Cambium Networks cnMaestro™ Essentials
High-density enterprise environments with hundreds of concurrent Wi-Fi clients — corporate offices, campuses, and healthcare facilities.
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cnMaestro™ Essentials
- Specs: cnMaestro™ is a cloud-based or on-premises software platform for secure, end-to-end network control. Optimize system availability, maximize throughput, and meet emerging needs of business and residential customers.
- cnMaestro™ is a cloud-based or on-premises software platform for secure, end-to-end network control.
- Optimize system availability, maximize throughput, and meet emerging needs of business and residential customers.
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Cambium Networks cnMaestro™ Essentials
cnMaestro™ is a cloud-based or on-premises software platform for secure, end-to-end network control. Optimize system availability, maximize throughput, and meet emerging needs of business and residential customers.
Product Highlights
cnMaestro Essentials
Unlicensed, free version delivers the same experience as previous versions of cnMaestro. This license-free option delivers a disruptive total cost of ownership (TCO) for organizations of all sizes.
Paid subscription that includes advanced
management capabilities, AI troubleshooting, and Cambium Care Pro for 24x7 technical support, accelerated access to L2 engineers, and regular software updates and upgrades for advanced features.
Ideal Applications
High-density enterprise environments with hundreds of concurrent Wi-Fi clients — corporate offices, campuses, and healthcare facilities. Deployments requiring BSS Coloring and OFDMA for efficient spectrum use in congested RF environments.
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cnMaestro Essentials•
Comprehensive cloud andon-premises management for Provides a bird’s-eye view of network health with insights on
Cambium’s wired and wirelessportfolio is included with the performance, connectivity, and client experience. Administrators
hardware purchase with nosubscription or recurring fees. can quickly identify potential trouble spots and drill down from network to client-level details.
Zero-touch provisioning: Create,provision, monitor, and manage
the entire network of wirelessand wired devices from a single
dashboard login with key performancemetrics, alarms, and alerts.
The cloud-first UI design iseasy to learn and apply across the
portfolio and helps networkadministrators simplify operations and
With centralized visibility andcontrol for Cambium Networks'
wireless and wired products,network administrators can quickly
and easily deploy networkswith minimal training. Whether you
work on small sites or large distributednetworks with thousands
of sites, cnMaestro makes deploymentand operations easy. Advanced Functionality in cnMaestro X
Administrators have accessto information needed to enforce
policies and optimize performance.Remote support capability cnMaestro X is a super set of cnMaestro Essentials and includes
is integrated into the architecture,along with powerful help advanced features with Cambium Care Pro for 24x7 technical Paid subscription is required.
desk tools to debug remoteissues without going onsite. support.
Troubleshooting tools suchas ping, traceroute, throughput, and X Assurance provides AI-powered analytics to identify and fix •
live packet captures are included,dramatically reducing resolution wireless network issues, helping IT admins improve user
times and enabling remotetroubleshooting. experience by proactively finding root cause of problems. •
Deployment flexibility and TCO:Choice of public cloud, private EasyPass offers diverse Wi-Fi onboarding options for employees, guests, attendees, and IoT, featuring advanced
cloud, or on-premises deploymentwith best TCO. cnMaestro captive portals and one-year client login history.
helps reduce operating costsand accelerate return on investment. •
cnMaestro does not requireWi-Fi controllers, thereby reducing Application visibility and control provides analytics and policy control for 2,400+ applications at the Wi-Fi and WAN edge.
the complexity and cost of deployingWi-Fi networks.
•• Customizable MSP dashboard offers ability to create different
Built for scale and security atall levels: Devices connect to brands with multi-tier customizations including guest portals.
cnMaestro Cloud using SSL-enablingdeployments without • Consolidated MSP tenant statistics offers ability to drill down to
changes to the firewall configuration.Cambium Intelligent edge manage a specific tenant without impacting data from others.
architecture enables fault-tolerantnetworks where the network
continues to operate even whenthe cloud is unreachable due • cnMaestro X support up to 200 managed tenants
to a WAN outage. With cnMaestroEssentials, you can manage • Restful APIs and webhooks allow for integration with existing
networks with up to thousandsof sites, and up to 10,000 devices. OSS/BSS systems and event monitoring.
Tailored views for enterprise,access and backhaul, and IIoT: The • The Assists function scans device configurations to identify
access and backhaul view providesvisualization and control of potential vulnerabilities and recommends improvements to save time troubleshooting.
devices from tower to edge.This includes PTP and PMP
devices.• RADIUS, TACACS+, LDAP, and AD Login for user administration.
