Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Datasheet

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Slots 5 and 6 are reserved for supervisor engines only in Cisco Catalyst 4510R+E; slots 1-4 and 7-10 are reserved for line
cards.
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6 Gbps only on slots 8-10.
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WS-C4507R+E and WS-C4510R+E chassis support up to 24 Gbps per line-card slot when used with Supervisor Engine 6-E.
Configuration Alternatives
The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series offers a powerful and flexible network solution that can be built with eight
supervisor engine alternatives. Each provides a high-performance, centralized, shared-memory switch fabric,
protecting your line-card investment by supporting the addition of optional higher layer engines (Table 2).
Table 2. Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series Supervisor Engine Support
Feature Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series
Supervisor Engine 6L-E
Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series
Supervisor Engine 6-E
Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series
Supervisor Engine 8-E, 7-
E
Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series
Supervisor Engine 7L-E
Cisco Catalyst WS-
C4503-E chassis
24 Gbps/slot 24 Gbps/slot 48 Gbps/slot 48 Gbps/slot
Cisco Catalyst WS-
C4506-E chassis
24 Gbps/slot 24 Gbps/slot 48 Gbps/slot 48 Gbps/slot
Cisco Catalyst WS-
C4507R+E chassis
24 Gbps/slot 24 Gbps/slot 48 Gbps/slot 48 Gbps/slot
Cisco Catalyst WS-
C4510R+E chassis
Not supported 24 Gbps/slot (slot 1-7)
6 Gbps/slot (slot 8-10)
48 Gbps/slot Not supported
The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series has flexible interface types and port densities that allow you to mix and match
network configurations to meet the specific needs of campus networks (Table 3).
Table 3. Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Port Densities
Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switching
Modules
Number of
Interfaces
Supported per
Line Card
Cisco Catalyst
4503-E
Cisco Catalyst
4506-E
Cisco Catalyst
4507R+E
Cisco Catalyst
4510R+E
Switched 10/100 Fast Ethernet
(RJ-45)
48 96 240 240 384
Switched 10/100 Fast Ethernet
(RJ-45) with IEEE 802.3af at Power
over Ethernet (PoE/PoE+)
48 96 240 240 384
Switched 100 FX Fast Ethernet
(MT-RJ)
48 96 240 240 384
Switched 1000BASE-X (fiber) 6, 18, or 48 100 244 244 388
Switched 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit
Ethernet
48 96 240 240 384
Switched 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit
Ethernet with IEEE 802.3af at
PoE/PoE+
48 96 240 240 384
Switched 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit
Ethernet with UPOE
48 96 240 240 384
Switched 10 Gigabit Ethernet 6 or 12 32 68 68
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Configuration Flexibility and Modular Superiority
You can mix and match Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Line Cards to suit numerous LAN access, server connectivity,
small and medium-sized business (SMB), or branch-office deployments. The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series supports
the line cards listed in Table 4 by part number.

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