Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Quick Reference Guide

This is your guide to Cisco
®
Catalyst
®
switches, the industry’s
most advanced and versatile portfolio of modular and fixed-
configuration LAN switches.
Individually, these switches offer the performance and
features required for virtually any deployment, from small
workgroups and wiring closets to corporate data centers
and network cores. Working together, they are even more
powerful, delivering intelligent services from the wiring closet
to the core required to protect, optimize, and grow your
network as your business needs evolve.
Over the past 20 years, networks have transformed the
way people live, work, and play, enhancing and accelerating
communication in countless ways. Yet each new benefit
comes at a price. The proliferation of powerful desktop
computers, bandwidth-intensive applications, and new
devices, such as wireless access points, IP phones, and video
surveillance has left networks — and network managers —
looking for holistic and simple solutions to their business
challenges.
Cisco Systems, the worldwide leader in networking systems
for organizations of every size, offers an architectural
approach to networking that makes it easy for organizations
to adapt and grow. As part of the foundation of the
Intelligent Information Network, Cisco Catalyst switches
provide the high availability, integrated security, application
delivery optimization, and enhanced manageability needed
for today’s most valuable converged network services,
including networked applications, IP voice and video,
wireless access, and other demanding applications.
Cisco Catalyst Switches
Scalable, intelligent LAN switching for campus, branch,
and data center networks of all sizes.

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