Supported Cisco Aironet® Access Points
Cisco Mobility Express solution consists of the following components:
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Primary Access Point - Cisco Aironet® 1560, 1815W, 1815I, 1830, 1850, 2800 and 3800 Series 802.11ac Wave 2 Access Points running the virtual Wireless LAN Controller function.
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Subordinate Access Points - Cisco Aironet® Access Points which are managed by Primary Access Point similar to how a Wireless LAN Controller manages Access Points.
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Primary Access Point functions as Wireless LAN Controller, manages Subordinate Access Points and also serves clients at the same time. |
Primary Access Points
Cisco Aironet® Access Points which support the Wireless LAN Controller function and operate as Primary Access points are listed in the table below:
Primary Access Points | Supported Model Numbers |
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Cisco Aironet® 1560 Series |
AIR-AP1562I-x-K9 AIR-AP1562E-x-K9 AIR-AP1562D-x-K9 |
Cisco Aironet® 1815I Series | AIR-AP1815I-x-K9C |
Cisco Aironet® 1815W Series |
AIR-AP1815W-x-K9C |
Cisco Aironet® 1830 Series |
AIR-AP1832I-x-K9C |
Cisco Aironet® 1850 Series |
AIR-AP1852I-x-K9C AIR-AP1852E-x-K9C |
Cisco Aironet® 2800 Series |
AIR-AP2802I-x-K9C AIR-AP2802E-x-K9C |
Cisco Aironet® 3800Series |
AIR-AP3802I-x-K9C AIR-AP3802E-x-K9C |
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The -x- in the other model numbers is a placeholder for the actual letter indicating the model's regulatory domain. For information on regulatory domains, see http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/assets/prod/wireless/wireless-compliance-tool/index.html |
Subordinate Access Points
Cisco Aironet® Access Points which operate as Subordinate Access Points and serve clients are listed in the table below:
Primary Access Points | Supported Model Numbers |
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Cisco Aironet® 700i Series | AIR-CAP702I-x-K9 |
Cisco Aironet® 700w Series | AIR-CAP702W-x-K9 |
Cisco Aironet® 1560Series |
AIR-AP1562I-x-K9 AIR-AP1562E-x-K9 AIR-AP1562D-x-K9 |
Cisco Aironet® 1600 Series |
AIR-CAP1602I-x-K9 AIR-CAP1602E-x-K9 |
Cisco Aironet® 1700 Series | AIR-CAP1702I-x-K9 |
Cisco Aironet® 1810 Series | AIR-AP1810W-x-K9 |
Cisco Aironet® 1815I Series | AIR-AP1815I-x-K9C |
Cisco Aironet® 1815W Series | AIR-AP1815W-x-K9C |
Cisco Aironet® 1830 Series |
AIR-AP1832I-x-K9C |
Cisco Aironet® 1850 Series |
AIR-AP1852I-x-K9C AIR-AP1852E-x-K9C |
Cisco Aironet® 2600 Series |
AIR-CAP2602I-x-K9 AIR-CAP2602E-x-K9 |
Cisco Aironet® 2700 Series |
AIR-CAP2702I-x-K9 AIR-CAP2702E-x-K9 |
Cisco Aironet® 2800 Series |
AIR-AP2802I-x-K9C AIR-AP2802E-x-K9C |
Cisco Aironet® 3600 Series |
AIR-CAP3602I-x-K9 AIR-CAP3602E-x-K9 |
Cisco Aironet® 3700 Series |
AIR-CAP3702I-x-K9 AIR-CAP3702E-x-K9 |
Cisco Aironet® 3800 Series |
AIR-AP3802I-x-K9C AIR-AP3802E-x-K9C |
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The -x- in the other model numbers is a placeholder for the actual letter indicating the model's regulatory domain. For information on regulatory domains, see http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/assets/prod/wireless/wireless-compliance-tool/index.html |
Cisco Mobility Express Scale Limits
Cisco Mobility Express supports up to 100 Access Points and 2000 Clients in a single deployment. Given below are the scale limits per Primary Access Point.
Primary Access Points | # of Access Points Supported | # of Clients Supported |
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Cisco Aironet® 1560 Series | 100 | 2000 |
Cisco Aironet® 1815I Series | 50 | 1000 |
Cisco Aironet® 1815W Series | 50 | 1000 |
Cisco Aironet® 1830 Series | 50 | 1000 |
Cisco Aironet® 1850 Series | 50 | 1000 |
Cisco Aironet® 2800 Series | 100 | 2000 |
Cisco Aironet® 3800 Series | 100 | 2000 |
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If there are more than 50 Access Points in a Mobility Express network, the Primary AP(running the Wireless LAN controller function) can service a maximum of 20 clients. This limit only applies to Primary AP and not any other Access Point in the Mobility Express network. |
Cisco Mobility Express Supported Features
See Supported features section in Release notes
Supported Software Release and Interoperability
AireOS® Release
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Cisco Mobility Express solution is supported from AireOS® Release 8.1.121.0 and later.
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PI Release 3.0.1 and later.
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CMX Connect is supported starting AireOS® Release 8.3.100.0 for both On-Prem and CMX cloud deployments.
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CMX Presence Analytics is supported starting AireOS® Release 8.1.121.0 for On-Prem and CMX Release 10.2 and later. CMX Presence analytics in the cloud is supported starting AireOS® Release 8.3.102.0.
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ISE Release 1.4 and later. 802.1x authentication is supported.