محرك الهواء 9700S-S

Q1: Is the AirEngine 9700 a modular chassis or a standalone appliance?

A: The Huawei AirEngine 9700 series are standalone access controllers (ACs), not modular chassis. You purchase the controller as a single appliance, with internal UPSable components and high port density.

Q2: How many APs and clients can the 9700‑M1 support?

A: The AirEngine 9700‑M1 can manage up to 3,072 APs and support up to 36,864 concurrent users.

Q3: What forwarding throughput does the 9700 series offer?

A: It delivers up to 120 Gbps forwarding capacity, both in direct and tunnel modes.

Q4: How many and what type of interfaces are available on the 9700‑M1?

A: It offers 12 GE electrical ports, 12 10GE SFP+ ports, and 2 40GE QSFP+ ports (note: one 40GE port excludes four 10GE ports).

Q5: Does the 9700 series support redundant power supplies?

A: Yes, it supports 1+1 power redundancy with hot‑swappable AC (or AC/DC) power modules.

Q6: Can the AirEngine 9700 operate in high availability mode?

A: Yes, it supports 1+1 hot standby (HSB) and N+1 backup redundancy for controller failure protection.

Q7: What WLAN optimization features are supported?

A: It includes SmartRadio features like load balancing, dynamic frequency assignment (DFA), EDCA scheduling, airtime fairness, and fast/optimal roaming.

Q8: Can the 9700‑M1 run as a standalone authentication/portal server?

A: Yes, it has built‑in Portal/AAA server capabilities for user authentication .

Q9: What deployment modes does the 9700 series support?

A: It supports inline, bypass, bridge, mesh, as well as both centralized (tunnel) and local forwarding across L2 or L3 networks.

Q10: Is the 9700 series compatible with multiple Wi‑Fi standards?

A: Yes, it supports APs running 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be standards .

Q11: How many applications can it identify?

A: The controller integrates L4–L7 DPI capable of identifying over 6,000 application types, with policy enforcement options.

Q12: Are there any reliability and resilience features?

A: It supports redundant power, 1+1 or N+1 controller standby, link‑aggregation port backup, and WAN authentication escape to maintain connectivity during AC loss.

Q13: What management and monitoring tools are available?

A: It features a built‑in web GUI with visual dashboards, one‑click health diagnostics, and can also integrate with eSight or CLI management.

Q14: What are the physical dimensions and operating limits?

A: Dimensions: approx 43.6 × 442 × 440 mm; operates from 0–45 °C (up to 5,000 m altitude with derating).

Q15: What licensing model does it use?

A: Licensing is per managed AP, with tiered license packages (e.g., 16 AP, 32 AP, 512 AP, 1,024 AP).