Unified Access Update focusing on 11AC and switching platform for the Cisco Connect Canada Tour 2014.

1. Wireless Update
Cisco Connect Canada Tour 2014
802.11ac
HDX - High Density Experience
CMX – Connected Mobile Experiences
mGig – MultiGig Ethernet

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AP Modes of Operation

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* Roamdap, Q4 CY14
2500 Virtual WLC e.g.
UCS-E on ISR G2
Flex 7500
850057605508 WISM2
Catalyst 3850
Catalyst 3850
Virtual
Controller
• 1-50 AP/switch per stack
(Directly connected APs)
• 2000 clients/stack
• 40 Gbps/switch
• 12 to 500 APs
• 7000 clients
• 8 Gbps
• 100 to 1000 APs
• 15,000 clients
• 20 Gbps
• 25 to 1000 APs
• 12,000 clients
• 60 Gbps
• 300 to 6000 APs
• 64,000 clients
• 10 Gbps
Large Campus Service Provider
Small Campus / Branch (Controller On-Premise) Branch (Controller in DC)
• 5 to 75 APs
• 1000 clients
• 1 Gbps
• 5 to 200 APs
• 3000 clients
• 500 Mbps
• 1-50 APs per switch/stack
(Directly connected APs)
• 1000 clients per stack
• 40 Gbps per switch
• 5 to 200 APs
• 3000 clients
• 500 Mbps
• 300 to 6000 APs
• 64,000 clients
• 1 Gbps
Catalyst 4500-E
Sup8E*
• 1 to 50 APs
• 2000 clients
• 888 Gbps/stack
• 1-25 APs per switch/stack
(Directly connected APs)
• 2000 clients per stack
• 40 Gbps per switch
Catalyst 3650
NEW

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802.11ac Indoors

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Cisco Aironet Indoor Access Point
Industry’s Best 802.11n and 802.11ac Series
Mission Specific
600 & 700
Enterprise Class
1700
Best in Class
3700
• Up to 600 Mbps
• 702w: Wall Plate AP
• Dorms, hospitality
• 702i: Compact Mid-market
• 600: Teleworker
• 3x3 MIMO: 2SS
• 802.11ac
• CleanAir Express
• ClientLink 3.0
• VideoStream
• Over 1 Gbps, 802.11ac
support
• 4x4 MIMO: 3SS
• HDX: High Density
Experience
• CleanAir 80 MHz,
ClientLink 3.0,
VideoStreaem
• Future proof modularity:
Security, 3G Small Cell or
Wave 2 802.11ac
Mission Specific Enterprise Mission Critical Mission Critical Best In Class
Mission Critical
2700
• Over 1 Gbps,
802.11ac support
• 3x4 MIMO: 3 SS
• HDX Technology
• CleanAir 80 MHz,
ClientLink 3.0,
VideoStream
NEW
NEW
700w

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Cisco Aironet 2700 Access Point Series
 3x4 MIMO:3 SS 802.11ac AP
 High Density Experience Technology
 Client density scale and performance
 Implicit Beam Forming – aka ClientLink 3.0 as
well as Explicit BeamForming
 2 GigE Ports
 2nd Port provides downward device
connectivity
 Antenna Support
Will support all the antennas available for the 3600, 2600
and 1600
with Integrated
802.11ac (3x4:3SS)

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• Provides continual, system-wide discovery
without performance impact
• Accurately identifies source, location, and
scope of interference
• Takes automatic action to avoid current and
future interference, with full history reporting
• Cisco AP 3700 provides complete visibility
over 80 MHz 11ac spectrum
CLEAN
AIR
20 MHz
40 MHz
80 MHz
802.11ac 80 MHz Spectrum

