Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Administration Guide

Contents
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Software Configuration Guide—Release IOS XE 3.6.0E and IOS 15.2(2)E
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CEF Configuration Restrictions 34-6
Configuring CEF 34-6
Enabling CEF 34-6
Configuring Load Balancing for CEF 34-7
Configuring Per-Destination Load Balancing 34-7
Configuring Load Sharing Hash Function 34-7
Viewing CEF Information 34-8
Monitoring and Maintaining CEF 34-8
Displaying IP Statistics 34-8
Configuring Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding 35-1
About Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding 35-1
How Unicast RPF Works 35-2
Implementing Unicast RPF 35-4
Security Policy and Unicast RPF 35-5
Where to Use Unicast RPF 35-5
Routing Table Requirements 35-7
Where Not to Use Unicast RPF 35-7
Unicast RPF with BOOTP and DHCP 35-8
Restrictions 35-8
Limitation 35-8
Related Features and Technologies 35-8
Prerequisites to Configuring Unicast RPF 35-9
Unicast RPF Configuration Tasks 35-9
Configuring Unicast RPF 35-9
Verifying Unicast RPF 35-10
Monitoring and Maintaining Unicast RPF 35-11
Unicast RPF Configuration Example: Inbound and Outbound Filters 35-12
Configuring IP Multicast 36-1
About IP Multicast 36-1
IP Multicast Protocols 36-2
Internet Group Management Protocol 36-3
Protocol-Independent Multicast 36-3
Rendezvous Point (RP) 36-4
IGMP Snooping 36-4
IP Multicast Implementation on the Catalyst 4500 Series Switch 36-4
Restrictions on IP Multicast 36-5
CEF, MFIB, and Layer 2 Forwarding 36-6
IP Multicast Tables 36-7

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