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Specification

Part numbers

Cisco Catalyst 9120AXI Access Point: Indoor environments, with internal antennas

●  C9120AXI-x: Cisco Catalyst 9120AX Series

Cisco Catalyst 9120AXE Access Point: Indoor, challenging environments, with external antennas

●  C9120AXE-x: Cisco Catalyst 9120AX Series

Cisco Catalyst 9120AXP Access Point: Indoor, professional installations

●  C9120AXP-x: Cisco Catalyst 9120AX Series

Cisco Catalyst 9120AXI Access Point: Indoor environments, with internal antennas, with embedded wireless controller

●  C9120AXI-EWC-x: Cisco Catalyst 9120AX Series

Cisco Catalyst 9120AXE Access Point: Indoor, challenging environments, with external antennas, with embedded wireless controller

●  C9120AXE-EWC-x: Cisco Catalyst 9120AX Series

Cisco Catalyst 9120AXP Access Point: Indoor, professional installations, with embedded wireless controller

●  C9120AXP-EWC-x: Cisco Catalyst 9120AX Series

Regulatory domains: (x = regulatory domain)

Customers are responsible for verifying approval for use in their individual countries. To verify approval and to identify the regulatory domain that corresponds to a particular country, visit https://www.cisco.com/go/aironet/compliance.

Not all regulatory domains have been approved. As they are approved, the part numbers will be available on the Global Price List.

Cisco Wireless LAN Services

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 2.4 GHz or on 5 GHz)

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

Dedicated 5-GHz radio

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

External antenna (sold separately)

●  Cisco Catalyst 9120AXE Access Points are certified for use with antenna gains up to 6 dBi (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz)
●  Cisco Catalyst 9120AXP Access Points) are certified for use with antenna gains up to 13 dBi (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) with the AIR-ANT2513P4M-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
●  For more details, see the Catalyst 9120AX Series Deployment Guide.

Smart antenna connector

●  Available on the 9120AXE and 9120AXP 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
o Auto-MDIX support
●  Management console port (RJ-45)
●  USB 2.0 @ 4.5W

Indicators

●  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): C9120AXI: 8.5 x 8.5 x 1.7” (21.6 x 21.6 x 4.3 cm), C9120AXE and C9120AXP: 8.5 x 8.05 x 2.0” (21.6 x 21.6 x 5.1 cm)

Weight

Cisco Catalyst 9120AXI

●  2.87 lb (1.3 kg)

Cisco Catalyst 9120AXE/P

●  3 lb (1.36 kg)

Input power requirements

●  802.3at Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+), 802.3bt Cisco Universal PoE (Cisco UPOE+, Cisco UPOE)
●  802.3af PoE
●  Cisco power injector, AIR-PWRINJ6= (Note: This injector supports only 802.3at)
●  Cisco power injector, AIR-PWRINJ5= (Note: This injector supports only 802.3af)

 

Catalyst 9120AXI

Power source

2.4-GHz radio

5-GHz radio

Link speed

USB

Max PoE Power consumption

802.3at (PoE+)

4x4

4x4

2.5G

Y

25.5W

Catalyst 9120AXE, 9120AXP

Power source

2.4-GHz radio

5-GHz radio

Link speed

USB

Max PoE Power consumption

802.3at (PoE+)

4x4

4x4

2.5G

Y

25.5W

Catalyst 9120AXI, 9120AXE, 9120AXP

Power source

2.4-GHz radio

5-GHz radio

Link speed

USB

Max PoE Power consumption

802.3af

PoE

1x1

1x1

1G

N

13.4W

802.3af

PoE

2x2

N

1G

N

13.4W

802.3af

PoE

N

2x2

1G

N

13.4W

Note: Actual power consumption may vary depending on AP usage. It is recommended that you ensure that LLDP/CDP is enabled to allow proper power negotiation.

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.

