Wireless Controllers	Virtual Controller	Controller for ISR G2	2500 Series	3650 Series	5500 Series	5760 Series	3850 Series	WiSM2	Flex 7500 Series	8500 series
Product Image
Target deployments	Small or midsize business branch	Small or midsize business branch	Small or midsize	Small or midsized business branch	Midsize to large enterprise	Midsized to large enterprise	Small to Large Enterprise	Midsized to Large Enterprise	Large Number of Branches	Large Enterprise and Service Provider
Form factor	Virtual Machine Software	ISR-G2-UCS-E	Desktop	1RU Switch	1RU appliance	1RU appliance	1RU switch	Catalyst 6500 Module	1RU appliance	1RU appliance
Deployment Modes
FlexConnect (centrally switched)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Central Mode (Formerly Local Mode)	-	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	-	-	Yes	-	Yes
Mesh	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
OfficeExtend	Yes	-	Yes	-	Yes	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes
Scale
Min Access Points	5	5	5	1	12	25	1	100	300	300
Max Access Points	200	200	75	25	500	1,000	50	1,000	6,000	6,000
Max Client Support	3,000	3,000	1,000	1,000	7,000	12,000	2,000	15,000	64,000	64,000
Max RF Tag Support	3,000	500	500	1,000	5,000	10,000	1,000	5,000	50,000	50,000
Max Throughput	500 Mbps	500 Mbps	1 Gbps	20 Gbps and 40 Gbps	8 Gbps	60 Gbps	20 Gbps and 40 Gbps	20 Gbps	1 Gbps	10 Gbps
Max Number of Access Point Groups	200	200	30	25	500	1,000	50	1,000	6,000	6,000
Max Number of Flex Groups	100	100	30	-	100	-	-	100	2,000	2,000
Max Access Points per Group	100	100	25	25	25	25	25	25	100	100
Max WLANs	512	512	16	64	512	512	64	512	512	512
Max VLANs	512	512	16	4,000	512	4,000	4,000	512	4096	4096
PLATFORM DETAILS
Interfaces or network I/O	2 vNICs	Cisco ISR G2 backplane	Four 1 GE	4 * 1 Gb / 10 Gb Uplink 2 * 1 Gb / 10 Gb Uplink 4 * 1 Gb Uplink 24 and 48 * 10/100/1000 Mbps Data/POE+	Eight 1 GE	6 * 1/10 GE	4 * 1 GE/10 GE uplink  2 * 1 GE/10 GE uplink 4 * 1 GE uplink 24 and 48* 10/100/1000 Mbps data / PoE+	Catalyst 6500 backplane	Two 10 GE	Two 10 GE
Redundant power	NA	Yes (option)	No	Yes (option)	Yes (option)	Yes (option)	Yes (option)	Yes	Yes (installed)	Yes (installed)
Redundant fans	NA	Yes	Built-in Fan	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Max Power Consumption	-	Refer to UCS-E	80W	350W	125W	350W	350W	220W	675W	675W
Standard hardware warranty	NA	90 days	90 days	E-LLW	90 days	90 days	E-LLW	90 days	90 days	90 days
Standard software warranty	90 days	90 days	90 days	90 days	90 days	90 days	90 days	90 days	90 days	90 days
Feature support
Workgroup bridge	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Link Aggregation Group (LAG)	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	Yes
Radio Resource Management (RRM)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Datagram Transfer Layer Security (DTLS)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cisco Compatible Extensions Call Admission Control (CAC)/Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cisco VideoStream	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	Yes
Guest services (wireless)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Guest services (wired)	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	-	-
Guest anchor	-	-	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	-	-
Access control lists (ACLs)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
HA with AP SSO	NO - vMotion Base HA	No - vMotion Base HA	No - Only N+1 HA	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
HA with Client SSO	vMotion HA	vMotion HA	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Integrated Wireless Policy Engine	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Application Visibility and Control (AVC)	-	-	Yes**	Yes***	Yes**	Yes***	Yes***	Yes**	Yes**	Yes**
Bonjour Gateway	Yes**	Yes**	Yes**	Yes	Yes**	Yes	Yes	Yes**	Yes**	Yes**
Mobility	L2	L2	L2 & L3	L2 & L3	L2 & L3	L2 & L3	L2 & L3	L2 & L3	L2	L2 & L3
QoS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (MQC-based)	Yes	Yes (MQC based)	Yes (MQC based)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bi-directional rate limiting	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Government certifications
FIPS	In plan	In plan	In plan	In plan	Certified	In plan	In plan	Certified	In plan	In plan
Common Criteria	In plan	In plan	In plan	In plan	Certified	In plan	In plan	Certified	In plan	In plan
DISA UCAPL	In plan	In plan	In plan	In plan	Certified	In plan	In plan	Certified	In plan	In plan

** Denotes supported in 'Central Mode' and 'FlexConnect' ('Centrally Switched') mode of deployments

***Supports application visibility (no control) with Generation-2 access points for wireless clients only