Feature
| Network Essentials | Network Advantage |
Essential capabilities ● 802.1X authentications, guest access, device onboarding, infrastructure and client IPv6, Access Control Lists (ACLs), QoS, Videostream, smart defaults, Radio Resource Management (RRM), Spectrum Intelligence, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), Zigbee, USB, Cisco TrustSec ® SXP, SSO, Dynamic QoS, analytics, ADP, OpenDNS, mDNS, IPsec, rogue management and detection, mobility
| ✓ | ✓ |
Optimized RF ● Flexible Radio Assignment (FRA), ClientLink, Cisco CleanAir ® Advanced● Next-Generation High Density Experience (NG-HDX), predictive/proactive RRM
| ✓ | ✓ |
Internet of Things (IoT) optimized Identity Pre-Shared Keys (PSK), enhanced device profilers
| ✓ | ✓ |
DevOps integration ● PnP agent● NETCONF, RESTCONF, gRPC Network Management Interface protocol (gNMI)● YANG data models● Guest shell (on-box Python)
| ✓ | ✓ |
Federal certifications Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), CC, UCAPL, USGV6
| ✓ | ✓ |
Telemetry and visibility ● Model-driven telemetry● NETCONF dial-in, gRPC dial-out
| ✓ | ✓ |
High availability and resiliency (advanced) ● In-Service Software Upgrades (ISSU), process restart● Rolling AP upgrades● Patching (CLI)● AP service pack and device pack
| ✗ | ✓ |
Flexible network segmentation ● VXLAN
| ✗ | ✓ |