C9120AXI-G

Supported wireless LAN controllers and Software

Recommended Model

Cisco 3500 Series Wireless Controllers

AIR-CT3504-K9

Cisco 5520 Series Wireless Controllers

AIR-CT5520-K9

Cisco 8540 Series Wireless Controllers

AIR-CT8540-K9

AIR-CT8540-1K-K9

Cisco 9800 series Wireless Controllers

C9800-40-K9

C9800-80-K9

Cisco Virtual Wireless Controller

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Cisco Unified Wireless Network Software Release 8.9 or later

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Cisco IOS ® XE Software Release 16.11 or later

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SKU

Description

C9120AXI-A

Cisco Catalyst 9120AX Access Point, internal antennas; Wi-Fi 6; 4x4:4 MIMO, A Domain

C9120AXI-B

Cisco Catalyst 9120AX Access Point, internal antennas; Wi-Fi 6; 4x4:4 MIMO, B Domain

C9120AXI-D

Cisco Catalyst 9120AX Access Point, internal antennas; Wi-Fi 6; 4x4:4 MIMO, D Domain

C9120AXI-E

Cisco Catalyst 9120AX Access Point, internal antennas; Wi-Fi 6; 4x4:4 MIMO, E Domain

C9120AXI-G

Cisco Catalyst 9120AX Access Point, internal antennas; Wi-Fi 6; 4x4:4 MIMO, G Domain

C9120AXI-H

Cisco Catalyst 9120AX Access Point, internal antennas; Wi-Fi 6; 4x4:4 MIMO, H Domain

C9120AXI-I

Cisco Catalyst 9120AX Access Point, internal antennas; Wi-Fi 6; 4x4:4 MIMO, I Domain

C9120AXI-G Specification

Description

Cisco Catalyst 9120AX Series, G Domain

Software

•Cisco Unified Wireless Network Software Release 8.9.x or later

•Cisco IOS ® XE Software Release 16.11 with AP Device Pack, or later

Supported wireless LAN controllers

•Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers

•Cisco 3500, 5520, and 8540 Series Wireless Controllers and Cisco Virtual Wireless Controller

802.11n version 2.0 (and related) capabilities

•4x4 MIMO with four spatial streams

•Maximal Ratio Combining (MRC)

•802.11n and 802.11a/g beamforming

•20- and 40-MHz channels

•PHY data rates up to 890 Mbps (40 MHz with 5 GHz and 20 MHz with 2.4 GHz)

•Packet aggregation: A-MPDU (transmit and receive), A-MSDU (transmit and receive)

•802.11 Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS)

•Cyclic Shift Diversity (CSD) support

802.11ac

•4x4 downlink MU-MIMO with four spatial streams

•MRC

•802.11ac beamforming

•20-, 40-, 80-, and 160-MHz channels

•PHY data rates up to 3.47 Gbps (160 MHz with 5 GHz)

•Packet aggregation: A-MPDU (transmit and receive), A-MSDU (transmit and receive)

•802.11 DFS

•CSD support

802.11ax

•4x4 downlink MU-MIMO with four spatial streams

•Uplink/downlink OFDMA

• TWT

•BSS coloring

•MRC

• 802.11ax beamforming

•20-, 40-, 80-, and 160-MHz channels

•PHY data rates up to 5.38 Gbps (160 MHz with 5 GHz and 20 MHz with 2.4 GHz)

•Packet aggregation: A-MPDU (transmit and receive), A-MSDU (transmit and receive)

•802.11 DFS

•CSD support

Integrated antenna

Flexible radio (either on 2.4GHz or on 5GHz)

• 2.4 GHz, peak gain 4 dBi, internal antenna, omnidirectional in azimuth

•5 GHz, peak gain 5 dBi, internal antenna, omnidirectional in azimuth

Dedicated 5GHz radio

•5 GHz, peak gain 4 dBi, internal antenna, omnidirectional in azimuth

External antenna (sold separately)

• Cisco Catalyst 9120E Access Points are certified for use with antenna gains up to 6 dBi (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz)

•Cisco Catalyst 9120P Access Points) are certified for use with antenna gains up to 13 dBi (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) with the AIR-ANT2513-P4M-N= antenna

•Cisco offers the industry's broadest selection of antennas, delivering optimal coverage for a variety of deployment scenarios

•Supports Self-Identifiable Antennas (SIA) on one RP-TNC port

Smart Antenna Connector

•Available on the 9120E and on the 9120P only

•Compact multi RF connector with DART interface

•Requires the AIR-CAB002-DART-R= 2 ft smart antenna connector when used with antennas with RP-TNC connector

•Required when running the flexible radio as either a second 5-GHz serving radio or a Wireless Security Monitoring radio

Interfaces

•1x 100, 1000, 2500 Multigigabit Ethernet (RJ-45) – IEEE 802.3bz

•Management console port (RJ-45)

•USB 2.0 @ 3.75W (enabled via future software)

ndicators

• Status LED indicates boot loader status, association status, operating status, boot loader warnings, and boot loader errors

Dimensions (W x L x H)

• Access point (without mounting brackets): C9120I: 8.5 x 8.5 x 1.7” (21.6 x 21.6 x 4.3 cm)

Input power requirements

•802.3at Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+), 802.3bt Cisco Universal PoE (Cisco UPOE+, Cisco UPOE ®)

• Cisco power injector, AIR-PWRINJ6=

•802.3af PoE

•Cisco power injector, AIR-PWRINJ5= (Note: This injector supports only 802.3af)

Environmental

Cisco Catalyst 9120AXI

•Nonoperating (storage) temperature: -22° to 158°F (-30° to 70°C)

•Nonoperating (storage) altitude test: 25˚C, 15,000 ft.

•Operating temperature: 32° to 122°F (0° to 50°C)

•Operating humidity: 10% to 90% (noncondensing)

•Operating altitude test: 40˚C, 9843 ft.

System memory

•2048 MB DRAM

•1024 MB flash

Available transmit power settings

2.4 GHz

•23 dBm (200 mW)

•20 dBm (100 mW)

•17 dBm (50 mW)

•14 dBm (25 mW)

•11 dBm (12.5 mW)

•8 dBm (6.25 mW)

•5 dBm (3.13 mW)

•2 dBm (1.56 mW)

•-1dBm (0.79mW)

•-4dBm(0.39mW)

5 GHz

•26 dBm (400 mW)

•23 dBm (200 mW)

•20 dBm (100 mW)

•17 dBm (50 mW)

•14 dBm (25 mW)

•11 dBm (12.5 mW)

•8 dBm (6.25 mW)

•5 dBm (3.13 mW)

•2 dBm (1.56 mW)

•-1dBm (0.79mW)

Frequency band and 20-MHz operating channels

G (G regulatory domain):

•2.412 to 2.472 GHz; 13 channels

•5.745 to 5.865 GHz; 7 channels