connect to their network.

● The Wi-Fi 6 readiness dashboard is a new dashboard in the Assurance menu of Cisco DNA Center. It will

look through the inventory of all devices on the network and verify device, software, and client

compatibility with the new Wi-Fi 6 standard. After upgrading, advanced wireless analytics will indicate

performance and capacity gains as a result of the Wi-Fi 6 deployment. This is an incredible tool that will

help your team define where and how the wireless network should be upgraded. It will also give you

insights into the access point distribution by protocol (802.11 ac/n/abg), wireless airtime efficiency by

protocol, and granular performance metrics.

● With Cisco In Service Software Upgrade (ISSU), network downtime during a software update or upgrade

is a thing of the past. ISSU is a complete image upgrade and update while the network is still running.

The software image—or patch—is pushed onto the wireless controller while traffic forwarding continues

uninterrupted. All access point and client sessions are retained during the upgrade process. With just a

click, your network automatically upgrades to the newest software.

Product overview

Table 1. Key features

Feature Description

Maximum number of

access points

250, 500 (with Performance license)

Maximum number of clients 5000, 10,000 (with Performance license)

Maximum throughput 5 Gbps, 10 Gbps **(with Performance license)

Maximum WLANs 4096

Maximum VLANs 4096

Fixed uplinks 2x 10G/Multigigabit copper or 2x 10G/Multigigabit fiber

Power supply 110W, 12V DC, AC/DC adapter

Maximum power

consumption

9800-L-C: 86.9W (with 4.5W USB load)

9800-L-F: 84.5W (assumes 2pc 2.5W SFP and with 4.5W USB load)

Deployment modes Centralized, Cisco FlexConnect®, and fabric

Form factor 1RU; half-width chassis allows side-by-side installation in standard 19-in. rack

License Smart License enabled

Software Cisco IOS XE

Management Cisco DNA Center, Cisco Prime® Infrastructure, and third party (open standards APIs)

nteroperability AireOS-based controllers

Access points Cisco Aironet® 802.11ac Wave 1 and Wave 2 access points, Cisco Catalyst 9100 802.11ax

access points

*For information on compatibility: Compatibility Guide

**With 1374 Byte size of packet

Always on

The Cisco Catalyst 9800-L provides seamless software updates for faster resolution of critical issues, the ability

to introduce new access points with zero downtime, and flexible software upgrades. Stateful Switchover (SSO)

with active standby and N+1 redundancy keeps your network, services, and clients always on, even in

unplanned events.

Secure

Secure the air, devices, and users with the Cisco Catalyst 9800-L. Wireless infrastructure becomes the

strongest first line of defense with Encrypted Traffic Analytics and SD-Access. The controller comes with built-

in security: Secure Boot, runtime defenses, image signing, integrity verification, and hardware authenticity.

Cisco Advanced Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (aWIPS) is a complete wireless security solution that

uses the Cisco Unified Access® infrastructure to detect, locate, mitigate, and contain wired and wireless rogues

and threats.

Open and programmable

The Cisco Catalyst 9800-L controller is built on the Cisco IOS XE operating system, which offers a rich set of

open standards-based programmable APIs and model-driven telemetry that provide an easy way to automate

day-0 to day-N network operations.

Platform details

Physical dimensions

Table 2. Physical dimensions

Dimension Value

Width 8.5 in. (21.59 cm)

Depth 9.06 in. (23.01 cm)

Height 1.58 in. (4.02 cm)

Weight C9800-L-C: 3.95 lb. (1.79 kg)

C9800-L-F: 4.01 lb. (1.82 kg)

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