About the Release Notes

This release notes document describes what is new or changed in this release, instructions to upgrade to this release, and provides information about the open and resolved caveats for this release. Unless otherwise noted, in this document, Cisco Wireless Controllers are referred to as controllers, and Cisco lightweight access points are referred to as access points or APs.

Revison History

Table 1. Revision History

Modification Date

Modification Details

August 30, 2022

Added: Supported VIDs for Cisco Catalyst 9105 Access Points, Cisco Catalyst 9130 Access Points, and Cisco Catalyst 9120 Access Points

January 25, 2021

Added CSCvs65189 to the Resolved Caveat list.

Supported Cisco Wireless Controller Platforms

The following controller platforms are supported in this release:

  • Cisco 3504 Wireless Controller

  • Cisco 5520 Wireless Controller

  • Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller

  • Cisco Virtual Wireless Controller (vWLC) on the following platforms:

    • VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) Version 5.x and 6.x

    • Hyper-V on Microsoft Server 2012 and later versions (support introduced in Release 8.4)

    • Kernel-based virtual machine (KVM) (support introduced in Release 8.1). After KVM is deployed, we recommend that you do not downgrade to a Cisco Wireless release that is earlier than Release 8.1).

  • Cisco Wireless Controllers for High Availability for Cisco 3504 Wireless Controller, Cisco 5520 Wireless Controller, and Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller

  • Cisco Mobility Express


Note


In a network that includes Cisco Catalyst Center (formerly Cisco DNA Center) and Cisco AireOS controller, and the controller fails provisioning with Error NA serv CA certificate file transfer failed error, as a workaround, we recommend you reboot the affected AireOS controller.

Supported Cisco Access Point Platforms

The following Cisco AP platforms are supported in this release:

  • Cisco Catalyst 9105 Access Points

    • C9105AXI: VID 03 and earlier

    • C9105AXW: VID 01

  • Cisco Catalyst 9130 Access Points

    • C9130AXE: VID 02 and earlier

    • C9130AXI: VID 02 and earlier

  • Cisco Catalyst 9120 Access Points

    • C9120AXI: VID 06 and earlier

    • C9120AXE: VID 06 and earlier

    • C9120AXP: All VIDs

  • Cisco Catalyst 9117 Access Points

  • Cisco Catalyst 9115 Access Points

  • Cisco Aironet 700 Series Access Points

  • Cisco Aironet 700W Series Access Points

  • Cisco AP803 Integrated Access Point

  • Integrated Access Point on Cisco 1100, 1101, and 1109 Integrated Services Routers

  • Cisco Aironet 1700 Series Access Points

  • Cisco Aironet 1800 Series Access Points

  • Cisco Aironet 1810 Series OfficeExtend Access Points

  • Cisco Aironet 1810W Series Access Points

  • Cisco Aironet 1815 Series Access Points

  • Cisco Aironet 1830 Series Access Points

  • Cisco Aironet 1840 Series Access Points

  • Cisco Aironet 1850 Series Access Points

  • Cisco Aironet 2700 Series Access Points

  • Cisco Aironet 2800 Series Access Points

  • Cisco Aironet 3700 Series Access Points

  • Cisco Aironet 3800 Series Access Points

  • Cisco Aironet 4800 Series Access Points

  • Cisco ASA 5506W-AP702

  • Cisco Aironet 1530 Series Access Points

  • Cisco Aironet 1540 Series Access Points

  • Cisco Aironet 1560 Series Access Points

  • Cisco Aironet 1570 Series Access Points

  • Cisco Industrial Wireless 3700 Series Access Points

  • Cisco Catalyst IW6300 Heavy Duty Series Access Points

  • Cisco 6300 Series Embedded Services Access Points

Cisco AP803 is an integrated access point module on the Cisco 800 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISRs). For more information about the stock-keeping units (SKUs) for the AP803 Cisco ISRs, see:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/routers/800-series-routers/brochure-listing.html.

For more information about the integrated access point on Cisco 1100 ISR, see the product data sheet:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/routers/1000-series-integrated-services-routers-isr/datasheet-c78-739512.html.

For information about the Cisco Wireless software releases that support specific Cisco access point modules, see the "Software Release Support for Specific Access Point Modules" section in the Cisco Wireless Solutions Software Compatibility Matrix document.

What's New in Release 8.10.142.0

This section provides a brief introduction to the new features and enhancements that are introduced in this release.


Note


For a complete list of all the documentation published for Cisco Wireless Release 8.10, see the Documentation Roadmap at:https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/doc-roadmap/doc-roadmap-release-810.html


Leading Spaces in SSID and WLAN Profile Names

From this release, new SSID and WLAN profile names can have up to four leading spaces. If there are more than four leading spaces in an SSID or WLAN profile name, an error message is displayed.


