System Configuration

System Configuration

Supported Access Points

  • C9105AX

  • C9115AX

  • C9120AX

  • C9130AX

  • C9124AX

  • C9136I

  • CW9162I

  • CW9164I

  • CW9166I

  • CW9172H

  • CW9172I

  • CW9176

  • CW9178

  • CW IW9167


Note

While Cisco Catalyst 9115 AP is supported with Sensor Connect for IoT Services feature for scanning and advertising, however, Cisco does not recommend using this AP model for delivering high density, latency-sensitive, or mission critical BLE use cases due to known hardware performance limitations.

Supported Platforms

  • Cisco Catalyst 9800-L Wireless Controller

  • Cisco Catalyst 9800-40 Wireless Controller

  • Cisco Catalyst 9800-80 Wireless Controller

  • Cisco Catalyst CW9800M Wireless Controller

  • Cisco Catalyst CW9800H1 and CW9800H2 Wireless Controllers

Scale Summary

Table 1. Scale Summary

KPIs

C9800-L

C9800-40

C9800-80

CW9800M

CW9800H1 and CW9800H2

Maximum BLE devices that can be onboarded (including connected)

1000, 2000 (with Performance license)

6400

12800

6400

12800

Maximum BLE devices connected

1000, 2000 (with Performance license)

6400

12800

6400

12800

Maximum number of APs to be onboarded to IoT Orchestrator

250/500

2000

6000

3000

6000

Maximum BLE advertisements handling

Subscribed: 8K/sec

Total Advertisements: 22K/sec

Subscribed: 24K/sec

Total Advertisements: 100K/sec

Subscribed: 40K/sec

Total Advertisements: 120K/sec

Subscribed: 35K/sec

Total Advertisements: 125K/sec

Subscribed: 80K/sec

Total Advertisements: 200K/sec

Maximum channel throughput

6 Mbps

20 Mbps

28 Mbps

25 Mbps

56 Mbps

Maximum and average latency

Maximum: 3 seconds

Average: 1.5 seconds

Maximum: 2 seconds

Average: 1.0 second

Maximum: 2 seconds

Average: 1.0 second

Maximum: 2 seconds

Average: 1.0 second

Maximum: 2 seconds

Average: 1.0 second

High Availability Failover Time

360 seconds

300 seconds

300 seconds

300 seconds

300 seconds

Any impact to existing Wi-Fi capabilities

Maximum WiFi clients reduced:

From 5000 to 4000,

From 10000 to 8000 (with Performance license)

Maximum Wi-Fi clients reduced from 32000 to 25600

Maximum Wi-Fi clients reduced from 64000 to 51200

No impact

No impact

Note

  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): KPIs are collected in ideal lab conditions with negligible network latency. The above table represents only ideal conditions. In production, numbers may vary from environment to environment.

  • Latency: The delay between BLE events initiated from AP to when they are received from the MQTT application (third-party application).

  • Maximum MQTT Throughput: The throughput of the MQTT channel between IoT Orchestrator and third-party application.

  • Maximum GRPC Events or Messages: The maximum number of events or messages the IoT Orchestrator can handle from AP.

  • Maximum BLE Advertisements Handling - The maximum BLE advertisements the IoT Orchestrator can process or handle.

  • Total Advertisements: Covers both subscribed advertisements and advertisements received from non-onboarded or connected devices.

  • High Availability Failover Time: The time taken for IoT Orchestrator to resume operations after active controller goes down.