•• Long-term historical data: 2-year data retention for FWB and 1-
Supports network hierarchy,which enables easy configuration, year data retention for Enterprise and IIoT devices.
monitoring, and debuggingat network nodes to reduce •
operational costs. This is especiallycritical for large networks or Advanced cnMatrix™ switch features including QinQ, auto-device recovery (ADR), and cable diagnostics.
small distributed networks withsmall on-site IT staff. cnMaestro™ Management System X Features marked require cnMaestro X subscription
PLATFORM FEATURESData & Reporting DEVICE FAMILY FEATURES
Scale• Statistics reports exported in CSV Wi-Fi X • Export UI tables in CSV • Simplified wireless LAN view X
10,000 (requires X for over 10,000• RESTful monitoring API • Stateful firewall support X • Graphical reports • Dynamic channel listing based on country, X
- Max number of managed devices:X • Webhooks support release, & SKU Administration • AP group & WLAN configuration
40,000 for FWB• Role-based access • Site support for collocated APs X • RADIUS, TACACS+, LDAP, & AD login
• Management users: 10
• Management users: 200 X• Session management WayFi, XNET, Open roaming) X • User authentication (On-Premises) X • Rogue AP detection X
Branded tenant login pageX • Open ID/SAML authentication • Wi-Fi packet capture • High availability (1+1) for On-Premises X
o Support for up to 200 accounts
• Long-term data retention Xon XV3-8, XE3-4, & XE5-8 Wi-Fi 6 APs ADVANCED SERVICES
o 2-year for Access & backhaulview • ePSK types: X
o 1-year for enterprise & IndustrialAssurance o ePSK Local – ePSKs are cached locally AI-Based Advanced Analytics/Troubleshooting
internet viewon the Wi-Fi APs • Client connection lifecycle monitoring &
Deployment- 2,000 per WLAN (Wi-Fi 6+) analysis
• Cloud-hosted delivered as a service- 300 per WLAN (Wi-Fi 5) • Root cause analysis of connection &
• Customer-hosted On-premiseso ePSK RADIUS – ePSKs are limited via service failures X
• Amazon Marketplace AMIexternal radius server
Onboarding & Provisioning• Network-wide client health monitoring & o ePSK Cloud – ePSKs are unlimited & scoring X
• Zero-touch onboardingcloud managed (Wi-Fi 6+) X
• Template configurationNOTE: Assurance is available for Wi-Fi 6 and • WIDS support above devices in cnMaestro X Cloud but not in X
• Object configuration (enterprise)• Personal Wi-Fi cnMaestro X On-Premises
• RESTful provisioning API• Monitor Wi-Fi performance from client or
XEasyPass X
• Auto-provisioningAP to cnMaestro (On-Premises) Wi-Fi Access Services cnMatrix O n e -c l ic k o • Z e r o - t o u c h re m o te p r o v is i o n in g X o Sp o n s o r e d guest
• S u p p o r ts e P M P , c n M a t r ix , e n terprise& • Po l i c y - b a s e d a u to m a t io n ( P B A ) o n EX and Voucher o TX series switches. X o Paid • Cambium Sync on TX series - Payment gateway • DHCP client/server » PayPal • Automated voice VLAN » IPPay • QinQ X » QuickPay
oX • Auto-device recovery » mPesa • Cable diagnostics X o W iF i 4 E U X • MAC lists & location services for PBA X o Az u r e a u thentication X o Google authentication Network Service Edge (NSE) X (S+) o Self-registration: SMS & email NOTE: Security Plus is a subscription-based X o Onboarding (ePSK cloud) version of NSE S+ • Auto VPN o Combined options • Site-to-site VPN • Max number of login events: • Remote VPN X o 2,000 event records for 30 days
• Supporting concurrent device jobs
Xo • DHCP/RADIUS/DNS services • Number of guest portals: 4
Security
• Communication over SSL• WAN QoS • Max number of guest client sessions at a time: 10,000 X • Firewall S + • L A N vu ln e ra b ili ty a s se s s m en t Application Visibility and Control X
• Disaster recoveryS+ • G ra n u la r co n te n t f il te ri n g (D N S -b a sed) Application visibility & control of 2,400+ • WAN failover policy & IP groups different applications across Wi-Fi access S+
• End to End view• High Availability network S+ • IoT device identification
• Technical support dump export
XMarketApps Fixed Wireless Simple Apps for Non-Technical Users • Claim PMP SMs associated with AP • Managed Wi-Fi
o• cnMaestro Installer installation summary • Self-Service Personal Wi-Fi
Premises)X upload (PMP & ePMP) • Installer
Support
• 8x5 SupportX 60 GHz (using LinkPlanner) • Outdoor Hospitality • ePMP/PMP link test X
• Cambium Care Pro – 24/7 technicalAssists • PMP/ePMP sector display
support, accelerated access to L2• Assists for cnMatrix, Wi-Fi, cnPilot™-R, • Spectrum analyzer PMP X
engineersPMP, ePMP, cnWave 5G Fixed, & PTP X • cnWave 60 GHz Interference Scan 670/700 X • cnWave 60 GHz MAP features o Extensive Network Map RF Link visualization X o Auto-manage route cnMaestro™ Management System
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