Note


If you upgrade to this release, the existing SSID and WLAN profile names that contain more than four leading spaces are not impacted.

For more information, see:

https://www-author3.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/controller/8-10/config-guide/b_cg810/wlans.html#ID6

Software Release Types and Recommendations

Table 2. Release Types

Release Type

Description

Benefit

Maintenance Deployment (MD)

Software releases that provide bug-fix support and ongoing software maintenance. These releases are categorized as Maintenance Deployment (MD).

These releases are long-living releases with ongoing software maintenance.

Provides you with a software release that offers stability and long support duration with periodic maintenance releases (MRs).

Early Deployment (ED)

Software releases that provide new features and new hardware platform support in addition to bug fixes. These releases are categorized as Early Deployment (ED).

These releases are short-lived releases.

Allows you to deploy the latest features and new hardware platforms or modules.

For detailed release recommendations, see the Guidelines for Cisco Wireless Software Release Migration Bulletin at:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/wireless/8500-series-wireless-controllers/bulletin-c25-730741.html.

Table 3. Upgrade Path to Cisco Wireless Release 8.10.142.0

Current Software Release

Upgrade Path to Release 8.10.142.0

8.5.x

You can upgrade directly to Release 8.10.142.0.

8.6.x

You can upgrade directly to Release 8.10.142.0.

8.7.x

You can upgrade directly to Release 8.10.142.0.

8.8.x

You can upgrade directly to Release 8.10.142.0.

8.9.x

You can upgrade directly to Release 8.10.142.0.

8.10.x

You can upgrade directly to Release 8.10.142.0.

Upgrading a Cisco Wireless Release

This section describes the guidelines and limitations that you must be aware of when you are upgrading the Cisco Wireless release and the procedure to upgrade.

Guidelines and Limitations

  • An existing WLAN with ? in its name continues to be supported with this upgrade. However, you cannot include ? in the name when creating a new WLAN.

  • If an AP locks out the console due to default management user credentials, you must configure the controller AP global credential with non-default username and password to get access to the AP console.

  • WPA3 upgrade and downgrade guidelines:

    • If you want to upgrade from Release 8.5 to 8.10 and have WPA1 configured with none of the WPA1 AKM valid for Release 8.10, the WPA1 configuration is disabled after the upgrade.

    • If you downgrade from Release 8.10 to Release 8.5, if any AKM for SAE is configured, the AKM validation fails after the downgrade. The security is set to WPA2 and AKM to 802.1X. However, PMF configuration is retained, which results in an error.

    • FT set to enabled state and PMF set to Required state is allowed in Release 8.10 because PMF and FT configurations are decoupled. However, in Release 8.5, this configuration invalid. Therefore, upon downgrading to Release 8.5, the WLAN might be disabled.

  • Software downgrade guidelines for Release 8.10:

    • If you plan to downgrade the Cisco controller from Release 8.10 software, we recommend you to downgrade to Release 8.5.151.0 or later release to prevent the controller configuration files from being corrupted.

    • If you have configured new country codes in Release 8.10 and if you plan to downgrade to an earlier release, then we recommend that you remove the new country code configurations prior to the downgrade. For more information, see CSCvq91895.

  • Before downgrading or upgrading the Cisco Controller to another release check for APs or AP modes support. Ensure that only supported APs are connected and also the APs are moved to supported modes on the release that the controller is upgraded or downgraded to.

  • Legacy clients that require RC4 or 3DES encryption type are not supported in Local EAP authentication.

  • If you downgrade to Release 8.0.140.0 or 8.0.15x.0, and later upgrade to a later release and and also have the multiple country code feature configured, then the configuration file could get corrupted. When you try to upgrade to a later release, special characters are added in the country list causing issues when loading the configuation. For more information, see CSCve41740.


    Note


    Upgrade and downgrade between other releases does not result in this issue.
  • After downloading the new software to the Cisco APs, it is possible that a Cisco AP may get stuck in an upgrading image state. In such a scenario, it might be necessary to forcefully reboot the controller to download a new controller software image or to reboot the controller after the download of the new controller software image. You can forcefully reboot the controller by entering the reset system forced command.

  • It is not possible to download some of the older configurations from the controller because of the Multicast and IP address validations. See the "Restrictions on Configuring Multicast Mode" section in the Cisco Wireless Controller Configuration Guide for detailed information about platform support for global multicast and multicast mode.

  • When a client sends an HTTP request, the controller intercepts it for redirection to the login page. If the HTTP GET request that is intercepted by the controller is longer than 2000 bytes, the controller drops the packet. Track the Caveat ID CSCuy81133 for a possible enhancement to address this restriction.

  • When downgrading from one release to an earlier release, you might lose the configuration from your current release. The workaround is to reload the previous controller configuration files that are saved in the backup server, or to reconfigure the controller.

