Product specifications

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Feature Benefits
End-to-End Voice
Supports
Unified Communications for improved collaboration through messaging, presence, and
conferencing
Supports all
Cisco Unified IP Phones for cost-effective, real-time voice services
High Availability
An optional redundant power supply that helps to ensure maximum availability
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
Secure, reliable wireless connectivity and consistent end-user experience
Increased network availability through proactive blocking of known threats
Equips administrators for IPv6 troubleshooting, planning, and client traceability from a common wired and
wireless management system
Table 2 lists the product specifications for Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controllers.
Table 2. Product Specifications for Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controllers
Item Specifications
Wireless 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. 1000BASE-SX, 1000-BASE-
LH, IEEE 802.1Q Vtagging, and IEEE 802.1AX Link Aggregation.
Data Request For Comments
(RFC)
RFC 768 UDP
RFC 791 IP
RFC 2460 IPv6 (pass through Bridging mode only)
RFC 792 ICMP
RFC 793 TCP
RFC 826 ARP
RFC 1122 Requirements for Internet Hosts
RFC 1519 CIDR
RFC 1542 BOOTP
RFC 2131 DHCP
RFC 5415 CAPWAP Protocol Specification
RFC 5416 CAPWAP Binding for 802.11
Security Standards
WPA
IEEE 802.11i (WPA2, RSN)
RFC 1321 MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm
RFC 1851 The ESP Triple DES Transform
RFC 2104 HMAC: Keyed Hashing for Message Authentication
RFC 2246 TLS Protocol Version 1.0
RFC 2401 Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol
RFC 2403 HMAC-MD5-96 within ESP and AH
RFC 2404 HMAC-SHA-1-96 within ESP and AH
RFC 2405 ESP DES-CBC Cipher Algorithm with Explicit IV
RFC 2406 IPsec
RFC 2407 Interpretation for ISAKMP
RFC 2408 ISAKMP
RFC 2409 IKE
RFC 2451 ESP CBC-Mode Cipher Algorithms
RFC 3280 Internet X.509 PKI Certificate and CRL Profile
RFC 3602 The AES-CBC Cipher Algorithm and Its Use with IPsec
RFC 3686 Using AES Counter Mode with IPsec ESP
RFC 4347 Datagram Transport Layer Security
RFC 4346 TLS Protocol Version 1.1