03-08-2023 07:27 AM
Are Self Identifying Antennas supported on EWC on a 9120?
Thanks.
03-08-2023 07:47 AM
check the datasheet :
03-08-2023 09:11 AM
I cannot find where it's documented. It does not seem to be. It is documented that it is supported by the WLC and what software versions, but I cannot find anything about EWC supporting them.
03-08-2023 11:18 AM
Support for self-identifying antennas are available only from 17.5 for any 9800 WLC.
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/controller/9800/17-5/release-notes/rn-17-5-9800.html
Unfortunately EWC documentation is not clear as to whether this feature is supported or not. So my recommendation at this point is to open a TAC case to find out how EWC will handle SIA's. If you open a TAC case please make sure that TAC engineer updates the documentation by creating a documentation bug or provide you a link where it is clearly documented. (Cisco Feature navigator doesn't support EWC)
That being said, since the WLC running in EWC is a toned down version of IOS-XE running in 9800, I expect this feature to work provided you are running supported firmware (I have not tested myself as I don't have immediate access to a EWC)
03-13-2023 03:36 AM
Much appreciated. Working with TAC now. If I get an update, I'll post in here.
03-22-2023 04:07 AM
I did not have much luck at all with TAC due to their silly internal processes. I did obtain a self-identifying antenna and installed it. I cannot see anywhere in the radio options or status the indication of the EEPROM being read with populated gain values, so it's hard to say if it's even be used or not.
05-01-2023 08:09 PM
TAC was no help on this matter, but it looks like EWC does, in fact, support the self identifying antenna:
As you can see above, this is the AP configuration menu, and clocking on the radio configurations, it shows the antenna inventory with the self identifying antenna.
Hopefully this post is helpful to someone.
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