  • When you upgrade a controller to an intermediate release, wait until all the APs that are associated with the controller are upgraded to the intermediate release before you install the latest controller software. In large networks, it can take some time to download the software on each AP.

  • You can upgrade to a new release of the controller software or downgrade to an earlier release even if FIPS is enabled.

  • When you upgrade to the latest software release, the software on the APs associated with the controller is also automatically upgraded. When an AP is loading software, each of its LEDs blinks in succession.

  • Controllers support standard SNMP MIB files. MIBs can be downloaded from the software download page on Cisco.com.

  • The controller software that is factory-installed on your controller and is automatically downloaded to the APs after a release upgrade and whenever an AP joins a controller. We recommend that you install the latest software version available for maximum operational benefit.

  • Ensure that you have a TFTP, HTTP, FTP, or SFTP server available for the software upgrade. Follow these guidelines when setting up a server:

    • Ensure that your TFTP server supports files that are larger than the size of controller software image. Some TFTP servers that support files of this size are tftpd32 and the TFTP server within Cisco Prime Infrastructure. If you attempt to download the controller software image and your TFTP server does not support files of this size, the following error message appears:

      TFTP failure while storing in flash

    • If you are upgrading through the distribution system network port, the TFTP or FTP server can be on the same subnet or a different subnet because the distribution system port is routable.

  • The controller Bootloader stores a copy of the active primary image and the backup image. If the primary image becomes corrupted, you can use the Bootloader to boot with the backup image.

    With the backup image stored before rebooting, from the Boot Options menu, choose Option 2: Run Backup Image to boot from the backup image. Then, upgrade with a known working image and reboot controller.

  • You can control the addresses that are sent in the Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) discovery responses when NAT is enabled on the Management Interface, using the following command:

    config network ap-discovery nat-ip-only {enable | disable}

    The following are the details of the command:

    enable —Enables use of NAT IP only in a discovery response. This is the default. Use this command if all the APs are outside the NAT gateway.

    disable —Enables use of both NAT IP and non-NAT IP in a discovery response. Use this command if APs are on the inside and outside the NAT gateway, for example, Local Mode and OfficeExtend APs are on the same controller.


    Note


    To avoid stranding of APs, you must disable the AP link latency (if enabled) before you use the disable option in the config network ap-discovery nat-ip-only command. To disable AP link latency, use the config ap link-latency disable all command.
  • Do not power down the controller or any AP during the upgrade process. If you do this, the software image might get corrupted. Upgrading the controller with a large number of APs can take as long as 30 minutes, depending on the size of your network. However, with the increased number of concurrent AP upgrades supported, the upgrade time should be significantly reduced. The APs must remain powered, and controller must not be reset during this time.

  • After you perform the following functions on the controller, reboot it for the changes to take effect:

    • Enable or disable LAG.

    • Enable a feature that is dependent on certificates (such as HTTPS and web authentication).

    • Add a new license or modify an existing license.


      Note


      Reboot is not required if you are using Right-to-Use licenses.
    • Increase the priority of a license.

    • Enable HA.

    • Install the SSL certificate.

    • Configure the database size.

    • Install the vendor-device certificate.

    • Download the CA certificate.

    • Upload the configuration file.

    • Install the Web Authentication certificate.

    • Make changes to the management interface or the virtual interface.

Upgrading Cisco Wireless Software (GUI)

Procedure


Step 1

Upload your controller configuration files to a server to back up the configuration files.

Note

 

We highly recommend that you back up your controller configuration files prior to upgrading the controller software.

Step 2

Follow these steps to obtain controller software:

  1. Browse to the Software Download portal at: https://software.cisco.com/download/home.

  2. Search for the controller model.

  3. Click Wireless LAN Controller Software.

  4. The software releases are labeled as described here to help you determine which release to download. Click a controller software release number:

    • Early Deployment (ED)—These software releases provide new features and new hardware platform support as well as bug fixes.

    • Maintenance Deployment (MD)—These software releases provide bug fixes and ongoing software maintenance.

    • Deferred (DF)—These software releases have been deferred. We recommend that you migrate to an upgraded release.

  5. Click the filename <filename.aes>.

  6. Click Download.

  7. Read the Cisco End User Software License Agreement and click Agree.

  8. Save the file to your hard drive.

  9. Repeat steps a through h to download the remaining file.

Step 3

Copy the controller software file <filename.aes> to the default directory on your TFTP, FTP, SFTP, or USB server.

Step 4

(Optional) Disable the controller 802.11 networks.

Note

 

For busy networks, controllers on high utilization, and small controller platforms, we recommend that you disable the 802.11 networks as a precautionary measure.

Step 5

Choose Commands > Download File to open the Download File to Controller page.

