Up to 250 APs  5000 clients  and 5-Gbps throughput

Hot patching  time saving and hitless upgrades

Advanced  on demand telemetry

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 gives you flexibility in your network.

High availability and seamless software updates  enabled by hot and cold patching  

keep your clients and services always on in planned and unplanned events.

Secure the air  devices  and users with the Cisco Catalyst 9800-L. 

The wireless infrastructure becomes the strongest first line of defense  

with Encrypted Traffic Analytics and Software-Defined Access (SD-Access). The controller comes with built-in security: Secure Boot  

runtime defenses  image signing  integrity verification  and hardware authenticity.

Built on a modular operating system  the controller features open and programmable APIs that enable automation of day-0 to day-N network operations.

 Model-driven streaming telemetry provides deep insights into your network and client health.

Maximum number of access points:250  500 (with performance license)

Maximum number of clients : 5000  10000 (with performance license)

Maximum throughput : 5 Gbps  10 Gbps(with performance license)

Maximum WLANs : 4096

Maximum VLANs : 4096

Fixed uplinks : 2x 10G/Multigigabit copper or 2x 10G/Multigigabit fiber

Power supply : 110W  12VDC  AC/DC adapter

Maximum power consumption : 9800-L-C: 86.9W (with 4.5W USB load) / 9800-L-F: 84.5W (assumes 2pc 2.5W SFP and with 4.5W USB load)

Deployment modes : Centralized  Cisco FlexConnect  and fabric 

Form factor : 1RU; half-width chassis allows side-by-side installation in standard 19-in. rack

License : Smart License enabled

Software : Cisco IOS XE

Management : Cisco DNA Center  Cisco Prime Infrastructure  and third party (open standards APIs)

Interoperability : AireOS-based controllers

Access points : Cisco Aironet 802.11ac Wave 1 and Wave 2 access points  Cisco Catalyst 9100 802.11ax access points

Dimesnsion : 

Width : 8.5 in. (21.59 cm) 

Depth : 9.06 in. (23.01 cm)

Height : 1.58 in. (4.02 cm)

Weight : C9800-L-C: 3.95 lb. (1.79 kg)

C9800-L-F: 4.01 lb. (1.82 kg)