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HDX

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• With 802.11ac, the total
bandwidth available to clients is
increased to 1.3Gbps, but this is
still a shared medium
technology.
• An efficient packet scheduler
designed for the needs of
802.11ac is needed to keep up
with client counts of 60+ per
radio.
• Cisco’s AP3700 provides on-
radio caching technology which
leverages additional RAM for
per-client queuing techniques.
Traditional AP Design
DRAM
(512Mb)
CPU
Radio – 2.4GHz
Radio – 5GHz
Enterprise AP Design
DRAM
(512Mb)
CPU
DRAM (128Mb)
DRAM (128Mb)
Radio – 2.4GHz
Radio – 5GHz
4x4 Antennas
for Reliability
On-Radio Cache
for Speed
Performance

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Custom Silicon delivering High Density Networks
CleanAir 80 MHz
Optimal performance for high
throughput, high density
environments
RF interference detection & mitigation
optimized for 802.11ac’s wider channel
bandwidths
ClientLink 3.0
Increase performance & range by up to 60%
Cisco patented implicit beamforming
technology for 802.11ac clients, complementing
Explicit BF. Also extend capabilities to
802.11a/g/n clients.
Optimized Roaming
Intelligently assist client roaming based
on configurable attributes
Right size WiFi cell to better assist client
handoff in a dense network
RF Turbo Performance
Support highly dense clients without
performance degradation
Scale seamlessly to 60+ 802.11ac clients
using interactive video and multimedia
traffic with no performance degradation.
*Available post-FCS
RF Noise Reduction*
Enables higher density AP deployments to
support client density and increased bandwidth
Increase spectrum usage efficiency to improve co-
channel performance

11. 11
-80dB
-85dB
Today’s Solution Cisco “Optimized Roaming”
3G or 4G
-80dB -80dBWeak Wi-Fi
Signal
Client Stickiness
Causes Poor User
Experience
Overall Drop In
Cell
Performance
Consistent User
Experience
Efficient Cell
Usage

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“Optimized Roam” is Agnostic of Mobile Device & OS Type
~10 x Faster transition to available
stronger network
Always ON device with very minute
downtime

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The Outdoor
Situation Report

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Cisco Aironet Outdoor Access Points
Industry’s Best 802.11n & 802.11ac Series
Base
1530
High-Functionality
1550
Best in Class
1570
• Low Profile, Low Price
• Europe: Low Profile
• Emerging SP: Low Price
• Enterprise: Low profile & Price
• 11n, 2G: 3x3:3; 5G: 2x3:2
• In/External Antennas
• High functionality
• Enterprise, MSO
• DOCSIS3.0 8x4
• 11n, 2x3:2
• In/External Antennas
• High-end Enterprise, MSO
• 11ac, 4x4:3
• NG-Cable: 24x8
• In/External Antennas
• Modular: Future proof
NEW

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HIGH DENSITY EXPERIENCE (HDX)
Higher Throughput, Larger Area, More Pervasive Coverage
Bringing 802.11ac with HDX Outdoors
Performance of
AP1550
• 4X Transmit + 4X Receive
• 3 Spatial Streams
• Max. Allowable Transmit Power*
• Multi Mode Options: Flex, Mesh, Auto
• NG DOCSIS (24x8), Fiber, Gig-E
• Future Proof: Plug-in Module via POE
Cisco Aironet 1570 Series
RF Interference,
Detection & Mitigation
CleanAir for 80MHz
Increase Performance
& Range
ClientLink 3.0
Intelligent Handoff
in High Density
Optimized Roaming
More 802.11ac
Clients per AP
Turbo Performance
* Limited by highest power allowed by FCC

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1570 – Easier to deploy, better mechanical design
AP1550 PMKAP1570 PMK1
vs

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Jeremy Cohoe from UBC during AP 1570 Testing

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The Rugby Pitch Client Test

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Cyprus Rate vs. Range Results
Distance Intel 4965
2SS 11n
(DL/UL)
Macbook
Pro 3SS
11ac
(DL/UL)
Lenovo
t440s 2SS
11ac
(DL/UL)
Nexus 5
1SS 11ac
(DL/UL)
150ft 70/40 151/121 76/30 127/41
200ft 63/41 185/110 80/34 94/43
300ft 68/44 239/111 76/34 106/36
450ft 69/34 178/113 70/34 100/36

