Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Administration Guide

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Chapter 13 Environmental Monitoring and Power Management
Power Management
Table 13-4 describes the alarms.
Power Management
This section describes the power management feature in the Catalyst 4500 series switches. It includes
the following topics:
• Power Management for the Catalyst 4500 Series Switches, page 13-7
• Powering Down a Module, page 13-22
• Power Management for the Catalyst 4948 Switches, page 13-23
Note For power consumption of all Catalyst 4000/4500 family modules, see “Appendix A, Specifications,” in
the Catalyst 4500 Series Module Installation Guide. Enter the show power command to display the
current power redundancy and the current system power usage.
Power Management for the Catalyst 4500 Series Switches
This section includes the following subsections:
• Supported Power Supplies, page 13-8
• Power Management Modes for the Catalyst 4500 Switch, page 13-9
• Selecting a Power Management Mode, page 13-10
• Power Management Limitations in Catalyst 4500 Series Switches, page 13-10
• Available Power for Catalyst 4500 Series Switches Power Supplies, page 13-14
Table 13-4 Alarms on Supervisor Engine 6-E, Supervisor Engine 6L-E, and Supervisor Engine 7-E
Event
Alarm
Type
Supervisor LED
Color Timeout Description and Action
Card temperature exceeds the
critical threshold.
Major Red 15 min Syslog message displays when the alarm is
issued.
See Table 13-2 for the action on timeout.
Card temperature exceeds the
shutdown threshold.
Major Red 30 sec Syslog message displays when the alarm is
issued.
See Table 13-2 for the action on timeout.
Supervisor engine fails power-on
self-test (POST).
Major Red — Syslog message displays.
Supervisor engine fails to come up.
Chassis fan tray fails. Major Red 30 sec Syslog message displays when the alarm is
issued.
See Table 13-2 for the action on timeout.
Chassis temperature exceeds the
warning threshold.
Minor Orange — Syslog message when the alarm is issued.
Chassis fan tray experiences
partial failure.
Minor Orange — Syslog message when the alarm is issued.

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