C9117AXI-A

Supported wireless LAN controllers and Software

Recommended Model

Cisco 3500 Series Wireless Controllers

AIR-CT3504-K9

Cisco 5520 Series Wireless Controllers

AIR-CT5520-K9

Cisco 8540 Series Wireless Controllers

AIR-CT8540-K9

AIR-CT8540-1K-K9

Cisco 9800 series Wireless Controllers

C9800-40-K9

C9800-80-K9

Cisco Virtual Wireless Controller

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Cisco Unified Wireless Network Software Release 8.9 or later

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Cisco IOS XE Software Release 16.11 or later

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SKU

Description

C9117AXI-A

Cisco Catalyst 9117AX Access Point, Internal antenna; Wi-Fi 6; 8x8:8 MIMO, A Domain

C9117AXI-B

Cisco Catalyst 9117AX Access Point, Internal antenna; Wi-Fi 6; 8x8:8 MIMO, B Domain

C9117AXI-B-EDU

Cisco Catalyst 9117AX Access Point, Internal antenna; Wi-Fi 6; 8x8:8 MIMO, B Domain

C9117AXI-D

Cisco Catalyst 9117AX Access Point, Internal antenna; Wi-Fi 6; 8x8:8 MIMO, D Domain

C9117AXI-E

Cisco Catalyst 9117AX Access Point, Internal antenna; Wi-Fi 6; 8x8:8 MIMO, E Domain

C9117AXI-K

Cisco Catalyst 9117AX Access Point, Internal antenna; Wi-Fi 6; 8x8:8 MIMO, K Domain

C9117AXI-Q

Cisco Catalyst 9117AX Access Point, Internal antenna; Wi-Fi 6; 8x8:8 MIMO, Q Domain

C9117AXI-S

Cisco Catalyst 9117AX Access Point, Internal antenna; Wi-Fi 6; 8x8:8 MIMO, S Domain

C9117AXI-Z

Cisco Catalyst 9117AX Access Point, Internal antenna; Wi-Fi 6; 8x8:8 MIMO, Z Domain

C9117AXI-A Specification

Description

Cisco Catalyst 9117AX Access Point, Internal antenna; Wi-Fi 6; 8x8:8 MIMO, A Domain

Software

●  Cisco Unified Wireless Network Software Release 8.9 or later

●  Cisco IOS ® XE Software Release 16.11 or 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

●  8x8 MIMO with four spatial streams for 5-GHz band

●  4x4 MIMO with four spatial streams for 2.4-GHz band

●  Maximal Ratio Combining (MRC)

●  20- and 40-MHz channels

●  PHY data rates up to 600 Mbps (40 MHz with 5 GHz)

●  Packet aggregation: A-MPDU (transmit and receive), A-MSDU (transmit and receive)

●  Cyclic Shift Diversity (CSD) support

802.11ac

●  8x8 downlink MU-MIMO with eight spatial streams

●  MRC

●  802.11ac beamforming

●  20-, 40-, 80, and 160-MHz channels

●  PHY data rates up to 3.5 Gbps at 5 GHz

●  Packet aggregation: A-MPDU (transmit and receive), A-MSDU (transmit and receive)

●  CSD support

802.11ax

●  8x8 MIMO with eight spatial streams for 5-GHz band

●  4x4 MIMO with four spatial streams for 2.4-GHz band

●  Downlink OFDMA

●  TWT

●  MRC

●  802.11ax beamforming

●  20-, 40-, 80, and 160-MHz channels

●  PHY data rates up to 5 Gbps at 5 GHz

●  Packet aggregation: A-MPDU (transmit and receive), A-MSDU (transmit and receive)

●  CSD support

Integrated antenna

●  2.4 GHz, peak gain 4 dBi, internal antenna, omnidirectional in azimuth

●  5 GHz, peak gain 6 dBi, internal antenna, omnidirectional in azimuth

Interfaces

●  1x 100, 1000, 2500, 5000 Multigigabit Ethernet (RJ-45) – IEEE 802.3bz

●  Management console port (RJ-45)

●  USB 2.0 with up to 3.75W (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 bracket and mounting features): 8.70 x 8.70 x 1.94 in. (22 x 22 x 4.93 cm)

●  Access point (without mounting bracket): 8.70 x 8.70 x 2.19 in. (22 x 22 x 5.56 cm)

Weight

●  3.02 lb (1.4 kg)

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 2x2 and Ethernet downgraded to 2.5 Gbps; in addition, the USB port will be off.

Environmental

●  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.

System memory

●  2048 MB DRAM

●  1024 MB flash

DFS

●  802.11 dynamic frequency selection (DFS)

Warranty

Limited lifetime hardware warranty

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 (0.78 mW)

●  -4 dBm (0.4 mW)

●  -6 dBm (0.25 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 (0.78 mW)

●  -4 dBm (0.4 mW)

Frequency band and 20-MHz operating channels

A (A regulatory domain):

● 2.412 to 2.462 GHz; 11 channels

● 5.180 to 5.320 GHz; 8 channels

● 5.500 to 5.700 GHz; 8 channels

(excludes 5.600 to 5.640 GHz)

● 5.745 to 5.825 GHz; 5 channels