Chapter 4

C9800 Deployment and Installation

In this chapter, you will learn how to install your Catalyst 9800 wireless LAN controller (WLC) and set up your first Catalyst wireless network.

One of the advantages of the C9800 is its deployment flexibility. Private or public cloud, physical or virtual appliance, embedded in a Catalyst switch or access point—you can really deploy the C9800 the way you want. You can think of the C9800 as a network function that you can choose where to run—whether in a dedicated appliance, embedded in a network device, or even in the public cloud. Not only do you have the same look and feel, but given a chosen deployment mode (local mode, FlexConnect, software-defined access [SDA], and so on), the features are the ...

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