The Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Wireless Services Module provides incomparable security, mobility, redundancy, and ease of use for business-critical wireless LANs. It delivers one of the most secure wireless systems available by offering centralized security policies, wireless intrusion prevention system capabilities, RF management, quality of service, and Layer 3 fast secure roaming for WLANs. As a major component of the Cisco Unified Wireless Network for the enterprise and Cisco ServiceMesh for service providers, the Cisco WiSM provides the control, security, redundancy, and reliability that network managers and operators need to scale and manage their wireless networks easily.

The Cisco WiSM easily integrates into existing Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series networks. It communicates using the Lightweight Access Point Protocol standard to establish secure connectivity between access points and modules across Layer 3 networks. This protocol provides the automation of important WLAN configuration and management functions for low cost operations. With this approach to large-scale wireless networking, customers can see significant total cost of ownership benefits by streamlining support costs and reducing planned and unplanned network downtime.

Part numbers associated with this product;

WS-SVC-WISM-1-K9