Spec Sheet
SPECIFICATION SHEET
NX 5500
NX 5500 INTEGRATED SERVICES PLATFORM
NEXT GENERATION WIRELESS SERVICES FOR SMALL
AND MIDSIZE ENVIRONMENTS
The NX 5500 brings the next generation in WLAN speed, security, reliability and flexibility to the midsize enterprise,
providing comprehensive management and control of up to 512 network elements through a single pane of glass.
With the NX 5500, all network infrastructure is empowered with the intelligence to make the best routing decisions,
you get maximum speed and throughput — the congestion and latency associated with routing trac through a
centralized controller is eliminated.
A highly cost-eective platform for
optimized WLAN performance
The NX 5500 multi-core network processing platform
supports up to 512 access points, well suited for small to
mid-sized deployments. Its rich set of integrated services
— including router, firewall, VPN, AAA/Radius server and
DHCP/DNS server — eliminates the need for any additional
hardware without compromising system performance. And the
integrated application visibility engine provides the necessary
intelligence to identify, categorize and filter/block/control
network bandwidth usage based on your business needs.
Centralized Management and control
from the NOC through NX / VX
The network of distributed, multi-network NX 5500
deployments can be controlled and managed at the NOC
through your NX9XXX/NX75XX/VX9000 — giving you a
single-pane-of management for easy provisioning and
day-to-day monitoring and troubleshooting of your entire
WLAN infrastructure.
Powered by the advanced WiNG 5 operating system
WiNG 5 provides the advanced brainpower required to create
the “fully network aware” WLAN, allowing every piece of
infrastructure in your wireless network to work together to
route every transmission as eciently as possible.
WiNG 5 includes:
• Plug-and-play: Fast and easy zero-touch installation
plus rule-based access point adoption from all locations
automates equipment discovery and deployment.
• Smart Routing: Every piece of infrastructure in your
WLAN has the intelligence required to work together to
route every transmission as eciently as possible.
Trac is no longer routed through a centralized
controller, eliminating network congestion and latency.
• Comprehensive integrated network security services:
Wired/wireless firewall, built-in wireless intrusion
protection system (WIPS), integrated IPSec VPN gateway,
AAA Radius Server and secure guest access with a captive
web portal, and much more.
• Smart RF: Smart RF management mitigates the RF disruption
caused by Wi-Fi and non-Wi-Fi interference, faulty antennas,
dynamic dead spots or neighboring access point failures by
allowing the WLAN to automatically and intelligently adapt to
changes in the RF environment.
• BYOD support: The WiNG 5 OS provides the device
fingerprinting and role based policy required to help
manage and secure user-owned devices.