Cisco Aironet 3702e User Manual

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Data Sheet

Dual-band 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz with 802.11ac Wave 1
support on the integrated 5-GHz radio

Cisco Aironet 3700i Access Point

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Sleek design with internal antennas

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Ideal for office environments

Cisco Aironet 3700e and 3700p Access Points

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Sleek design with external antenna

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Rugged metal housing and extended operating
temperature

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Ideal for factories, warehouses, and other indoor
industrial environments

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Versatile RF coverage with external antennas

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UL 2043 plenum rated for above-ceiling installation or
for suspending from drop ceilings

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Classify over 20 different types of interference,
including non-Wi-Fi interference, within 5 to 30
seconds

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Automatic remedial action and less manual
intervention

Investment Protection with Flexible Modular
Architecture Design

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Cisco Hyperlocation Module with Advanced Security

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Cisco Aironet Access Point Module for Wireless
Security

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Cisco Universal Small Cell 8718

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Cisco Universal Small Cell 5310

Troubleshooting Forensics for Faster Interference
Resolution and Proactive Action

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Historic interference information for back-in-time
analysis and faster problem solving

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24x7 monitoring with remote access reduces travel
and speeds resolution

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Cisco Spectrum Expert Connect provides real-time,
raw spectrum data to help with difficult-to-diagnose
interference problems

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Air quality index in Cisco CleanAir® technology
provides a snapshot of network performance and the
impact of interference

Robust Security and Policy Enforcement

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Industry’s first access point with non-Wi-Fi detection

for off-channel rogues

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Supports rogue access point detection and detection
of denial-of-service attacks

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Management frame protection detects malicious users
and alerts network administrators

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Enables policies to prohibit devices that interfere with
the Wi-Fi network or jeopardize network security

Secure Interoperability

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Controller-based deployment only

Cisco Aironet 3700 Series Access Points

With the industry’s only enterprise class 4x4

MIMO, three-spatial-stream access points that

support the IEEE’s new 802.11ac specification,

the Cisco® Aironet® 3700 Series delivers
industry-leading performance and a High Density
Experience (HD Experience) for both the
enterprise and service provider markets. The
Aironet 3700 Series extends support to a new
generation of Wi-Fi clients, such as
smartphones, tablets, and high-performance
laptops that have integrated 802.11ac support.

In its first implementation, 802.11ac wave 1 provides a rate of up
to 1.3 Gbps, roughly triple the rates offered by today’s high-end

802.11n access points. This provides the necessary foundation
for enterprise and service provider networks alike to stay ahead
of the performance and bandwidth expectations and needs of
their wireless users.

Due to its convenience, wireless access is increasingly the
preferred form of network connectivity for corporate users. Along
with this shift, there is an expectation that wireless should not
slow down user’s day-to-day work, but should enable a high­performance experience while allowing users to move freely
around the corporate environment.

By Utilizing a Purpose-built Innovative Chipset with the
Best-in-class RF Architecture for a High Density Experience
(HD Experience).

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High Density Experience (HD Experience)

Building on the Cisco Aironet heritage of RF excellence, the 3700 Series utilizes a Purpose-built Innovative Chipset
with the Best-in-class RF Architecture. This chipset provides a High Density Experience for enterprise network
designed for mission critical, high performance applications. The 3700 is a series of flagship access points,
delivering industry-leading performance for highly secure and reliable wireless connections and delivers a robust
mobility experience that includes:

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802.11ac with 4x4 multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technology with three spatial streams, offering
sustained 1.3-Gbps rates over a greater range for more capacity and reliability than competing access
points.

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Cross AP Noise Reduction1 is a Cisco innovation that enables Access Points to intelligently collaborate in
real-time to allow more users to connect with optimized signal quality and performance.

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Optimized AP Roaming ensures clients will associate with the best AP offering the best data rate available.

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Cisco ClientLink 3.0 technology to improve downlink performance to all mobile devices, including one-, two-,
and three-spatial-stream devices on 802.11ac while improving battery life on mobile devices such as
smartphones and tablets.

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Cisco CleanAir® technology enhanced with 80-MHz Channel Support, provides proactive, high-speed
spectrum intelligence across 20-, 40-, and 80-MHz-wide channels to combat performance problems due to
wireless interference.

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Modular architecture design that is carried forward from the Cisco Aironet 3600 Series, enabling flexible
add-on options in the form of the Cisco Aironet Access Point Module for Wireless Security, Cisco

Hyperlocation Module with Advanced Security, and Cisco Universal Small Cell 8718 module, or 5310
module, all of which are tightly integrated with the Aironet 3700 Series Access Point platform and are

completely field-upgradable. MIMO equalization optimizes uplink performance and reliability by reducing the
impact of signal fade.

The new Cisco Aironet 3700 Series sustains reliable connections at higher speeds farther from the access point
than competing solutions, resulting in up to three times more availability of 1.3-Gbps rates and optimizing the
performance of more mobile devices. The 3700 Series carries forward the modular architecture first introduced with
the Aironet 3600 Series and offers unparalleled investment protection, with support for a series of modular
solutions providing customers the ability to add significant value to their wireless network to meet new demands
within their business environment.

