RUCKUS Networks Product Guide

Feature/Description

High-end Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) dual- concurrent AP with MU-MIMO and BeamFlex+

High-end 802.11ac Wave 2 dual concurrent AP with BeamFlex+

Mid-range 802.11ac Wave 2 dual concurrent AP with BeamFlex+

Entry-level 802.11ac Wave 2 outdoor AP series with integrated BeamFlex+ omni and sector antennas

Outdoor 4x4:4 2.4/5GHz 802.11ac Wave 2 Wi-Fi access point with DOCSIS 3.1 backhaul

Embedded 802.11ac Outdoor Wave 2 Wi- Fi AP with External BeamFlex+ Antennas

Point-to-Point / Multi- point bridge

Maximum PHY rate

2400 Mbps (5GHz)

1148 Mbps (2.4GHz)

1733  Mbps (5GHz)

600  Mbps (2.4GHz)

1733  Mbps (5GHz)

600  Mbps (2.4GHz)

867 Mbps (5GHz)

300 Mbps (2.4GHz)

1733  Mbps (5GHz)

600  Mbps (2.4GHz)

867 Mbps (5GHz)

300 Mbps (2.4GHz)

867 Mbps (5GHz)

Wi-Fi technology

802.11ax (2.4GHz, 5GHz) Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6™

802.11ac (5GHz)

802.11n (2.4GHz)

802.11ac (5GHz)

802.11n (2.4GHz)

802.11ac (5GHz)

802.11n (2.4GHz)

802.11ac (5GHz)

802.11n (2.4GHz)

802.11ac (5GHz)

802.11n (2.4GHz)

802.11ac (5GHz)

Concurrent users

1024

512

512

512

512

512

—

Radio chains:streams

4x4:4

4x4:4

4x4:4

2x2:2

4x4:4

2x2:2

2x2:2

Antenna patterns (per band)

4,000+

4,000+

4,000+

64

4,000+

64

—

Antenna gain

Up to 3dBi

Omni: Up to 3dBi Sector: Up to 8dBi

Omni: Up to 3dBi

120 Sector: Up to 8dBi

Omni: Up to 3dBi

120 Sector: Up to 9dBi 30 Sector: Up to 12dBi

Up to 3dBi

Up to 3dBi

—

PD-MRC

Rx sensitivity (2.4/5GHz)

-103dBm

-104/-104dBm

-104dBm

-101dBm

-98/-97

-101dBm

-96dBm

ChannelFly

SmartMesh

—

Ethernet interface

1 x 1 GbE

1 x 2.5 GbE

2 x 1GbE

2 x 1GbE

1 x 1GbE

1 x 1GbE

1 x 1GbE

1 x 1GbES

USB (IoT Ready)

—

Models d, s, & n

—

Fiber interface

—

—

—

—

GPS

—

—

—

—

WLAN Control and Management

·   ZoneDirector

·   SmartZone

·   RUCKUS Cloud

·   ZoneDirector

·   SmartZone

·   Unleashed

·   RUCKUS Cloud

·    ZoneDirector

·    SmartZone

·    Unleashed

·    RUCKUS Cloud

·   ZoneDirector

·   SmartZone

·   Unleashed

·   RUCKUS Cloud

·    SmartZone

·    SmartZone

·    ZoneDirector

·    Standalone

·    Unleashed

·    RUCKUS Cloud

·    Unleashed Multi-Site Manager

Feature

SmartZone 100

SmartZone 300

Virtual SmartZone-E

Virtual SmartZone-H

Number of APs supported

Up to 1,024 / 3,000 cluster

Up to 10,000 / 30,000 cluster

1,024 / 3K with cluster

10K / 30K with cluster

Number of switches supported

Up to 200 / 600 per cluster

Up to 2,000 / 6,000 per cluster

Up to 200 / 600 with cluster

Up to 2,000 / 6,000 with cluster

Clients

Up to 25,000 / 60,000 cluster

Up to 100,000 / 450,000 per cluster

25K / 60K per cluster

100K / 300K per cluster

Ethernet ports

1GE Model: 4 GbE ports

6 x 1GbE ports 4 x 10GbE ports

1 vNIC

1 or 3 vNIC

Authentication support

802.1X, MAC address

802.1x, Local database,

Active Directory, RADIUS, LDAP

802.1x, Local database,

Active Directory, RADIUS, LDAP

802.1x, Local database,

Active Directory, RADIUS, LDAP

Guest networking/captive portal

DHCP server

External or Assigned

External or Assigned

External or vSZ-D assigned

External or vSZ-D assigned

AP discovery and control

L2 / L3

L2 / L3

L2 / L3

L2 / L3

SSID/WLAN support

2,048 / 2,048 cluster

6,144 per SZ-300

2,048

6,144

Management Interface

Web GUI, CLI

Web GUI, CLI

Web GUI, SCI

Web GUI, SCI

Remote Management

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Management protocol(s)

