Product specifications

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Table 5 compares the capabilities of the WLC and the WLC plus MSE.
Table 5. Cisco wIPS Comparison
Feature Base wIPS (WLC) MSE wIPS (WLC plus MSE)
Rogue access point and ad hoc rogue detection, classification, location
tracking, and containment
Yes Yes
Switch port tracing and disabling Yes Yes
DoS attack identification and classification No Yes
Wireless intrusion attack identification and classification No Yes
Active attack mitigation No Yes
MSE Product Specifications
Table 6 provides the specifications of the physical Cisco MSE appliance. Table 7 provides the specifications of the
virtual MSE.
Table 6. Cisco MSE Product Specifications (Physical Appliance)
Feature Cisco MSE 3355
Supported services
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Base Location license: 2500 access points
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CMX license: 2500 access points
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wIPS license: 5000 monitor mode or enhanced local mode (ELM) access points
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Maximum number of tracked devices: 25,000 (regardless of number of access point licenses)
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Separate MSE appliance is recommended for running wIPS
Evaluation support MSE: Physical or virtual appliance ships with the following evaluation licenses:
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Base Location: 100 access points
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CMX: 100 access points
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wIPS: 20 monitor mode or enhanced local mode access points
Processor 2 quad-core Intel
®
Nehalem processors, 2.0 GHz, 4-MB cache
Memory 16-GB DDR3 (two 8 GB)
Hard disk Four hot-swappable 146-GB SAS drives with up to 6-Gbps transfer rate
Removable media DVD-RO drive
Ports
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Four USB ports: Two in front, two in back
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Two VGA ports: One in front and one in back
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One RJ-45 management port for out-of-band management
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RJ-45: Two rear RJ-45 connectors for connection to two Gigabit Ethernet network adapters
Connectivity Network: Two embedded multifunction Gigabit Ethernet network adapters with TCP/IP offload engine
Management SNMP v1, v2c, and v3
Management interface Cisco Prime
™
Infrastructure
Network devices
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All WLCs
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All 802.11n access points
System specifications
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Number of MSEs per Prime Infrastructure: 20
Programming interfaces REST and SOAP/XML APIs
Form factor 1 rack unit (1RU)
Physical dimensions
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Height: 1.69 in. (43 mm)
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Width: 17.3 in. (440 mm)
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Depth: 28.0 in. (711.4 mm)
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Weight: 28 (minimum) to 35.1 lb (maximum) (12.7 to 15.9 kg)