Step 6

From the File Type drop-down list, choose Code.

Step 7

From the Transfer Mode drop-down list, choose TFTP, FTP, SFTP, HTTP, or USB.

Step 8

Enter the corresponding server details as prompted.

Note

 

Server details are not required if you choose HTTP as the transfer mode.

Step 9

Click Download to download the software to the controller.

A message indicating the status of the download is displayed.

Note

 

Ensure that you choose the File Type as Code for both the images.

Step 10

After the download is complete, click Reboot.

Step 11

If you are prompted to save your changes, click Save and Reboot.

Step 12

Click OK to confirm your decision to reboot the controller.

Step 13

If you have disabled the 802.11 networks, reenable them.

Step 14

(Optional) To verify that the controller software is installed on your controller, on the controller GUI, click Monitor and view the Software Version field under Controller Summary.


CIMC Utility Upgrade for 5520 and 8540 Controllers

The AIR-CT5520-K9 and AIR-CT8540-K9 controller models are based on Cisco UCS server C series, C220 and C240 M4 respectively. These controller models have CIMC utility that can edit or monitor low-level physical parts such as power, memory, disks, fan, temperature, and provide remote console access to the controllers.

We recommend that you upgrade the CIMC utility to a version that has been certified to be used with these controllers. Controllers that have older versions of CIMC installed are susceptible to rebooting without being able to access FlexFlash, with the result that the manufacturing certificates are unavailable, and thus SSH and HTTPS connections will fail, and access points will be unable to join. See: CSCvo33873. The recommended versions addresses the vulnerability tracked in CSCvo01180 caveat.

The certified CIMC images are available at the following locations:

Table 4. CIMC Utility Software Image Information
Controller Current CIMC Version Recommended CIMC Version Link to Download the CIMC Utility Software Image

Cisco 5520 Wireless Controller

Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller

2.x

3.0(4r)

https://software.cisco.com/download/home/286281345/type/283850974/release/3.0(4r)

Note

 
We recommend you to upgrade the firmware from 2.0(13i) to 3.0(4r) using TFTP, SCP protocols only.

Cisco 5520 Wireless Controller

Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller

3.0(4d)

3.0(4r)

https://software.cisco.com/download/home/286281345/type/283850974/release/3.0(4r)

Cisco 5520 Wireless Controller

Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller

4.0(1a)

4.0(2n)

https://software.cisco.com/download/home/286281345/type/283850974/release/4.0(2n)

Table 5. Firmware Upgrade Path to 4.x version
Current Firmware Version Upgrade Path to 4.x version

2.x

You must upgrade to a 3.x version and then upgrade to the recommended 4.x version.

3.x

You can upgrade directly to the recommended 4.x version.

Table 6. Resolved Caveats for Release 4.0(2f)
Caveat ID Description

CSCvn80088

NI-HUU fails to handle the special characters in the password of CIFS remote share

Table 7. Resolved Caveats for Release 3.0(4l)
Caveat ID Description

CSCvp41543

SSH weak KeyExchange algorithm [diffie-hellman-group14-sha1] has to be removed

Interoperability with Other Clients

This section describes the interoperability of controller software with other client devices.

The following table describes the configuration that is used for testing the client devices.

Table 8. Test Bed Configuration for Interoperability
Hardware or Software Parameter Hardware or Software Configuration Type

Release

8.10.x

Cisco Wireless Controller

Cisco 3504 Wireless Controller

Access Points

Cisco 9130, 9120 and 3800 APs

Radio

802.11ax (2.4 GHz or 5 GHz), 802.11ac, 802.11a, 802.11g, 802.11n (2.4 GHz or 5 GHz)

Security

Open, WPA3-SAE/OWE ( WPA3 Supported Clients), WPA2+WPA3 ( Mixed Mode) PSK (WPA2-AES), 802.1X (WPA2-AES)(EAP-PEAP)

RADIUS

Cisco ISE 2.5

Types of tests

Association, Traffic ( TCP/UDP/ICMP) and Roaming between APs

The following table lists the client types on which the tests were conducted. Client types included laptops, handheld devices, phones, and printers.

