Netgear WC9500 PSAFE HIGH CAPACITY WLESS CNTR

High Capacity Wireless Controller
High Capacity Enterprise-Class Wireless Controller
The WC9500 High Capacity Wireless Controller is ideal for education customers, medium to large sized hospitality, and healthcare deployments. Designed with simplicity in management and ease of use, it offers enterprise grade functionality and capacity for organizations of all sizes.

Performance
UFast™ algorithm provides fast and easy Access Point discovery and firmware management

Fully distributed L2 and L3 roaming enable optimal performance and maximum throughput for seamless mobility

Automatic controls of AP transmit power and channel allocations ensure best coverage by minimizing interferences

Load balancing and rate limiting provide fair bandwidth allocation among all clients for robust wireless connectivity


Business Value
Maximizes investment flexibility with pay as you go licenses. Each WC9500 comes with two evaluation AP licenses. Additional management of AP’s can be enabled with 10 AP licenses.

Self-healing algorithm adapts power and channel of neighboring APs for improved user experience during interference impacted events

Investment protection with support of entry level Access Points and future proof with 802.11ac Access Points

Provides complete view of customer deployment environment with heat map, wireless channel, and signal strength for real-time reporting of network status


Scalability
Support up to 200 Access Points with a single WC9500 and up to 600 Access Points with a stacks of three WC9500.

Support full line of Access Points with simplified management and comprehensive monitoring

Support of (N+1) controller redundancy to maximize reliability and minimizes service disruptions

Complete hardware resilience with dual fan tray and hot-swappable power supplies


Ease of Use
Complete search and sort functions for identification of key wireless statistics and environmental conditions

Simple to use Wizard for easy Access Points discovery and configuration managements

Quick set up with WC9500 Web interface and comprehensive monitoring information

Intuitive management interfaces allow set up of complete wireless networks in minutes

Power
165 watts with internal dual power supply
100-240V AC Universal
IEC 320 connector
Physical Dimensions (1 RU)
Dimensions (L x W x H): 440 x 430 x 43 mm (17.34 x 16.92 x1.7 in)
Weight
1 PSU: 6.32 kg (13.94 lb)
2 PSU: 7.57 kg (16.68 lb)
Environmental Conditions
Operating Temperature
Minimum (C/F) 0°/32°
Maximum (C/F) 45°/113°
Storage Temperature
Minimum (C/F) -20°/-4°
Maximum (C/F) 70°/158°
Operating Relative Humidity
Minimum 10%
Maximum 90%
Storage Humidity
Minimum 5%
Maximum 95%
MTBF
WC9500 (@25C): 664,072 hours
Fan Tray (@25C): 676,058 hours
Power Supply (@25C): 938,490 hours
Power Consumption
Maximum: 82.3W or 281 BTU/hr
Compliance
ENGR 10049 EST Environmental Stress Test Guideline
ENGR 10045 EVT Engineering Validation Test Guideline
ENGR 10048 CVT Compliance Validation Test Guideline
ENGR 10046 SVT System Validation Test Guideline
ENGR 10023 HALT Highly Accelerated Life Test Guideline
ENGR 10036 CDG Component Derating Guideline
Capacity
Managed APs
200 per controller
Controllers per Cluster
600 per cluster
WLANs (BSSIDs)
144
Concurrent Stations
36,000 per cluster
12,000 per controller
Guest Portal
Profile Groups per Controller
9 (1 Basic + 8 Advanced)
Profile per Controller
128
Security Profile Groups per Profile Group
9 (1 Basic + 8 Advanced)
Detectable rogue AP
Maximum: 512
Features
Layer 2 Discovery
Layer 3 Discovery
L2 Roaming
L3 Roaming
Layer 2 isolation
Access List
Auto Channel Allocation
Radius, AD, and LDAP proxy
Remote AP
Client load balancing
Auto Power Control
Coverage Hole Detection
Rate Limiting on per SSID
Rate Limiting on per client
802.11e WMM
Schedule AP on/of
Captive Portal
Stacking Redundancy (N+1)
Interfaces and Indicators
10G SFP+ Ports for Data and Control
Two 1/10Gbps auto-sensing and auto-negotiation
1G Copper RJ-45 Ports for Management
One 10/100/1000 Mbps auto-sensing and auto-negotiation
USB Ports
One USB 2.0 Type A connector
Console
One 1 D-Sub-9 MALE connector
LED
Power, status, fan, stacking master
Default Reset
Networking
IP
IPv4
IPv6
VLANs
64+1 Mgm
# of VLANs
Redundancy
Active-standby
Stacking
Maximum: Three controllers per stack
DHCP Server
Management
Configuration
Web user interface
SNMPv1
SNMPv2
AAA
Radius (primary and backup)
AP Provisioning
L2
L3
Wireless Security Standards
WPA
WPA2
802.11i
Encryption
WEP
TKIP
AES
Authentication
802.1x
MAC address
Access Control
L2
Supported APs
WAC730
WAC720
WNDAP660
WNDAP620
WNDAP360
WNDAP350
WN370
WNAP320
WNAP210v2
WNDAP380Rv2 (China only)
WND930
Supported Modes
Wireless-A/B/G/N/AC
Main Functionality
Wireless Controller
Product Ordering Information
WC9500-1000PRS
WC9500-10000S