Description

Cisco Catalyst 9115AX Series Access Point, Internal antenna; Wi-Fi 6; 4x4:4 MIMO, H 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

● 4x4 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 with5 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

● 4x4 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

● 4x4 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)

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 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 4x4 to 2x2 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.

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)
● -1dBm (0.79mW)
● -4dBm(0.39mW)
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)
● -1dBm (0.79mW)

● -4 dBm (0.39 mW)

Frequency band and 20-MHz operating channels

H (H regulatory domain):

● 2.412 to 2.472 GHz; 13 channels

● 5.180 to 5.320 GHz; 8 channels

● 5.745 to 5.825 GHz; 5 channels