Table 9. Client Types
Client Type and Name Driver / Software Version

Wi-Fi 6 Devices (Mobile Phone and Laptop)

Apple iPhone 11 iOS 14.1

Apple iPhone SE 2020

iOS 14.1
Dell Intel AX1650w Windows 10 ( 21.90.2.1)
DELL LATITUDE 5491 (Intel AX200) Windows 10 Pro (21.40.2)
Samsung S20 Android 10
Samsung S10 (SM-G973U1) Android 9.0 (One UI 1.1)
Samsung S10e (SM-G970U1) Android 9.0 (One UI 1.1)
Samsung Galaxy S10+ Android 9.0

Samsung Galaxy Fold 2

Android 10

Samsung Galaxy Flip Z

Android 10

Samsung Note 20

Android 10

Laptops

Acer Aspire E 15 E5-573-3870 (Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377) Windows 10 Pro (12.0.0.832)
Apple Macbook Air 11 inch OS Sierra 10.12.6
Apple Macbook Air 13 inch OS Catalina 10.15.4
Apple Macbook Air 13 inch OS High Sierra 10.13.4
Macbook Pro Retina OS Mojave 10.14.3
Macbook Pro Retina 13 inch early 2015 OS Mojave 10.14.3

Dell Inspiron 2020 Chromebook

Chrome OS 75.0.3770.129

Google Pixelbook Go

Chrome OS 84.0.4147.136

HP chromebook 11a

Chrome OS 76.0.3809.136

Samsung Chromebook 4+

Chrome OS 77.0.3865.105

DELL Latitude 3480  (Qualcomm DELL wireless 1820) Win 10 Pro (12.0.0.242)
DELL Inspiron 15-7569 (Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165) Windows 10 Home (18.32.0.5)
DELL Latitude E5540 (Intel Dual Band Wireless AC7260) Windows 7 Professional (21.10.1)
DELL XPS 12 v9250 (Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 8260 ) Windows 10 (19.50.1.6)
DELL Latitude 5491 (Intel AX200) Windows 10 Pro (21.40.2)
DELL XPS Latitude12 9250 (Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 8260) Windows 10 Home (21.40.0)

Lenovo Yoga C630 Snapdragon 850 (Qualcomm AC 2x2 Svc)

Windows 10(1.0.10440.0)

Lenovo Thinkpad Yoga 460 (Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 9260) Windows 10 Pro ( 21.40.0)

Note

 
For clients using Intel wireless cards, we recommend you to update to the latest Intel wireless drivers if advertised SSIDs are not visible.

Tablets

Apple iPad Pro iOS 13.5
Apple iPad Air2 MGLW2LL/A iOS 12.4.1
Apple iPad Mini 4 9.0.1 MK872LL/A iOS 11.4.1
Apple iPad Mini 2 ME279LL/A iOS 12.0
Microsoft Surface Pro 3 – 11ac Qualcomm Atheros QCA61x4A
Microsoft Surface Pro 3 – 11ax Intel AX201 chipset. Driver v21.40.1.3
Microsoft Surface Pro 7 – 11ax Intel Wi-Fi chip (HarrisonPeak AX201) (11ax, WPA3)
Microsoft Surface Pro X – 11ac & WPA3 WCN3998 Wi-Fi Chip (11ac, WPA3)

Mobile Phones

Apple iPhone 5 iOS 12.4.1
Apple iPhone 6s iOS 13.5
Apple iPhone 8 iOS 13.5
Apple iPhone X MQA52LL/A iOS 13.5
Apple iPhone 11 iOS 14.1
Apple iPhone SE MLY12LL/A iOS 11.3
ASCOM SH1 Myco2 Build 2.1
ASCOM SH1 Myco2 Build 4.5
ASCOM Myco 3 v1.2.3 Android 8.1
Drager Delta VG9.0.2
Drager M300.3 VG2.4
Drager M300.4 VG2.4
Drager M540 DG6.0.2 (1.2.6)
Google Pixel 2 Android 10
Google Pixel 3 Android 11

Google Pixel 3a

Android 11

Google Pixel 4 Android 11
Huawei Mate 20 pro Android 9.0
Huawei P20 Pro Android 9.0

Huawei P40

Android 10

LG v40 ThinQ Android 9.0

One Plus 8

Android 10

Oppo Find X2

Android 10

Redmi K20 Pro

Android 10

Samsung Galaxy S7 Andriod 6.0.1
Samsung Galaxy S7 SM - G930F Android 8.0
Samsung Galaxy S8 Android 8.0
Samsung Galaxy S9+ - G965U1 Android 9.0
Samsung Galaxy SM - G950U Android 7.0

Sony Experia 1 ii

Android 10

Sony Experia xz3 Android 9.0

Xiaomi Mi10

Android 10

Spectralink 8744 Android 5.1.1
Spectralink Versity Phones 9540 Android 8.1
Vocera Badges B3000n 4.3.2.5
Vocera Smart Badges V5000 5.0.4.30
Zebra MC40 Android 5.0
Zebra MC40N0 Android Ver: 4.1.1
Zebra MC92N0 Android Ver:  4.4.4
Zebra TC51 Android 7.1.2
Zebra TC52 Android 8.1.0
Zebra TC55 Android 8.1.0
Zebra TC57 Android 8.1.0
Zebra TC70 Android 6.1
Zebra TC75 Android 6.1.1
Printers
Zebra QLn320 Printer LINK OS 6.3
Zebra ZT230 Printer LINK OS 6.3
Zebra ZQ310 Printer LINK OS 6.3
Zebra ZD410 Printer LINK OS 6.3
Zebra ZT410 Printer LINK OS 6.3
Zebra ZQ610 Printer LINK OS 6.3
Zebra ZQ620 Printer LINK OS 6.3

Wireless Module

Intel 11ax 200

Driver v21.40.1.3, v21.20.1.1

Intel AC 9260

Driver v21.40.0

Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 8260

Driver v19.50.1.6

Key Features Not Supported in Controller Platforms

This section lists the features that are not supported on various controller platforms:


Note


In a converged access environment that has controllers running AireOS code, High Availability Client SSO and native IPv6 are not supported.


