Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controller Software Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE 26.1.x

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Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controller Software Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE 26.1.x

RFID tag support

Updated: April 10, 2026

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Explains the role and characteristics of RFID tags in wireless asset tracking.

An RFID tag is a small wireless battery-powered tracking device that

  • broadcasts its own signal for real-time location tracking, and

  • operates using special 802.11 packets processed by APs, wireless controllers, and Cisco CMX.

The controller enables you to configure radio frequency identification (RFID) tag tracking. Only active RFIDs are supported. A combination of active RFID tags and wireless controller allows you to track the current location of equipment. Use Active tags to track high-value assets in closed-loop systems. These tags remain within the control premises of the owner.

General guidelines

  • You can verify the RFID tags on the controller .

  • The controller supports high availability for RFID tags.

Configure RFID tag support (CLI)

Enable and configure RFID tag tracking features for WLANs managed by the device using commands.

Procedure

1.

Enter the global configuration mode.

Example:

Device# configure terminal
2.

Enable RFID tag tracking.

Example:

Device(config)# wireless rfid

The default value is enabled.

Use the no form of this command to disable RFID tag tracking.
3.

Configure the RFID tag data timeout value to cleanup the table.

Example:

Device(config)# wireless rfid timeout timeout-value 90

The timeout value is the amount of time that the controller maintains tags before expiring them. For example, if a tag is configured to beacon every 30 seconds, we recommend that you set the timeout value to 90 seconds (approximately three times the beacon value). The default value is 1200 seconds.

Verify RFID tag support

To view the summary of RFID tags that are clients, use the command:

Device# show wireless rfid client

To view the detailed information for an RFID tag, use the command:

Device# show wireless rfid detail rfid-mac-address

RFID address  000c.cc96.0001
Vendor Cisco
Last Heard 6 seconds  ago
Packets Received 187
Bytes Received 226

Content Header
==============
  CCX Tag Version 0
  Tx power: 12
  Channel: 11
  Reg Class: 4
CCX Payload
==============
  Last Sequence Control 2735
  Payload length 221
  Payload Data Hex Dump:
  00000000  00 02 00 00 01 09 00 00  00 00 0c b8 ff ff ff 02  |................|
  00000010  07 42 03 20 00 00 0b b8  03 4b 00 00 00 00 00 00  |.B. .....K......|
  00000020  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
  00000030  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
  00000040  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|

To view the summary information for all known RFID tags, use the command:

Device# show wireless rfid summary 

Total RFID entries: : 16
Total Unique RFID entries : 16
RFID ID VENDOR Closet AP RSSI Time Since Last Heard
0012.b80a.c791 Cisco 7069.5a63.0520 -31 3 minutes 30 seconds ago
0012.b80a.c953 Cisco 7069.5a63.0460 -33 4 minutes 5 seconds ago
0012.b80b.806c Cisco 7069.5a63.0520 -46 15 seconds ago
0012.b80d.e9f9 Cisco 7069.5a63.0460 -38 4 minutes 28 seconds ago
0012.b80d.ea03 Cisco 7069.5a63.0520 -43 4 minutes 29 seconds ago
0012.b80d.ea6b Cisco 7069.5a63.0460 -39 4 minutes 26 seconds ago
0012.b80d.ebe8 Cisco 7069.5a63.0520 -43 3 minutes 21 seconds ago
0012.b80d.ebeb Cisco 7069.5a63.0520 -43 4 minutes 28 seconds ago
0012.b80d.ec48 Cisco 7069.5a63.0460 -42 4 minutes 7 seconds ago
0012.b80d.ec55 Cisco 7069.5a63.0520 -41 1 minute 52 seconds ago

To view the location-based system RFID statistics, use the command:

Device# show wireless rfid stats 

RFID stats : 
==============
RFID error db full : 0
RFID error invalid paylod : 0
RFID error invalid tag : 0
RFID error dot11 hdr : 0
RFID error pkt len : 0
RFID error state drop : 0
RFID total pkt received : 369
RFID populated error value : 0
RFID error insert records : 0
RFID error update records : 0
RFID total insert record : 16
RFID ccx payload error : 0
RFID total delete record : 0
RFID error exceeded ap count : 0
RFID error record remove : 0
RFID old rssi expired count: 0
RFId smallest rssi expireed count : 0
RFID total query insert : 0
RFID error invalid rssi count : 0

To view the NMSP notification interval, use the command:

Device# show nmsp notification interval
NMSP Notification Intervals
---------------------------

RSSI Interval:
  Client              : 2 sec
  RFID                : 50 sec
  Rogue AP            : 2 sec
  Rogue Client        : 2 sec
  Spectrum            : 2 sec