The Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller is designed for 802.11n performance & offers maximum scalability for enterprise & service provider wireless deployments. It simplifies deployment & operation of wireless networks, helping to ensure smooth performance, enhance security, & maximize network availability. The Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller manages all the Cisco access points within campus environments & branch locations, eliminating complexity & providing network administrators with visibility & control of their wireless LANs. The 5500 Series offers enhanced uptime with: &9679; RF visibility & protection &9679; The ability to simultaneously manage up to 500 access points &9679; Superior performance for reliable streaming video & toll- quality voice &9679; Sub-second stateful failover of all access points & clients from the primary to standby controller The Cisco 5508 Wireless Controller supports Cisco Application Visibility & Control (AVC), the technology that
Includes:: the Network-Based Application Recognition 2 (NBAR-2) engine, Cisco’s deep packet inspection (DPI) capability. The NBAR-2 engine can classify applications, applies quality of service (Qo S) setting to either drop or mark the traffic, & prioritizes business-critical applications in the network. Cisco AVC uses Net Flow Version 9 to export the flows to Cisco Prime Infrastructure or a third-party Net Flow Collector. The 5508 also supports Bonjour Services Directory to enable Bonjour Services to be advertised & utilized in a separate Layer 3 network. Wireless Policy engine is a wireless profiler & policy feature on the Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller that enables profiling of wireless devices & enforcement of policies such as VLAN assignment, Qo S, ACL & time-of-day-based access.