Key Features Not Supported in Cisco 3504 Wireless Controller

  • Cisco WLAN Express Setup Over-the-Air Provisioning

  • Mobility controller functionality in converged access mode

  • VPN Termination (such as IPsec and L2TP)

Key Features Not Supported in Cisco 5520 and 8540 Wireless Controllers

  • Internal DHCP Server

  • Mobility controller functionality in converged access mode

  • VPN termination (such as IPsec and L2TP)

  • Fragmented pings on any interface

Key Features Not Supported in Cisco Virtual Wireless Controller

  • Cisco Umbrella

  • Software-defined access

  • Domain-based ACLs

  • Internal DHCP server

  • Cisco TrustSec

  • Access points in local mode

  • Mobility or Guest Anchor role

  • Wired Guest

  • Multicast


    Note


    FlexConnect locally switched multicast traffic is bridged transparently for both wired and wireless on the same VLAN. FlexConnect APs do not limit traffic based on IGMP or MLD snooping.


  • FlexConnect central switching in large-scale deployments


    Note


    • FlexConnect central switching is supported in only small-scale deployments, wherein the total traffic on controller ports is not more than 500 Mbps.

    • FlexConnect local switching is supported.


  • Central switching on Microsoft Hyper-V deployments

  • AP and Client SSO in High Availability

  • PMIPv6

  • Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS)

  • EoGRE (Supported only in local switching mode)

  • Workgroup bridges

  • Client downstream rate limiting for central switching

  • SHA2 certificates

  • Controller integration with Lync SDN API

  • Cisco OfficeExtend Access Points

Key Features Not Supported in Access Point Platforms

This section lists the key features that are not supported on various Cisco Aironet AP platforms. For detailed information about feature support on Cisco Aironet Wave 2 and 802.11ax APs, see:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/access_point/feature-matrix/ap-feature-matrix.html

Key Features Not Supported in Cisco Aironet 1800i, 1810 OEAP, 1810W, 1815, 1830, 1850, 2800, 3800, and 4800 Series APs

Table 10. Key Features Not Supported in Cisco Aironet 1800i, 1810 OEAP, 1810W, 1815, 1830, 1850, 2800, 3800, and 4800 Series APs

Operational Modes

  • Autonomous Bridge and Workgroup Bridge (WGB) mode

    Note

     

    WGB is supported in Cisco Aironet 2800, 3800 Series APs.

  • Mesh mode

    Note

     

    Mesh mode is supported in Cisco Aironet 1815i, 1815m, 1830, 1850, 2800, 3800, and 4800 Series APs in Release 8.10.x.

  • LAG behind NAT or PAT environment

Protocols

  • Full Cisco Compatible Extensions (CCX) support

  • Rogue Location Discovery Protocol (RLDP)

  • Telnet

Security

  • CKIP, CMIC, and LEAP with Dynamic WEP

  • Static WEP for CKIP

  • WPA2 + TKIP

    Note

     
    WPA +TKIP and TKIP + AES protocols are supported.

Quality of Service

Cisco Air Time Fairness (ATF)

Note

 

ATF is supported in Cisco Aironet 2800, 3800, and 4800 Series APs in Release 8.10.

FlexConnect Features

  • PPPoE

  • Multicast to Unicast (MC2UC)

    Note

     

    VideoStream is supported

  • Traffic Specification (TSpec)

    • Cisco Compatible eXtensions (CCX)

    • Call Admission Control (CAC)

  • VSA/Realm Match Authentication

  • SIP snooping with FlexConnect in local switching mode


Note


For Cisco Aironet 1850 Series AP technical specifications with details on currently supported features, see the Cisco Aironet 1850 Series Access Points Data Sheet.


Key Features Not Supported in Cisco Aironet 1800i, 1810 OEAP, and 1810W Series APs

Table 11. Key Features Not Supported in Cisco Aironet 1800i, 1810 OEAP, and 1810W Series APs

Operational Modes

Mobility Express

FlexConnect Features

Local AP authentication

Location Services

Data RSSI (Fast Locate)

Key Features Not Supported in Cisco Aironet 1830, 1850, and 1815 Series APs

Table 12. Key Features Not Supported in Cisco Aironet 1830, 1850, and 1815 Series APs

Operational Modes

Mobility Express is not supported in Cisco 1815t APs.