Note: When the ambient operating temperature exceeds 40°C, the access point will shift from 4x4 to 2x2 on both the 2.4-GHz and 5-GHz radios, uplink Ethernet will downgrade to 1 Gigabit Ethernet; however, the USB interface will remain enabled

Cisco Catalyst 9120AXE and 9120AXP

●  Nonoperating (storage) temperature: -22° to 158°F (-30° to 70°C)
●  Nonoperating (storage) altitude test: 25˚C, 15,000 ft.
●  Operating temperature: -4° to 122°F (-20° to 50°C)
●  Operating humidity: 10% to 90% (noncondensing)
●  Operating altitude test: 40˚C, 9843 ft.

System memory

●  2048 MB DRAM
●  1024 MB flash

Warranty

Limited lifetime hardware warranty

Available transmit power settings

2.4 GHz

●  23 dBm (200 mW)
●  -4dBm(0.39mW)

5 GHz

●  23 dBm (200 mW)
●  -4dBm (0.39mW)

Regulatory domains

Note: Customers are responsible for verifying approval for use in their individual countries. To verify approval and to identify the regulatory domain that corresponds to a particular country, visit https://www.cisco.com/go/aironet/compliance

For information about regulatory domain support, refer to the Cisco Regulatory Domain White Paper.

Compliance standards

●  Safety:

◦      IEC 60950-1

◦      EN 60950-1

◦      UL 60950-1

◦      CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1

◦      AS/NZS 60950-1

◦      UL 2043

◦      Class III equipment

●  Emissions:

◦      CISPR 32 (rev. 2015)

◦      EN 55032 (rev. 2012/AC:2013)

◦      EN 55032 (rev. 2015)

◦      EN 55035 2010

◦      EN61000-3-2 (rev. 2014)

◦      EN61000-3-3 (rev. 2013)

◦      KN61000-3-2

◦      KN61000-3-3

◦      AS/NZS CISPR 32 Class B (rev. 2015)

◦      47 CFR FCC Part 15B

◦      ICES-003 (rev. 2016 Issue 6, Class B)

◦      VCCI-CISPR 32:2016

◦      VCCI (V3)

◦      CNS (rev. 13438)

◦      KN-32

◦      KN-35

◦      KN 301 489-17

◦      TCVN 7189 (rev. 2009)

●  Immunity:

◦      CISPR 24 (rev. 2010)

◦      EN 55024/EN 55035 (rev. 2010)

●  Emissions and immunity:

◦      EN 301 489-1 (v2.1.1 2017-02)

◦      EN 301 489-17 (v3.1.1 2017-02)

◦      QCVN (18:2014)

◦      KN 489-1

◦      KN 489-17

◦      EN 60601 (1-1:2015)

●  Radio:

◦      EN 300 328 (v2.1.1)

◦      EN 301 893 (v2.1.1)

◦      AS/NZS 4268 (rev. 2017)

◦      47 CFR FCC Part 15C, 15.247, 15.407

◦      RSP-100

◦      RSS-GEN

◦      RSS-247

◦      China regulations SRRC

◦      LP0002 (rev 2018.1.10)

◦      Japan Std. 33a, Std. 66, and Std. 71

●  RF safety:

◦      EN 50385 (rev. Aug 2002)

◦      ARPANSA

◦      AS/NZS 2772 (rev. 2016)

◦      EN 62209-1 (rev. 2016)

◦      EN 62209-2 (rev. 2010)

◦      47 CFR Part 1.1310 and 2.1091

◦      RSS-102

●  IEEE standards:

◦      IEEE 802.3

◦      IEEE 802.3ab

◦      IEEE 802.3af/at

◦      IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax

◦      IEEE 802.11h, 802.11d

●  Security:

◦      802.11i, Wi-Fi Protected Access 3 (WPA3), WPA2, WPA

◦      802.1X

◦      Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)

●  Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) types:

◦      EAP-Transport Layer Security (TLS)

◦      EAP-Tunneled TLS (TTLS) or Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol Version 2 (MSCHAPv2)

◦      Protected EAP (PEAP) v0 or EAP-MSCHAPv2

◦      EAP-Flexible Authentication via Secure Tunneling (EAP-FAST)

◦      PEAP v1 or EAP-Generic Token Card (GTC)

◦      EAP-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM)

Data rate, transmit power, receive sensitivity

For more detailed information about data rate, transmit power, and receive sensitivity, please refer to the Cisco RF details.

