Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series

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Catalyst 4500 Series Switches Installation Guide
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Chapter 1 Product Overview
Switch Features
Slot 1 is reserved for the supervisor engine only, which provides switching, local
and remote management, and switch-status monitoring. Slots
2 and 3 are available
for switching modules.
Table 1-1 describes the features of the Catalyst 4503 switch.
Ta b l e 1-1 Features of the Catalyst 4503 Switch
Feature Description
Ethernet speeds • Ethernet (10BASE-T) interface to workstations and repeaters
• Fast Ethernet (100BASE-T) interface to workstations, servers, switches,
and routers
Note Autonegotiation of link speed on each 10/100 port allows migration to
100BASE-T from a 10BASE-T installed base.
• Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-T and 1000BASE-X) interfaces for
backbone interconnection of high-performance switches and routers
• 10-Gigabit Ethernet interfaces for backbone interconnection of
high-performance switches and routers
Standard equipment • Three-slot modular chassis with one slot reserved for a supervisor engine
and two slots for switching modules
• One hot-swappable fan assembly
• Two power supply bays
Power supplies • Supports a 1000 W, 1300 W, 1400 W, 2800 W, or 4200W AC-input power
supply or a 1400 W DC-input single input or triple-input power supply
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• Optional redundant power supply
Supervisor engine
support
• Supports the Supervisor Engine II, II+, II+TS, II+10GE, III, IV, V, 6-E
• Holds the ASIC-based forwarding engine (data path) and the management
processor and software (control path)
• Features interface monitoring, environmental status, and SNMP and
console/Telnet interface
Note Packets are not forwarded while the module is removed; a system
reboot occurs when a supervisor engine is reinserted.