FlexConnect Features

Local AP Authentication

Location Services

Data RSSI (Fast Locate)

Key Features Not Supported in Mesh Networks

  • Load-based call admission control (CAC). Mesh networks support only bandwidth-based CAC or static CAC

  • High availability (Fast heartbeat and primary discovery join timer)

  • AP acting as supplicant with EAP-FASTv1 and 802.1X authentication

  • AP join priority (Mesh APs have a fixed priority)

  • Location-based services

Key Features Not Supported in Cisco Aironet 1540 Mesh APs

  • Dynamic Mesh backhaul data rate.


    Note


    We recommend that you keep the Bridge data rate of the AP as auto.


  • Background scanning

  • Noise-tolerant fast convergence

Key Features Not Supported on Cisco Aironet 1560 APs

  • MAC Authentication FlexConnect Local Authentication

  • Noise-tolerant fast convergence

  • Static WEP

Key Features Not Supported on Cisco Catalyst IW6300 Heavy Duty Series AP and 6300 Series Embedded Services AP

  • MAC Authentication FlexConnect Local Authentication

  • Noise-tolerant fast convergence

  • Static WEP

Unfixed and Fixed Issues in Release 8.10.190.0

Open Caveats

Table 13. Open Caveats

Caveat ID Number

Description

CSCvt65999

WLC sending CAPWAP fragmented packets in out of order sequence when heavy UDP traffic is sent

CSCvu84745

Wired Clients not able to access HTTP/HTTPS via RLAN

CSCvv13142

Cisco 9117 AP radio reloads unexpectedly after disabling MUMIMO

CSCvv26616

Cisco 9115, 9120-E APs: domain displays too high power on 2.4-GHz

CSCvv34695

1832 APs reloads unexpectedly due to dnsmasq-host.service failed on upgrading 8540 WLC above 8.5.x

CSCvv43986

IPv6 connectivity broken when HA SSO is triggered w/ AAA override enabled for VLAN

CSCvv57343

Cisco 2802 AP reloads unexpectedly on CAPWAPd with WLAN AP service function

CSCvv77141

Gateway MAC address is being learned from Cisco 1815 AP switchport

CSCvv82815

Mixed Wi-Fi Mesh: [IOS-RAP + COS-MAP] BA Session establishment errors and iPAD performance issues

CSCvv97721

WLC reloads unexpectedly on debug disable-all command

CSCvw04654

WLC reloads unexpectedly on creating PMK cache

CSCvw05117

AireOS controller running 8.10.130.0 reloads unexpectedly on SNMPTask consuming 100% CPU

CSCvw07292

Cisco 9130 AP sending broadcast deauthentication under high load

CSCvw08801

Cannot change AP Country on WLC GUI

CSCvw09472

Object "cLApWlanStatsEntry" SNMPWALK shows the value "0" while traffic is transmitted

CSCvw18047

AP3800 flexconnect local-sw randomly stop forwarding frames after dot1x session-timeout

CSCvw20621

Mobility Express GUI display issue when using IE11

CSCvw30043

AP3800 randomly not sending traffic to client queue 0 after dot1x session-timeout due to CSCvo91525

CSCvw33054

Controller reloads unexpectedly due to AVC memory leak in Fabric setup

CSCvw35985

Enable 160-MHz Support for Cisco 2800, 3800, 4800, 1560, 6300 Series Access Points

Resolved Caveats

Table 14. Resolved Caveats

Caveat ID Number

Description

CSCve04442

haSSOServiceTask1 SUBNET_MISMATCH_IP_ADD_ON_MSCB

CSCvm17365

Cisco Wave 2 APs reloads unexpectedly due to FIQ/NMI reset

CSCvq11556

Cisco Wave 2 APs to not trigger CAC if radio is shutdown less than 16sec in a DFS channel

CSCvs65189

AP Ethernet PHY interop issue when using IEEE Fast Retrain when connected at mGig speeds

CSCvt06712

Reg Domain/VANC: Max Transmit Power Level set to 128dBm in Country IE

CSCvt32886

EoGRE Deployemnt with IOS AP in flexconnect - AP removes DHCP option 82 Remote-ID

CSCvt56329

Cisco 1552H AP: LED not green when in autonomous state

CSCvt61795

Cisco 3800 AP's advertise RSN PSK in the beacon on WLAN with open MAC filtering authentication

CSCvt67777

8.5 - SNMP walk is not returning value for 1.3.6.1.4.1.14179.1.2.5.5.1.4

CSCvt74112

Cisco 9115I console Dot11RadioConfig: Error in deleting Aironet extension params IE vapid:0 SLOT:1

CSCvt79194

C9800 clients associated to Wave2 AP having local switching WLAN with native VLAN cannot resolve ARP

CSCvt82413

WLC - Tracebacks on dot11 authentication validation

CSCvt94540

AIR-AP1832I-Q-K9 unexpected reboot happened

CSCvt99064

WLC GUI HTTPs stops working after downloading a web authentication certificate

CSCvu02448

Cisco 3702 AP unable to join controller. Shows high CPU utilization under NCI Rx.

