C9120AXE-K - Cisco Catalyst 9120 WiFi 6 Access Point

C9120AXE-K Specification

Description

Cisco Catalyst 9120AXE Series, K Domain

Software

• Cisco Unified Wireless Network Software Release 8.9.x or later

• Cisco IOS^® XE Software Release 16.11 with AP Device Pack, 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 with 5 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

Flexible radio (either on 2.4GHz or on 5GHz)

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

• 5 GHz, peak gain 5 dBi, internal antenna, omnidirectional in azimuth

Dedicated 5GHz radio

• 5 GHz, peak gain 4 dBi, internal antenna, omnidirectional in azimuth

External antenna (sold separately)

• Cisco Catalyst 9120E Access Points are certified for use with antenna gains up to 6 dBi (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz)

• Cisco Catalyst 9120P Access Points) are certified for use with antenna gains up to 13 dBi (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz)

with the AIR-ANT2513-P4M-N= antenna

• Cisco offers the industry's broadest selection of antennas, delivering optimal coverage for a variety of

deployment scenarios

• Supports Self-Identifiable Antennas (SIA) on one RP-TNC port

Smart Antenna Connector

• Available on the 9120E and on the 9120P only

• Compact multi RF connector with DART interface

• Requires the AIR-CAB002-DART-R= 2 ft smart antenna connector when used with antennas with RP-TNC

connector

• Required when running the flexible radio as either a second 5-GHz serving radio or a Wireless Security

Monitoring radio

Interfaces

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

• Management console port (RJ-45)

• USB 2.0 @ 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 brackets): C9120I: 8.5 x 8.5 x 1.7" (21.6 x 21.6 x 4.3 cm), C9120E and

C9120P: 8.5 x 8.05x 2.0" (21.6 x 21.6 x 5.1 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)

Environmental

Cisco Catalyst 9120AXI

• 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;

however, the USB interface will remain enabled

Cisco Catalyst 9120AXE and 9120AXP

• Nonoperating (storage) temperature: -22° to 158°F (-30° to 70°C)

• Nonoperating (storage) altitude test: 25˚C, 15,000 ft.

• Operating temperature: -4° to 122°F (-20° to 50°C)

• Operating humidity: 10% to 90% (noncondensing)

• Operating altitude test: 40˚C, 9843 ft.

System memory

• 2048 MB DRAM

• 1024 MB flash

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)

• -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)

Frequency band and 20-MHz operating channels

K (K regulatory domain):

• 2.412 to 2.472 GHz; 13 channels

• 5.180 to 5.320 GHz; 8 channels

• 5.500 to 5.620 GHz; 7 channels

• 5.745 to 5.805 GHz; 4 channels