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The Outdoor Bridge Distance Test @ YVR

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 Dual-Band - 14dBi Antennas on all 4 antenna ports
Cyprus Distance Results
Distance Downlink Uplink Link SNR Data Rate
400m 266.08 234.05 44 m19
800m 234.4 188.43 34 m12
1.2km 103.36 79.67 13 m9
1.6km 168.33 154 20 m11

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Connected Mobile Experiences

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The Problem with Location Today
Probe Occurs every ~30 Seconds FastLocate every 6 seconds
Zone A Zone B Zone C Zone A Zone B Zone C
Probe RSSI based location
calculates on average
2 locations per minute
Updates vary from 10 sec to 5 mins depending on client + OS + driver
+ current activity on client + battery level + other
Data Packet RSSI based
location calculate on average
9 locations per minute
Analytics CAN NOT capture all zone utilization
Location Zones Location Zones
Analytics captures all zone utilization
Today FastLocate

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Moving Beyond Probes…
CONNECTED
ACCESS POINT (A)
DETECTED ON
WSSI MODULE (C)
DETECTED ON
WSSI MODULE (B)
1. Associated device send
packets for regular data
access only to connected
access points (A)
2. Other AP (B,C) that “hear”
that MAC address talking to
associated AP can report on
signal strength to WLC/MSE
3. Additional smart techniques
are used for quiet devices
ALL DEVICES
SYNCRONIZED TO
SAME CLOCK
SOURCE

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CA Update

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We’ve Been Here Before…
Functionality
split with
CAPWAP
Hotspot
deployments with
nomadic roaming
Autonomous
Mode
Cisco
Unified
Wireless
Cisco
Converged
Access
Control plane functionality on NG Controller
(also possible on upgraded 5508s, WiSM2s
for brownfield deployments, or NG Converged
Access switches for small, branch deployments)
Increased Scalability, Centralized Policy Application
• Unified wired-wireless experience
(security, policy, services)
• Common policy enforcement, common
services for wired and wireless traffic
(NetFlow, advanced QoS, and more)
Data plane functionality on NG Switches
(also possible on NG Controllers, for deployments
in which a centralized approach is preferred)
Standalone
Access Point
Access Point
Frees up the AP to focus on real-time
communication, policy application and
optimize RF and MAC functionality such
as CleanAir, ClientLink
Centralized tunneling of user traffic to
controller (data plane and control plane)
System-wide coordination for channel
and power assignment, rogue detection,
security attacks, interference, roaming
Controller
Cisco Converged Access
Network Requirements Driving Wireless Evolution
Performance and Unified ExperienceScale and Services

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Notable CA Deployments In the West
Deployment Notes:
5760’s /with 900+ AP3702 & 1532i
5760’s as new Guest Anchors
Upcoming 200+ 3850’s deployment
interop with AireOS
3850 MC/MA deployed for student
rez tower – serving ~500 clients.
Installing 5760 as anchor for
CAPWAP

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IOS XE 3.6 (Amur)
Features mostly caught up –
AVC, Bonjour GW, 802.11r, WEB GUI enhancements, PI 2.1 Support

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Notable “Things” NOT in CA
1. Flex Connect
2. MESH
1. Support for 1552,1524,1522 -40°C rated outdoor Aps
(Note 1532 is supported but limited to -30°C)
2. Support for G1 Aps and older (think 1142 and older)
1. EOIP Mobility
(typically 4400’s,WISM1s that don’t support CAPWAP mobility)
2. High Density Tweaks (RF profiles, RX SOP, CCA)

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Stuff to keep
on your radar…

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8.0 WLC Best Practices Guide
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/technology/wlc/8-0/82463-wlc-
config-best-practice.pdf
Software Compatibility Matrix
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/compatibility/matrix/compatibility-
matrix.html
Recommending Reading

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