Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Quick Reference Guide

Introduction
Cisco Catalyst Family Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Technology Spotlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Catalyst Family Feature Comparison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Modular Switches
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Fixed-Configuration Switches
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Cisco Catalyst 4900 Series. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Cisco Catalyst 3560 Series. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Cisco Catalyst 2950 Series. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Cisco Catalyst 2940 Series. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Cisco Catalyst Express 500 Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Optics
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Cisco Optics General Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Cisco Optics Product Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Cisco Catalyst Switches
Quick Reference Guide

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