Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Software Configuration Guide

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Catalyst 4500 Series Switch, Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide - Cisco IOS XE 3.9.xE and IOS 15.2(5)Ex
Chapter 5 Configuring Virtual Switching Systems
Understanding Virtual Switching Systems
• CFM D8.1
• Energywise
• Mediatrace (Medianet active video monitoring feature)
• Metadata (Medianet feature)
• Per VLAN Learning
• UDE
• UDLR
• VMPS Client
Hardware Requirements
The following sections describe the hardware requirements of a VSS:
• Chassis and Modules, page 5-8
• VSL Hardware Requirements, page 5-9
• Multichassis EtherChannel Requirements, page 5-10
Chassis and Modules
Table 5-1 describes the hardware requirements for the VSS chassis and modules.
Table 5-1 VSS Hardware Requirements
Hardware Count Requirements
Chassis 2 VSS is available on a Catalyst 4500-X switch and on
chassis that support Supervisor Engine 7-E, Supervisor
Engine 7-LE, and Supervisor Engine 8-E.
Note +E and -E chassis can be mixed.

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