Extreme Networks AP510i User Manual

Highlights

High Density Environments

- Delivers exceptional end-user experience
even in dense user environments such as
stadiums, large public venues, convention
centers and school auditoriums

- Industry's first 802.11ax access point with
three software programmable modes to
optimally manage Enterprise networks,
including a mode for dual 5 GHz radios
for the most dense environments

Connects More Users and
Devices Simultaneously

- Improve user experience and device
performance with 4x4:4 5 GHz and
4x4:4 2.4 GHz, w ith OFDMA technology

Latest in Secure W i-Fi

- Includes the latest WPA3* Wi-Fi security
standard delivering robust protections for
users and IoT devices

Optimizes RF for the Optimal
User Experience

- SmartRF uses AI/ ML technology to monitor
and automatically adjust Wi-Fi radios to
achieve the best coverage and greatest client
performance, even in dynamic RF
environments

Redundant PoE

- Mission critical networks for
24/7 operations

Cellular Coexistence Filter (CCF)

- Minimizess the impact of interference from
cellular networks

Fully Functional AP510i on 802.3at

- Capable of being powered on 802.3af

Integrated Bluetooth for IoT
and Guest Engagement

- Leverage the integrated Bluetoot h to
connection to IoT devices with Thread?or
engage loyalty customers with Apple
iBeacon?. Enterprises can use Google
Eddystone? to send advertisements directly
to shoppers, guests, and conference
attendees. This makes it ideal for businesses
to advert ise their app-download pages,
captive portals, or site-specific information

Adaptive Management

- ExtremeCloud? delivers a powerful user
experience with simple and secure network
management

- ExtremeCloud? Appliance is ideal for campus
or private cloud requirements

* Available in future software release

Data Sheet

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AP510i/e

802.11ax Indoor Access Point

Setting New Standards in High-Performance
Enterprise Wi-Fi 6

Product Overview

The mobile revolution is upon us. Enterprises are implementing digital
transformation to connect with users, employees, guests, customers and
IoT devices to help them better understand and manage their business,
improve efficiencies, as well as the experience of their brand to customers
and stock holders. However, today?s Wi-Fi users have higher expectations,
consume more bandwidth, and have less patience with a poor Wi-Fi
experience. This is a challenge for every enterprise, as they struggle to
keep pace with the seemingly exponential growth of Wi-Fi demand and
data hungry applications ? until now.

Designed to expand upon the performance improvements delivered with
80 2.11ac wave 2, 802.11ax borrows key technology from cellular to increase
device capacity and improve spectral efficiency, extracting more out of
available Wi-Fi spectrum. Bottom line, 802.11ax will support more users
and IoT devices, providing each the spectrum they require, future proofing
enterprise wireless networks, while minimizing the upgrade fatigue they
have been experiencing to date.

Purpose Built to Meet the Needs of Many

Extreme?s AP510 i/e is a high performance, enterprise class 802.11ax access
point at the price/ performance point that is ideal for many verticals,
including; retail, education, hospitality and healthcare. These enterprises
need to support a high density of users and IoT devices, while delivering
an exceptional user experience.

The AP510i/e is powered by the WiNG 7 operating system. WiNG?s
legendary distributed architecture places the intelligence at the edge
where it unleashes the true capabilities and performance of 802.11ax,
without bottlenecks and limits. WiNG incorporates the functionality of a
controller in each access point, enabling network solutions with
controller-less solutions using a virtual controller that supports up to 64
access points or distributed solutions comprised of branch sites with up to

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256 access points per site. The solution can scale to
25,000 access points and are managed with a simple,
cloud UI and workflow with ExtremeCloud or
ExtremeCloud Appliance for campus and private cloud
networks.

Extreme Software Configurable Radio

Industry's first 802.11ax access point with three software
programmable modes to optimally manage for dual 5
GHz radios for the most dense environments. The
AP510i/e is powered by the WiNG 7 operating system
allows for software configurable radios. Network managers
can determine software network topology based on user
environment and configure the access points in different
modes of operations:

Mode 1 ? Traditional dual radio 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radio
Mode 2 ? 2.4 GHz/5 GHz sensor Radio 1 and 5 GHz
on Radio 2
Mode 3 ? Dual 5 GHz radio

Managing the Complexity of RF

Network managers will appreciate powerful RF
management for their 80 2.11 networks, with SmartRF.
WiNG?s SmartRF, is a robust RF management system with
AI/ ML ?like? functionality. Built on 10 years of experience
across thousands of large scale networks and millions of
access points, SmartRF?s algorithms manage channels,
radios, load balancing, band steering and many other
attributes of the RF.

