Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Administration Guide

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Software Configuration Guide—Release IOS XE 3.6.0E and IOS 15.2(2)E
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Product Overview
This chapter provides an overview of Catalyst 4500 series switches and includes the following major
sections:
• Layer 2 Software Features, page 1-1
• Layer 3 Software Features, page 1-13
• Management Features, page 1-23
• Security Features, page 1-33
• New and Modified IOS Software Features Supported in Cisco IOS 15.2(1)E and Cisco IOS XE
3.5.0E, page 1-44
Note For more information about the chassis, modules, and software features supported by the
Catalyst 4500 series switch, refer to the Release Notes for the Catalyst 4500 Series Switch at this
location:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps4324/index.html
Layer 2 Software Features
The following subsections describe the key Layer 2 switching software features on the
Catalyst 4500 series switch:
• 802.1Q Tunneling, VLAN Mapping, and Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling, page 1-2
• Cisco IOS Auto Smartport Macros, page 1-2
• Cisco Discovery Protocol, page 1-3
• Cisco Group Management Protocol (CGMP) server, page 1-3
• EtherChannel Bundles, page 1-3
• Ethernet CFM, page 1-3
• Ethernet OAM Protocol, page 1-3
• Flex Links and MAC Address-Table Move Update, page 1-4
• Flexible NetFlow (Supervisor Engine 7-E, 7L-E, and 8-E only), page 1-4
• Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) Snooping, page 1-4
• IPv6 Multicast BSR and BSR Scoped Zone Support, page 1-5

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