Transmit power and receive sensitivity

 

 

5-GHz radio

2.4-GHz flexible radio

5-GHz flexible radio

 

Spatial streams

Total transmit power (dBm)

Receive sensitivity (dBm)

Total transmit power (dBm)

Receive sensitivity (dBm)

Total transmit power (dBm)

Receive sensitivity (dBm)

802.11/11b

1 Mbps

1

-

-

23

-98

-

-

11 Mbps

1

-

-

23

-90

-

-

802.11a/g

6 Mbps

1

23

-100

23

-100

23

-100

24 Mbps

1

23

-92

23

-92

23

-92

54 Mbps

1

23

-83

23

-83

23

-83

802.11n HT20

MCS0

1

23

-100

23

-100

23

-100

MCS4

1

23

-88

23

-88

23

-89

MCS7

1

23

-81

23

-81

23

-81

MCS8

2

23

-97

23

-97

23

-97

MCS12

2

23

-85

23

-85

23

-85

MCS15

2

23

-78

23

-78

23

-78

MCS16

3

23

-95

23

-95

23

-96

MCS20

3

23

-83

23

-83

23

-83

MCS23

3

23

-76

23

-76

23

-76

MCS24

4

23

-94

23

-94

23

-94

MCS28

4

23

-82

23

-82

23

-82

MCS31

4

23

-74

23

-74

23

-75

802.11n HT40

MCS0

1

23

-97

-

-

23

-97

MCS4

1

23

-85

-

-

23

-86

MCS7

1

23

-78

-

-

23

-79

MCS8

2

23

-94

-

-

23

-94

MCS12

2

23

-82

-

-

23

-82

MCS15

2

23

-75

-

-

23

-75

MCS16

3

23

-92

-

-

23

-93

MCS20

3

23

-80

-

-

23

-81

MCS23

3

23

-73

-

-

23

-73

MCS24

4

23

-91

-

-

23

-91

MCS28

4

23

-79

-

-

23

-79

MCS31

4

23

-72

-

-

23

-72

802.11ac VHT20

MCS0

1

23

-100

-

-

23

-100

MCS4

1

23

-88

-

-

23

-89

MCS7

1

23

-81

-

-

23

-81

MCS8

1

23

-77

-

-

23

-77

MCS9

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

MCS0

2

23

-97

-

-

23

-97

MCS4

2

23

-85

-

-

23

-85

MCS7

2

23

-78

-

-

23

-78

MCS8

2

23

-73

-

-

23

-74

MCS9

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

MCS0

3

23

-95

-

-

23

-95

MCS4

3

23

-83

-

-

23

-83

MCS7

3

23

-76

-

-

23

-76

MCS8

3

23

-72

-

-

23

-72

MCS9

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

MCS0

4

23

-94

-

-

23

-94

MCS4

4

23

-82

-

-

23

-82

MCS7

4

23

-75

-

-

23

-75

MCS8

4

23

-70

-

-

23

-71

MCS9

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

802.11ac VHT40

MCS0

1

23

-97

-

-

23

-97

MCS4

1

23

-85

-

-

23

-86

MCS7

1

23

-78

-

-

23

-79

MCS8

1

23

-74

-

-

23

-75

MCS9

1

22

-72

-

-

22

-73

MCS0

2

23

-94

-

-

23

-94

MCS4

2

23

-82

-

-

23

-82

MCS7

2

23

-75

-

-

23

-75

MCS8

2

23

-71

-

-

23

-71

MCS9

2

22

-69

-

-

22

-69

MCS0

3

23

-92

-

-

23

-93

MCS4

3

23

-80

-

-

23

-81

MCS7

3

23

-73

-

-

23

-73

MCS8

3

23

-69

-

-

23

-69

MCS9

3

22

-67

-

-

22

-68

MCS0

4

23

-91

-

-

23

-91

MCS4

4

