Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Installation Guide

Chapter 3 Installing the Switch in a Rack
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Catalyst 4500 Series Switches Installation Guide
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Note The blank line card (C4K-SLOT-CVR-E) must be installed when either of the
following two situations occur:
• If your Catalyst 4507R or Catalyst 4510R switch chassis has a Supervisor
Engine
6-E (WS-X45-SUP6-E) or a Supervisor Engine 6L-E
(WS-X45-SUP6L-E) installed in slot
1 and slot 2 is empty, you must install
the blank line card (C4K-SLOT-CVR-E) in slot
2 rather than a blank
faceplate (C4K-SLOT-CVR) . A blank faceplate covering the slot
2 opening
does not direct sufficient airflow to adequately cool the Supervisor
Engine
6-E or the Supervisor Engine 6L-E.
• If your Catalyst 4507R or Catalyst 4510R switch chassis has a Supervisor
Engine
6-E (WS-X45-SUP6-E) or a Supervisor Engine 6L-E
(WS-X45-SUP6L-E) installed in slot
2 and slot 1 is empty, you must install
the blank line card (C4K-SLOT-CVR-E) in slot
1 rather than a blank
faceplate (C4K-SLOT-CVR) . A blank faceplate covering the slot
1 opening
does not direct sufficient airflow to adequately cool the Supervisor
Engine
6-E or the Supervisor Engine 6L-E.
Note When populating empty chassis slots, start filling the upper slots first and work
down to the bottom slots.
This chapter describes how to install Catalyst 4500 series switches in a rack. For
first-time installations, perform the procedures in the following sections in the
order listed:
• Checking the Shipping Container Contents, page 3-3
• Rack-Mounting the Switch, page 3-4
Note Before starting the installation procedures in this chapter, complete the
site-planning checklist in Table 2-2 of Chapter 2, “Preparing for Installation.”

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