All of these features help ensure the best possible end-user experience on the wireless network.

Cisco also offers the industry’s broadest selection of 802.11n and 802.11ac antennas, delivering optimal coverage

for a variety of deployment scenarios.

Post FCS, enabled in a future software release

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Specification

Part numbers

Cisco Aironet 3700i Access Point: Indoor environments, with internal antennas

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AIR-CAP3702I-x-K9: Dual-band, controller-based 802.11a/g/n/ac

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AIR-CAP3702I-xK910: Eco-pack (dual-band 802.11a/g/n/ac) 10 quantity access points

Cisco Aironet 3700e Access Point: Indoor, challenging environments, with external antennas

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AIR-CAP3702E-x-K9: Dual-band controller-based 802.11a/g/n/ac

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AIR-CAP3702E-xK910: Eco-pack (dual-band 802.11a/g/n/ac) 10 quantity access points

Cisco Aironet 3700p Access Point: high-density environments, with narrow-beamwidth, high-gain, antennas

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AIR-CAP3702P-x-K9: Dual-band controller-based 802.11a/g/n/ac

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AIR-CAP3702P-xK910: Eco-pack (dual-band 802.11a/g/n/ac) 10 quantity access points

Cisco Smart Net Total Care™ for the Cisco Aironet 3700i Access Point with internal antennas

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CON-SNT-3702IA: SNTC-8X5XNBD 802.11ac Ctrlr AP 4x Duration: 12 Month(s)

Cisco Smart Net Total Care for the Cisco Aironet 3700e Access Point with external antennas

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CON-SNT-3702EA: SNTC-8X5XNBD 802.11ac Ctrlr AP 4x4:3SS w/Cisco CleanAir; Ex Duration: 12 Month(s)

Cisco Smart Net Total Care for the Cisco Aironet 3700p Access Point with external antennas

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CON-SNT-AIR3APAK: SNTC-8X5XNBD 802.11ac Ctrlr AP 4x Duration: 12 Month(s)

Cisco Wireless LAN Services

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AS-WLAN-CNSLT: Cisco Wireless LAN Network Planning and Design Service

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AS-WLAN-CNSLT: Cisco Wireless LAN 802.11n Migration Service

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AS-WLAN-CNSLT: Cisco Wireless LAN Performance and Security Assessment Service

Regulatory domains: (x = regulatory domain)

Customers are responsible for verifying approval for use in their individual countries.
To verify approval and to identify the regulatory domain that corresponds to a particular country by model of Access

Point, visit http://www.cisco.com/go/aironet/compliance.
As regulatory domains are approved, the part numbers will be available on the Global Price List.

Software

Cisco Unified Wireless Network Software Release with AireOS Wireless Controllers:

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7.6 or later for the Cisco Aironet 3700 Series Access Point

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7.6 or later for support of the Wireless Security Module for the 3700 Series Access Point

Cisco IOS XE Software Release:

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3.3.1SE or later for the Cisco Aironet 3700 Series Access Point

Supported wireless
LAN controllers

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Cisco 2500 Series Wireless Controllers, Cisco Wireless Controller Module for ISR G2, Cisco Wireless Services
Module 2 (WiSM2) for Catalyst® 6500 Series Switches, Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controllers, Cisco Flex® 7500
Series Wireless Controllers, Cisco 8500 Series Wireless Controllers, Cisco Virtual Wireless Controller

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Cisco 5760 Wireless LAN Controller, Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches, Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switches

Module options

Hyperlocation Module with Advanced Security

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Hyperlocation Module provides full-spectrum scanning, both 2.4 and 5 GHz, for comprehensive detection and
mitigation of over-the-network attacks, Cisco CleanAir technology to detect devices causing network interference,
rogue device detection, context (location) awareness, FastLocate, and radio resource management (RRM) solutions

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BLE Beacon, incorporates five centrally managed virtual BLE beacons with separate Universal Unique Identifiers
(UUIDs) and power levels

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FastLocate provides faster updates per Wi-Fi device for a quicker refresh of the device’s location

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One meter of location accuracy of associated Wi-Fi clients, when paired with the Hyperlocation Antenna

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Provides full scanning of all 2.4- and 5-GHz channels while the access point is serving data clients on the integrated

Scalability

The Cisco Aironet 3700 Series is a component of the Cisco Unified Wireless Network, which can scale to as many
as 18,000 access points with full Layer 3 mobility across central or remote locations on the enterprise campus, in

branch offices, and at remote sites. The Cisco Unified Wireless Network is the industry’s most flexible, resilient,

and scalable architecture, delivering highly secure access to mobility services and applications and offering the
lowest total cost of ownership and investment protection by integrating smoothly with the existing wired network.

Product Specifications

Table 1 lists the specifications for the Cisco Aironet 3700 Series Access Points.

Table 1. Product Specifications