23

-79

-

-

23

-79

MCS7

4

23

-72

-

-

23

-72

MCS8

4

23

-67

-

-

23

-68

MCS9

4

22

-66

-

-

22

-66

802.11ac VHT80

MCS0

1

23

-94

-

-

23

-94

MCS4

1

23

-82

-

-

23

-83

MCS7

1

23

-75

-

-

23

-75

MCS8

1

23

-71

-

-

23

-71

MCS9

1

22

-70

-

-

22

-70

MCS0

2

23

-91

-

-

23

-91

MCS4

2

23

-79

-

-

23

-79

MCS7

2

23

-72

-

-

23

-72

MCS8

2

23

-68

-

-

23

-68

MCS9

2

22

-66

-

-

22

-66

MCS0

3

23

-89

-

-

23

-89

MCS4

3

23

-77

-

-

23

-77

MCS7

3

23

-70

-

-

23

-70

MCS8

3

23

-66

-

-

23

-66

MCS9

3

22

-64

-

-

22

-65

MCS0

4

23

-88

-

-

23

-88

MCS4

4

23

-76

-

-

23

-76

MCS7

4

23

-69

-

-

23

-69

MCS8

4

23

-64

-

-

23

-65

MCS9

4

22

-63

-

-

22

-63

802.11ac VHT160

MCS0

1

23

-87

-

-

23

-88

MCS4

1

23

-76

-

-

23

-77

MCS7

1

23

-69

-

-

23

-70

MCS8

1

23

-66

-

-

23

-66

MCS9

1

22

-64

-

-

22

-64

MCS0

2

23

-82

-

-

23

-82

MCS4

2

23

-70

-

-

23

-71

MCS7

2

23

-63

-

-

23

-64

MCS8

2

23

-60

-

-

23

-60

MCS9

2

22

-58

-

-

22

-58

MCS0

3

23

-84

-

-

23

-84

MCS4

3

23

-72

-

-

23

-72

MCS7

3

23

-65

-

-

23

-65

MCS8

3

23

-61

-

-

23

-61

MCS9

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

MCS0

4

23

-82

-

-

23

-82

MCS4

4

23

-70

-

-

23

-70

MCS7

4

23

-63

-

-

23

-63

MCS8

4

23

-59

-

-

23

-59

MCS9

4

22

-58

-

-

22

-58

802.11ax HE20

MCS0

1

23

-98

23

-98

23

-98

MCS4

1

23

-87

23

-87

23

-87

MCS7

1

23

-81

21

-81

23

-81

MCS8

1

23

-77

21

-77

23

-77

MCS9

1

22

-75

21

-75

22

-76

MCS10

1

20

-72

19

-72

20

-72

MCS11

1

20

-70

19

-70

20

-70

MCS0

2

23

-95

23

-95

23

-96

MCS4

2

23

-85

23

-85

23

-85

MCS7

2

23

-78

21

-78

23

-78

MCS8

2

23

-74

21

-74

23

-75

MCS9

2

22

-73

21

-73

22

-73

MCS10

2

20

-70

19

-70

20

-70

MCS11

2

20

-66

19

-70

20

-67

MCS0

3

23

-95

23

-94

23

-95

MCS4

3

23

-83

23

-83

23

-84

MCS7

3

23

-76

21

-76

23

-76

MCS8

3

23

-73

21

-73

23

-73

MCS9

3

22

-71

21

-71

22

-72

MCS10

3

20

-67

19

-67

20

-68

MCS11

3

20

-64

19

-65

20

-65

MCS0

4

23

-93

23

-93

23

-93

MCS4

4

23

-82

23

-82

23

-82

MCS7

4

23

-75

21

-75

23

-75

MCS8

4

23

-71

21

-71

23

-71

MCS9

4

22

-69

21

-69

22

-70

MCS10

4

20

-66

19

-67

20

-67

MCS11

4

20

-64

19

-64

20

-64

802.11ax HE40

MCS0

1

23

-95

-

-

23

-95

MCS4

1

23

-84

-

-

23

-85

MCS7

1

23

-78

-

-

23

-78

MCS8

1

23

-74

-

-

23

-75

MCS9

1

22

-73

-

-

22

-73