802.11ax Technology

Whereas prior generations of 802.11n, 802.11ac wave 1 and
2, can be considered generational improvements, each
building on the prior standard, the new PHY technology of
80 2.11ax adds a significant level of new technology which
takes Wi-Fi networks to an entirely new level.

The following table provides a brief description of the
various new elements in the 802.11ax standard. To learn
more about 802.11ax, go to: https:// www.extremenetworks.
com/are-you-ready-for-802-11ax/

ExtremeCloud and ExtremeCloud Appliance

The AP510i/e is the latest access point in Extreme's
portfolio. Network managers have a choice of cloud or
premise-based solutions; both using the same UI and
workflows. ExtremeCloud is a hosted cloud service, while
ExtremeCloud Appliance is designed for premise-base
solutions of campus and private cloud. Both support
secure zero touch provisioning that significantly reduces
deployment time connectivity via a single pane of glass
for unified management of Extreme wired and wireless
components in your network.

See the ExtremeCloud and ExtremeCloud Appliance data
sheets for details and ordering part numbers.

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Specifications

Product Features AP 510i/ e

General
Fully-Featured Enterprise Class AP ?
Number of Wi-Fi Radios 2

Dual mode selectable (2.4 GHz with coexistence) Bluetooth

Internet of Things (IoT) Radio

MIMO Implementation for High-Perform ance 11ax, 11ac & 11n 4x4

Number of Spatial Streams 4 per radio

Number of Simultaneous Streams

Maximum 2.4 GHz Radio 1.148 Gbps (40 MHz)
Maximum 5 GHz Radio 4.8 Gbps (Full 5 GHz 160 MHz)
Number of SSIDs Supported Per Radio/ Total 8/ 16
Simult aneous Users Per Radio/ Total 256/ 512 Per AP
Mode of Operation Semi-autonomous/Autonomous
Plug and Play Operation/ Zero Touch Deployment Yes

Security and Standards

Multiple Operating Modes
Centralized Dat a Paths Within Same SSID ?
Application Based Distributed and Centralized Data Paths W ithin

Same User / Device Session
Simult aneous RF Monitoring and Client Services ?
BYOD / Device Fingerprinting Visibility ?
Application / Layer 7 Visibility and Control ?
In-Channel WIDS ?
In-Channel WIPS ?
Dedicated Multi-Channel WIDS (Guardian Mode) ?
Dedicated Multi-Channel WIPS (Guardian mode) ?
Locates Devices and Threat s via RF Triangulation ?
Remote Access Point ?

Low Energy (BLE) 4.2

- Single and Dual mode operation (Classic and Low
Power Profiles 802.15.4 -20 11)

5 GHz radio:
Four spatial stream Multi User (MU) MIMO for up to 4.8 Gbps wireless data rate
to up to four 1 SS or two 2SS HE160 802.11ax DL-MU-MIMO capable client
devices simultaneously (max)*
Four spatial stream Multi User (MU) MIMO for up to 2.4 Gbps wireless data rate
to up to four 1 SS or two 2SS HE80 80 2.11ax DL-MU-MIMO capable client devices
simultaneously (typical)*

2.4 GHz radio:
Four spatial stream Multi User (MU) MIMO for up to 1.148 Gbps wireless data rate
to up to four 1 SS or two 2SS HE40 802.11ax DL-MU-MIMO capable client devices
simultaneously (max)*
Four spatial stream Multi User (MU) MIMO for up to 572 Mbps wireless data rate
to up to four 1 SS or two 2SS HE20 802.11ax DL-MU-MIMO capable client devices
simultaneously (typical)*

WPA, W PA2 (AES), W PA3*, 802.11i, 80 2.1x,

IPSec, IKEv2, PKCS #10 , X509 DER / PKCS # 12, SSL

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* Available in future software release

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