AIR-CT8540-K9 – Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller

AIR-CT8540-K9 Specification

Wireless

IEEE 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11d, WMM/802.11e, 802.11h, 802.11n, 802.11k, 802.11r, 802.11u, 802.11w, 802.11ac Wave1 and Wave2

Wired/switching/routing

IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T, IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX specification, 1000BASE-T. 1000BASE-SX, 1000-BASE-LH, IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging, IEEE 802.1AX Link Aggregation

Data request for comments (RFC)

• RFC 768 UDP
• RFC 791 IP
• RFC 2460 IPv6
• 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

• Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
• IEEE 802.11i (WPA2, RSN)
• RFC 1321 MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm
• RFC 1851 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 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 4347 Datagram Transport Layer Security
• RFC 5426 TLS Protocol Version 1.2

Encryption

• Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) and Temporal Key Integrity Protocol-Message Integrity Check (TKIP-MIC): RC440, 104 and 128 bits (both static and shared keys)
• Advanced Encryption Standard (AES): Cipher Block Chaining (CBC), Counter with CBC-MAC (CCM), Counter with Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol (CCMP)
• Data Encryption Standard (DES): DES-CBC, 3DES
• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS): RC4 128-bit and RSA 1024- and 2048-bit
• DTLS: AES-CBC
• IPsec: DES-CBC, 3DES, AES-CBC
• 802.1AE MACsec encryption

Authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA)

• IEEE 802.1X
• RFC 2548 Microsoft Vendor-Specific RADIUS Attributes
• RFC 2716 PPP EAP-TLS
• RFC 2865 RADIUS Authentication
• RFC 2866 RADIUS Accounting
• RFC 2867 RADIUS Tunnel Accounting
• RFC 2869 RADIUS Extensions
• RFC 3576 Dynamic Authorization Extensions to RADIUS
• RFC 5176 Dynamic Authorization Extensions to RADIUS
• RFC 3579 RADIUS Support for EAP
• RFC 3580 IEEE 802.1X RADIUS Guidelines
• RFC 3748 Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
• Web-based authentication
• TACACS support for management users

Management

• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) v1, v2c, v3
• RFC 854 Telnet
• RFC 1155 Management Information for TCP/IP-Based Internets
• RFC 1156 MIB
• RFC 1157 SNMP
• RFC 1213 SNMP MIB II
• RFC 1350 TFTP
• RFC 1643 Ethernet MIB
• RFC 2030 SNTP
• RFC 2616 HTTP
• RFC 2665 Ethernet-Like Interface types MIB
• RFC 2674 Definitions of Managed Objects for Bridges with Traffic Classes, Multicast Filtering, and Virtual Extensions
• RFC 2819 RMON MIB
• RFC 2863 Interfaces Group MIB
• RFC 3164 Syslog
• RFC 3414 User-Based Security Model (USM) for SNMPv3
• RFC 3418 MIB for SNMP
• RFC 3636 Definitions of Managed Objects for IEEE 802.3 MAUs
• Cisco private MIBs

Management Interfaces

• Web-based: HTTP/HTTPS
• Command-line interface: Telnet, Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol, serial port
• Cisco Prime Infrastructure

Interfaces and Indicators

• 4 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces or 4 x 1 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
• Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus (SFP+) options (only Cisco SFP+s supported), including S-Class Optics
• Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) options (only Cisco SFPs supported), including S-Class Optics
• 1 x service port: 1 Gigabit Ethernet port (RJ-45)
• 1 x redundancy port: 1 Gigabit Ethernet port (RJ-45)
• 1 x Cisco Integrated Management Controller port: 1 10/100/1000 Ethernet (RJ-45)
• 1 x console port: Serial port (RJ-45)
• LED indicators: Network Link, Diagnostics

Physical dimensions

• Dimensions (WxDxH): 18.96 x 30.18 x 3.43 in. (48.2 x 76.6 x 8.70 cm) including handles
• Weight: 44 lb (19.9 kg) with 2 power supplies

Environmental Conditions

Air temperature:

• Appliance operating: 41° to 104°F (5° to 40°C), derate the maximum temperature by 1.0°C per every 1000 ft. (305m) of altitude above sea level
• Appliance nonoperating: -40° to 149°F (-40° to 65°C)

Humidity:

• Appliance operating: 10% to 90%; noncondensing at 82°F (28°C)
• Appliance nonoperating: 5% to 93% at 82°F (28°C)

Altitude:

• Appliance operating: 0 to 3,000m (0 to 10,000 ft.)
• Appliance nonoperating: 0 to 12,192 m (0 to 40,000 ft.)

Electrical input:

• AC input frequency range: 47 to 63 Hz
• Input voltage range:

◦   Minimum: 90 VAC

◦   Maximum: 264 VAC

◦   Maximum power 538W

• Heat dissipation: 1836 BTU/hr
• Sound power level measure:

◦   A-weighted per ISO 7779 LpAm (dBA), operation at 77°F (25°C): 59.4

Regulatory compliance

CE Markings per directives 2004/108/EC and 2006/95/EC

Safety:

• UL 60950-1 Second Edition
• CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1 Second Edition
• EN 60950-1 Second Edition
• IEC 60950-1 Second Edition
• AS/NZS 60950-1
• GB4943 2001

EMC – Emissions:

• 47CFR Part 15 (CFR 47) Class A
• AS/NZS CISPR22 Class A
• EN55022 Class A
• ICES003 Class A VCCI Class A
• EN61000-3-2 EN61000-3-3 KN22 Class A
• CNS13438 Class A

EMC – Immunity:

• EN55024
• CISPR24
• EN300386
• KN24