MCS10

1

20

-70

-

-

20

-70

MCS11

1

20

-66

-

-

20

-67

MCS0

2

23

-93

-

-

23

-93

MCS4

2

23

-82

-

-

23

-82

MCS7

2

23

-75

-

-

23

-76

MCS8

2

23

-71

-

-

23

-72

MCS9

2

22

-69

-

-

22

-70

MCS10

2

20

-67

-

-

20

-67

MCS11

2

20

-64

-

-

20

-64

MCS0

3

23

-92

-

-

23

-92

MCS4

3

23

-80

-

-

23

-81

MCS7

3

23

-73

-

-

23

-74

MCS8

3

23

-70

-

-

23

-70

MCS9

3

22

-68

-

-

22

-68

MCS10

3

20

-64

-

-

20

-65

MCS11

3

20

-62

-

-

20

-62

MCS0

4

23

-90

-

-

23

-90

MCS4

4

23

-79

-

-

23

-79

MCS7

4

23

-72

-

-

23

-72

MCS8

4

23

-68

-

-

23

-69

MCS9

4

22

-66

-

-

22

-67

MCS10

4

20

-63

-

-

20

-63

MCS11

4

20

-60

-

-

20

-60

802.11ax HE80

MCS0

1

23

-92

-

-

23

-92

MCS4

1

23

-82

-

-

23

-82

MCS7

1

23

-75

-

-

23

-75

MCS8

1

23

-72

-

-

23

-72

MCS9

1

22

-70

-

-

22

-70

MCS10

1

20

-66

-

-

20

-67

MCS11

1

20

-64

-

-

20

-64

MCS0

2

23

-89

-

-

23

-90

MCS4

2

23

-79

-

-

23

-79

MCS7

2

23

-72

-

-

23

-72

MCS8

2

23

-68

-

-

23

-68

MCS9

2

22

-66

-

-

22

-66

MCS10

2

20

-63

-

-

20

-63

MCS11

2

20

-60

-

-

20

-60

MCS0

3

23

-89

-

-

23

-89

MCS4

3

23

-78

-

-

23

-78

MCS7

3

23

-70

-

-

23

-70

MCS8

3

23

-67

-

-

23

-67

MCS9

3

22

-65

-

-

22

-65

MCS10

3

20

-61

-

-

20

-61

MCS11

3

20

-59

-

-

20

-59

MCS0

4

23

-87

-

-

23

-87

MCS4

4

23

-76

-

-

23

-76

MCS7

4

23

-69

-

-

23

-69

MCS8

4

23

-65

-

-

23

-65

MCS9

4

22

-63

-

-

22

-63

MCS10

4

20

-60

-

-

20

-60

MCS11

4

20

-57

-

-

20

-57

802.11ax HE160

MCS0

1

23

-89

-

-

23

-89

MCS4

1

23

-79

-

-

23

-79

MCS7

1

23

-72

-

-

23

-72

MCS8

1

23

-69

-

-

23

-69

MCS9

1

22

-67

-

-

22

-67

MCS10

1

20

-63

-

-

20

-63

MCS11

1

20

-61

-

-

20

-61

MCS0

2

23

-87

-

-

23

-87

MCS4

2

23

-76

-

-

23

-76

MCS7

2

23

-69

-

-

23

-69

MCS8

2

23

-66

-

-

23

-66

MCS9

2

22

-64

-

-

22

-64

MCS10

2

20

-60

-

-

20

-60

MCS11

2

20

-58

-

-

20

-58

MCS0

3

23

-86

-

-

23

-86

MCS4

3

23

-75

-

-

23

-75

MCS7

3

23

-68

-

-

23

-67

MCS8

3

23

-64

-

-

23

-64

MCS9

3

22

-62

-

-

22

-62

MCS10

3

20

-59

-

-

20

-58

MCS11

3

20

-56

-

-

20

-56

MCS0

4

23

-84

-

-

23

-84

MCS4

4

23

-73

-

-

23

-73

MCS7

4

23

-66

-

-

23

-66

MCS8

4

23

-63

-

-

23

-63

MCS9

4

22

-61

-

-

22

-61

MCS10

4

20

-57

-

-

20

-57

MCS11

4

20

-54

-

-

20

-54

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