Cisco Catalyst 9120AX Series Getting Started Manual page 4

Cisco Catalyst 9120AX Series Access Points
— One multi-color LED Status indicator. see the
information on the colors of the LED status indicator.
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Integrated Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) radio to enable IoT use cases such as location tracking and wayfinding.
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Cisco RF ASIC, a fully integrated Software Defined Radio (SDR), that can perform advanced RF spectrum analysis
and delivers features like CleanAir, Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (WIPS), and DFS detection.
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Intelligent Capture probes the network and provides Cisco DNA Center with deep analysis.
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Spatial Reuse (also known as Basic Service Set (BSS) coloring) which allows APs and their clients to differentiate
between BSSs, thus permitting more simultaneous transmissions.
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New power savings mode called Target Wake Time (TWT) which allows the client to stay asleep and wake up only
at pre-scheduled (target) times to exchange data with the AP. This provides significant energy savings for
battery-operated devices.
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Cisco Digital Network Architecture (DNA) support enables Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences, Apple FastLane
and Cisco Identity Services Engine.
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Cross-AP Noise Reduction, a Cisco innovation that enables APs to intelligently collaborate in real time about RF
conditions so that users connect with optimized signal quality and performance.
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Optimized AP Roaming for ensuring that client devices associate with the AP in their coverage range that offers the
fastest data rate available.
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Cisco CleanAir technology enhanced with 160MHz channel support. CleanAir delivers proactive, high-speed
spectrum intelligence across 20-, 40-, and 80-, and 160-MHz-wide channels to combat performance problems
arising from wireless interference.
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MIMO equalization capabilities, which optimize uplink performance and reliability by reducing the impact of signal
fade.
The AP supports the following operating modes:
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Local—This is the default mode for the Cisco AP. In this mode, the AP serves clients.
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FlexConnect—FlexConnect mode for the Cisco AP.
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Monitor—This is the monitor-only mode for the Cisco AP.
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Sniffer—In the wireless sniffer mode, the AP starts sniffing the air on a given channel. It captures and forwards all the
packets from the clients on that channel to a remote machine that runs Airopeek or Wireshark (packet analyzers for
IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs). This includes information on the time stamp, signal strength, packet size, etc.
In the sniffer mode, the server to which the data is sent should be on the same VLAN as the wireless
Note
controller management VLAN otherwise an error will be displayed.
Guidelines and Restrictions for Cisco 802.11ax Access Points
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The APs do not support Mobility Express on Cisco AireOS or Cisco IOS-XE platforms.
"Checking the Access Point LEDs" section on page 14
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