topic Re: Setup Catalyst 9120-E for working into Mobility Express deployment in Wireless

Setup Catalyst 9120-E for working into Mobility Express deployment

Miguel Angel Alvarez Rodriguez — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 09:46:49 GMT

Hello:

We have an exisitng 15 Aironets 1542-E deployment using Cisco Mobility Express. We want to add some more APs, but the 1542-E are out of sale. We found the Catalyst 9120-E can be a good candidate. We also found in the Cisco web (https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/compatibility/matrix/compatibility-matrix.html#mobility_express_solution) that the 9120-E could be suitable for working with Mobility Express, but we can't find a specific Mobility Express image for this AP. It's possible that without changing the original AP image we can be able to add the 9120-E to the Mobility Express infrastructure? We don't want to change all the installation to EWC, whick I already know it would be the other posibility.

Thanks.

Re: Setup Catalyst 9120-E for working into Mobility Express deployment

Mark Elsen — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 10:39:55 GMT

- These devices can only use EWC , if intended to be used as a controller,

Re: Setup Catalyst 9120-E for working into Mobility Express deployment

Mark Elsen — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 10:42:52 GMT

- If being used as a capwap client AP , then the software on the ME controller must be recent, check : https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/compatibility/matrix/compatibility-matrix.html

Re: Setup Catalyst 9120-E for working into Mobility Express deployment

Miguel Angel Alvarez Rodriguez — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 10:44:30 GMT

No, as I mentioned I want to mantain my actual Mobility Express setup. The new APs will work as clients, not masters.

Re: Setup Catalyst 9120-E for working into Mobility Express deployment

Miguel Angel Alvarez Rodriguez — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 10:49:08 GMT

Yes, the actual ME APs images support theses new APs as clients, but my question was if I need some kind of image in the new ones for this setup, or if they will work "out of the box" with the actual ME controller, without previously reimage them.

Re: Setup Catalyst 9120-E for working into Mobility Express deployment

Mark Elsen — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 14:10:56 GMT

- If the ME controller supports the AP according to the compatibility matrix , then they will download the correct software from it but they must be in capwap mode.