SNMP v3, RESTful JSON

SNMP v3, RESTful JSON

SNMP v3

SNMP v3

VLAN support

Dynamic VLANs

Dynamic VLANs

Dynamic VLANs

Dynamic VLANs

Data Plane

Tunneling or local breakout

Tunneling or local breakout

Tunneling or local breakout

Tunneling or local breakout

Power supply

DC or AC

DC or AC

N/A

N/A

Fans

Redundant

Six redundant, field swappable fans in three sets

N/A

N/A

SKU/Part number

1GE: P01-S104-XX00

10GE: P01-S124-XX00 AP Lic: L09-0001-SG00

901-S300-WW10/00

L09-VSCG-WW00

L09-VSCG-WW00

Feature

ZoneDirector 1200

Unleashed

RUCKUS Cloud

Number of APs supported

Up to 150

Up to 50

Virtually unlimited number of APs supported

Number of switches supported

—

Up to 8 switches

Virtually unlimited number of switches supported

Clients

Up to 4,000

up to 1,024

Clients per AP: refer to AP data sheet

Ethernet ports

2 Ethernet ports, auto MDX, autosensing 1GbE

Refer to selected AP data sheet

N/A

Authentication support

802.1X, Local database, Active Directory, RADIUS, LDAP

802/1x. local database, Active Directory, RADIUS, LDAPr

PSK, 802.1x, Active Directory, RADIUS, LDAP, SMS, social login, open

Guest networking/ captive portal

DHCP server

External or assigned

AP discovery and control

L2 / L3

L2

L2

SSID/WLAN support

256

16

15/Venue

Management Interface

Web GUI, FlexMaster

Web GUI, CLI, Unleashed Multi-Site Manager

Web GUI and native mobile application

Remote Management

No

Yes

Yes

Management protocol(s)

SNMP v3

SNMP v3

N/A

VLAN support

Dynamic VLANs

Yes

Dynamic VLANs

Data Plane

Tunneling or local breakout

Local breakout

Local breakout

Power supply

DC or AC

PoE

APs powered using PoE or optional power supply

Fans

—

N/A

N/A

SKU/Part number

901-1205-XX00

Refer to Unleashed data sheet for supported devices

Refer to RUCKUS Cloud data sheet for supported devices

Secured data plane tunneling

Enables forwarding of user data traffic through secure tunnels on RUCKUS APs when managed by Virtual SmartZone controllers.

Multiple hypervisor support

Supports the most widely deployed VMware and KVM hypervisors

NFV flexible architecture

Complete separation of Control+Management plane (vSZ) and data plane functions (SmartZone Data Plane) via separate VMs that support distributed and centralized deployments providing compelling architecture flexibility.

Works seamlessly with virtual SmartZone

vSZ acts as the controller for RUCKUS APs as well as SmartZone Data Plane providing seamless configuration and management capabilities.

Up to 10 SmartZone Data Planes per vSZ and up to

40 SmartZone Data Planes per cluster

The vSZ controller runs in Active/Active (3+1) mode for extremely high availability. Each SmartZone Data Plane runs as an independent virtual machine instance that is managed by the vSZ controller.

vSZ Zone affinity for SmartZone Data Plane

This feature enables RUCKUS APs in a particular zone establish tunnels with the SmartZone Data Plane in that particular zone. Provides flexibility for distributed and managed services deployments where the SmartZone Data Planes can be co-located on-premise with RUCKUS APs (vSZ Zones) on medium/large high density sites that need tunneling. With up to 40 SmartZone Data Planes per cluster, the SZ 3.5 release can potentially support a large number of such distributed deployments.

DHCP server and NAT

This feature enables a high scale DHCP Server on the SmartZone Data Plane. The  DHCP Server is a high-scale server specifically designed and architected for Wi-Fi deployments that provide near-real time IP address assignment combined with NAT this provides tremendous value to the operator since it avoids mac-address scaling limits and high costs on the network infrastructure (switches).

Legal Intercept

This feature is useful from a Legal Intercept requirements perspective and enables the ability to mirror packets in both uplink and downlink directions for Wi-Fi clients that  have a CALEA warrant.

Support for northbound tunnels L2oGRE

This feature enables SmartZone Data Plane to forward WiFi client traffic to a specified 3rd party WAG (Wireless Access Gateway) over L2oGRE protocol standard.

IPv6 support

Supports IPv6 addressing for the SmartZone Data Plane interfaces as well as support forwarding of IPv6 client traffic

L3 Roaming (inter SmartZone Data Plane tunnels)

This feature enables L3 Roaming when traffic is tunneled to the SmartZone Data Plane. The feature relies on inter SmartZone Data Plane flexi-vpn tunnels that are dynamically created with minimal user intervention. L3 Roaming can be enabled based on VLANs or subnets.