Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Software Configuration Guide

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Configuring Campus Fabric
Campus Fabric provides the basic infrastructure for building virtual networks based on policy-based
segmentation constructs.
Note Beginning with Cisco IOS Release 3.9.1E, Campus Fabric is supported on Cisco Catalyst 4500-E series
switches on Supervisor Engine 8-E.
Campus Fabric is not supported on Supervisor Engines 7-E, 7L-E, 8L-E, and on Cisco Catalyst 4500-X
series switches.
This chapter includes the following major sections:
• About Campus Fabric
• Campus Fabric Configuration Guidelines
• Limitations and Restrictions
• Understanding Fabric Domain Elements
• Configuring Fabric Edge Devices
• Security Group Tags and Policy Enforcement in Campus Fabric
• Multicast Using Campus Fabric Overlay
• Dataplane Security
• Campus Fabric Configuration Examples
Note For complete syntax and usage information for the switch commands used in this chapter, see the
Cisco IOS Command Reference Guides for the Catalyst 4500 Series Switch.
About Campus Fabric
Campus Fabric Overlay provisioning uses three components to enable flexible attachment of users and
devices, and enhanced security through user-based and device-group based policies:
• Control-Plane
• Data-Plane
• Policy-Plane
This feature is supported on the Enterprise Services software image.

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Specifications

General

Series	Catalyst 4500 Series
Category	Switch
Layer Support	Layer 2, Layer 3
Form Factor	Modular chassis
Stackable	No
Chassis Slots	3, 6, 7, 10
Power Supply Options	AC, DC
Redundancy	Power supply, Supervisor engine
Network Management	Cisco IOS Software CLI, SNMP, Cisco Prime Infrastructure
Features	Security, QoS
Port Density	Up to 384 ports per chassis
Security Features	802.1X, ACLs, DHCP Snooping, Dynamic ARP Inspection, IP Source Guard
Supervisor Engine	8-E