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Specification Parameter | SmartZone 144 (SZ144) | Virtual SmartZone – Essentials (vSZ-E) |
| Product Brand | RUCKUS® (CommScope) |
| Category | Edge System |
| Series Name | SmartZone Enterprise Series |
| Form Factor / Deployment Type | Physical 1RU Rack Appliance | Virtual Appliance (VMware, KVM, AWS, Azure, GCE) |
| Target Audience | Mid to Large Enterprises |
| Managed AP Capacity (Controller / Cluster) | Up to 2,000 per Controller / 6,000 per Cluster | Up to 1,024 per Controller / 3,000 per Cluster |
| Managed Switch Capacity (Controller / Cluster) | Up to 400 per Controller / 1,200 per Cluster | Up to 200 per Controller / 600 per Cluster |
| Concurrent Client Devices (Controller / Cluster) | Up to 40,000 / 120,000 per Cluster | Up to 25,000 / 60,000 per Cluster |
| Max WLANs Supported | Up to 2,048 per Cluster |
| Max VLANs Supported | Up to 4,094 VLANs |
| Network Interfaces / Connections | 4× 1GbE RJ45 + 4× 10GbE SFP+ Ports | Virtual NICs (Hypervisor Dependent) |
| Power Supply & Consumption | AC Power Supply (250W Consumption) | Cloud / Server Dependent |
| Physical Dimensions / Weight | 1RU: 438 × 292.1 × 44 mm (5 kg / 11.02 lbs) | Virtual Software Appliance |
| High Availability Architecture | Active / Active Cluster Redundancy (N+1 Mode), Intra & Inter-Cluster Geo-Failover |
| Control & Data Plane Architecture | Separated Control and Data Plane (SSH / GRE Tunneling with Local Breakout option) |
| Multi-Tenancy & Partner Domain | Single Enterprise Tenant (Role-Based RBAC) |
| Dynamic Pre-Shared Key (DPSK) | Up to 50,000 System DPSKs / 25,000 per Zone / 500 Group DPSKs |
| Advanced Security & Management | WIDS/WIPS Rogue AP Detection, mDNS/Bonjour Fencing, Hotspot 2.0 / Passpoint, RESTful APIs |
