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Built from the ground up for intent-based networking 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...

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...

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...

Front panel Cisco Catalyst 9800-L-C front panel Cisco Catalyst 9800-L-F front panel Cisco Catalyst 9800-L -C front panel with components labeled Cisco Catalyst 9800-L-F front panel with components labeled © 2023 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

Front panel components Service Port (SP) (RJ-45) for out-of-band management Redundancy port Quad RJ-45 2.5G/1G Multigigabit Ethernet ports Reset button Ports and their purpose Console port for out-of-band management. 1x Micro USB console port Console port for out-of-band management. USB 3.0 port for plugging in external memory. Management port used for out-of-band management. Also known as the service port. Redundancy port used for SSO. Ports used for sending and receiving traffic between access points and controller, northbound traffic, in-band management traffic, and wireless client traffic....

Front LEDs Table 5. Front-panel LEDs and their purpose Green if all power rails are within spec System status On: Cisco IOS XE boot is complete Blinking: Cisco IOS boot in progress On: System crash Blinking: Secure Boot failure Off: ROMMON boot High Availability (HA) port On: HA active Slow blink: HA standby hot Slow blink: Booted with HA standby cold Fast blink: HA maintenance On: ROMMON boot complete Blinking: System upgrade in progress On: ROMMON boot and SYSTEM bootup Blinking: Temperature error and Secure Boot failure Network link LED Indicator Solid green: Link Flashing green: Activity...

Rear-panel components Power adapter Kensington lock Power The Cisco Catalyst 9800-L Wireless Controller is powered by a single output 12V DC, 110W 120/240V AC adapter (C9800-AC-110W) that is shipped by default. SFPs supported Table 7. SFPs supported Module supported SFP supported on the C9800-L-F-K9 Model GLC-BX-D GLC-BX-U GLC-SX-MMD GLC-ZX-SMD GLC-TE FINISAR-LR FINISAR-SR SFP-10G-LR SFP-10G-LR-S SFP-10G-LRM SFP-10G-LR-X SFP-10G-SR SFP-10G-SR-S SFP-10G-SR-X SFP-H10GB-CU1M SFP-H10GB-CU1.5M SFP-H10GB-CU2M SFP-H10GB-CU2.5M © 2023 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

SFP supported on the C9800-L-C-K9 Model GLC-BX-D GLC-BX-U GLC-LH-SMD GLC-SX-MMD GLC-T GLC-TE GLC-ZX-SMD Product benefits Cisco IOS XE The Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series opens a completely new paradigm in network configuration, operation, and monitoring through network automation. Cisco’s automation solution is open, standards based, and extensible across the entire lifecycle of a network device. The various mechanisms that bring about network automation are outlined below, based on the device lifecycle. ● Automated device provisioning: This is the ability to automate the process of upgrading software...

Trustworthy systems: Cisco Trust Anchor Technologies provide a highly secure foundation for Cisco products. With the Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series, these trustworthy systems enable hardware and software authenticity assurance for supply chain trust and strong mitigation against man-in-the-middle attacks on software and firmware. Trust Anchor capabilities include: Image signing: Cryptographically signed images provide assurance that the firmware, BIOS, and other software are authentic and unmodified. As the system boots, its software signatures are checked for integrity. Secure Boot: Cisco Secure...

In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU): ISSU is a complete image upgrade/update with zero downtime while the network is still on. The software image or a 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. Your backup 9800 controller receives the new software that is pushed via the active 9800 controller. The backup 9800 controller becomes active and takes over your network, while your previously active...