Cisco 2500 Series Wireless Controllers
Manage the Smaller-Scale Wireless Network
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Overview:
The Cisco® 2500 Series Wireless Controller enables systemwide wireless functions in small to medium-sized enterprises and branch offices. Designed for 802.11n performance, Cisco 2500 Series Wireless Controllers are entry-level controllers that provide real-time communications between Cisco Aironet® access points to simplify the deployment and operation of wireless networks.
As a component of the Cisco Unified Wireless Network, this controller delivers centralized security policies, wireless intrusion prevention system (wIPS) capabilities, award-winning RF management, and quality of service (QoS) for voice and video. Delivering 802.11n performance and scalability, the Cisco 2500 Series provides low total cost of ownership and flexibility to scale as network requirements grow.
The Cisco 2504 Wireless Controller supports Cisco Application Visibility and Control (AVC), the technology that includes Cisco's Network-Based Application Recognition 2 (NBAR-2) engine. N-BAR-2 does deep packet inspection (DPI) to classify applications and tie into quality of service (QoS) to either drop or mark the traffic, thereby prioritizing business-critical applications in the network. Cisco AVC uses NetFlow Version 9 to export the flows to Cisco Prime™ Infrastructure or a third-party NetFlow Collector. The Cisco 2504 Wireless Controller also supports Bonjour Services Directory, which enables Bonjour (Apple) Services to be advertised and utilized in a separate Layer 3 network. Wireless Policy engine is a wireless profiler and policy featureon the Cisco 2500 Series Wireless Controllerthat enables profiling of wireless devices and enforcement of policies such as VLAN assignment, QoS, ACL, and time-of-day-based access.
Cisco 2500 Series Wireless Controller-based access point licensing offers flexibility with 5, 15, 25, or 50 access points. Additional access point support can be added in increments of 1, 5, or 25.
Features & Benefits:
| Feature | Benefits |
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| Scalability |
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| Ease of Deployment | For quick and easy deployment Access Points can be connected directly to 2504 Wireless LAN Controller via two PoE (Power over Ethernet) ports |
| High Performance | Wired-network speed and nonblocking performance for 802.11n networks. Supports up to 1 Gbps throughput |
| RF Management | Provides both real-time and historical information about RF interference impacting network performance across controllers, via systemwide Cisco CleanAir® technology integration |
| Comprehensive End-to-End Security | Offers CAPWAP-compliant Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) encryption to help ensure full-line-rate encryption between access points and controllers across remote WAN/LAN links |
| End-to-end Voice |
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| High-Performance Video | Integrates Cisco VideoStream technology as part of the Cisco medianet framework to optimize the delivery of video applications across the WLAN |
| PCI Integration | Part of Payment Card Industry (PCI) certified architecture, and are well-suited for retail customers who deploy transactional data applications such as scanners and kiosks |
| OfficeExtend |
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| Enterprise Wireless Mesh |
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| Environmentally Responsible | Organizations may choose to turn off access point radios to reduce power consumption during off-peak hours |
| Mobility, Security and Management for IPv6 & Dual-Stack Clients |
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| Guest Anchor | Supports up to 15 guest anchor Ethernet over IP (EoIP) tunnels for path isolation of guest traffic from enterprise data traffic |
Technical Specifications:
| Item | Specification |
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| Wireless Standards | IEEE 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11d, WMM/802.11e, 802.11h, 802.11k, 802.11n, 802.11r, 802.11u, 802.11w, 802.11ac |
| Wired/Switching/Routing | IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T, IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX specification, 1000BASE-T, and IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging |
| Data Request for Comments (RFCs) |
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| Security Standards |
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| Encryption |
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| Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) |
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| Management |
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| Management Interfaces |
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| Interfaces and Indicators |
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| Physical |
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| Environmental |
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| Regulatory Compliance |
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Documentation:
Download the Cisco 2500 Series Wireless Controller Datasheet (PDF).
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- Pricing and product availability subject to change without notice.
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