CSCvu10516

AireOS drops ARP request or reply when local client tries to reach L3 roamed client

CSCvu24138

WPA2 clients with PSK-SHA2 are wrongly shown as WPA3 in client details

CSCvu28811

ME :Invalid Admin User Authentication Syslog message

CSCvu47655

WLC DP unexpectedly reloads due to max out IP Flow

CSCvu55303

AP9120 Kernel Panic causes AP to reload unexpectedly due to sockets_in_use

CSCvu58082

3800AP with data DTLS encryption disconnect from 9800 due to CAPWAP keepalive after rx PMTU discover

CSCvu61065

Cisco Autonomous IOS AP-GUI fails to apply config

CSCvu65125

Some clients cannot connect to WPA2+WPA3 WLAN

CSCvu68375

Cisco 1815w AP reloads unexpectedly multiple times due to firmware crash on Radio 1

CSCvu74482

WLC on 8.10.121.0 reloads unexpectedly on pmalloc detected memory corruption

CSCvu78608

Webauth redirect URL getting looped for the client

CSCvu81034

AP marks the WMM UP value as 0 despite receiving DSCP value as 46 (EF)

CSCvu83242

Cisco 1852 AP reloads unexpectedly, creates a radio firmware assert file with reason Beacon stuck

CSCvu89290

OEAP_1815, 1850 APs:- Local SSID client not getting IP from Local DHCP scope.

CSCvv00513

AP transmit Action frames from a different BSSID

CSCvv02099

AP needs to reject incorrect FT Authentication request

CSCvv02121

AP not sending Re-association response

CSCvv08456

ME-GUI:-Ethernet bridging VLAN mapping not taking and redirecting to Monitoring page after apply

CSCvv08914

Cisco 3702 AP disassociates from controller due to high CPU utilization under Cisco CleanAir NCI Rx.

CSCvv09141

Local Profiling in Mobility Express 8.10.x Not Working

CSCvv13978

Cisco AP reloads unexpectedly on NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#3 stuck for 21s! [kclick:1870]

CSCvv14005

RF profile not applied properly on 3802P AP XOR radio with DART connector

CSCvv16755

Cisco 2800 AP "Rx Hang is detected DescLeak" followed by Kernel Panic crash

CSCvv17931

Cisco Wave 1 APs: Inconsistent AP logging level config behavior

CSCvv18778

Client association fails when changing connected WLAN from 802.1X WLAN to PSK+MAC filtering WLAN

CSCvv20462

%SAFEC-3-SAFEC_ERROR: safecWrapper.c:57 DATA INCONSISTENCY: (22) strncpy_s: when syncing from Prime

CSCvv22110

Cisco 9130 AP multicast traffic failures after GTK key index rotation for Vocera clients

CSCvv25877

eWLC: Managed APs reported as Rogue with state as LRAD and Classification as Pending

CSCvv27864

Controller reloads unexpectedly on task name emWeb

CSCvv35000

WPA3 SAE does not work at all on Embedded controller on AP (EWC) in 17.3

CSCvv36728

Cisco 1800, 2800, 3800, 4800 APs blocking TCP on port 64999 on FlexConnect Local switching

CSCvv37072

Flex OKC roam M1 is not sent out

CSCvv39762

9105|9115|9120 - starts beaconing during the CAC time on DFS channel if 802.11h is disabled on WLC

CSCvv51321

9120 kernel panic:assert:"SCB_PS(scb) || wlc_twt_scb_active(wlc->twti, scb)

CSCvv54395

Cisco 9130 AP not changing power level and channel

CSCvv54703

RRM Neighbor APs showing up as rogue APs causing false honeypot alarms to be generated

CSCvv55733

Pixel client de-authenticates as NO ARP responses are received during NUD checks to VRRP gateway

CSCvv58057

Cisco 9130 APs: scale performance worse than Cisco 9120 APs for > 60 active clients

CSCvv98793

eWLC: Managed APs reported as Rogue with state as LRAD and Classification as Pending

CSCvw22088

WLC still advertises KEX diffie-hellman-group18-sha512 in NMap scan

CSCvw29651

Block 160-MHz Support for Cisco 2800, 3800, 4800, 1560, 6300 Series Access Points

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