UFIT / Wi-Fi 7 · Arena
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Agenda 02A  ·  The Arena · Integrated

Wi-Fi 7 in the Arena.

Venue O'Connell Center
Access points 223
Wi-Fi 5 share 95.5%
Switches 9 × Cat 2960-X
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01 / 06  ·  Baseline

Every switch under the radios is a 2960-X.

Nine access switches feed O'Connell. 30W PoE+. 1G uplinks. Classic IOS 15.x. AP refresh without switch refresh leaves Wi-Fi 7 at half-throttle.

0% Wi-Fi 5 share
0 access points
Card 02 / 06 · Power ceiling

30W PoE+

Wi-Fi 7 APs need the 60W budget to run the full feature set without constrained mode.

Limit · IEEE 802.3at · 30W per port
Card 03 / 06 · Uplink ceiling

1G access

The radio can advertise Wi-Fi 7; the wired path still throttles the experience. Even if Wi-Fi 7 negotiates 320 MHz channels, the 1G access link caps real throughput.

Limit · 1G access · pre-mGig generation
Zone inventory  ·  Wi-Fi 5 @ 95.5% SIGNAL · LIVE

Five zones, one ceiling.

0 Total APs · Cisco estate
Bowl0100%
Conc097%
Office0100%
Press0100%
TM0Wi-Fi 6
0Bowl 63.7% · dominates223
[Source: UF NetOps inventory · Q1 audit · DNAC cross-checked]
Stage 01 FY2027
Active · cutover in flight
Venue scope · UF Athletics

Arena.

O'Connell + Florida Gymnasium — first venue UF runs on Wi-Fi 7.

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access points · scope
Hardware
CW9176I-B + 9172I-B
Switch refresh
~25 × C9300X-48HX
Cutover window
Pre-basketball · Summer 2026
Trade-in (TMP)
301 APs · CCW credit
Driver

First Wi-Fi 7 cutover under a single CW9800H2 control plane. One refresh, one identity ramp, one observability surface.

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