Cisco Catalyst 4500e Series User Manual

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Catalyst 4500 E-Series Switches Installation Guide
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Appendix D Module Overview and Specifications
Supervisor Engines
On the Catalyst 4503-E and 4506-E switches, you can install the Supervisor Engine in slot 1 only. On
the Catalyst 4507R-E switch, you install the primary supervisor engine in slot 3, and you can install an
optional redundant supervisor engine in slot 4. On the 4510R-E switch, you install the primary
supervisor engine in slot 5, and you can install an optional redundant supervisor engine in slot 6.
The supervisor engines have the following features:
• Data path and control for all network interfaces
• Management functions:
– Interface monitoring
– Environmental status
– SNMP and console/Telnet interface
• Hot-swapping
Note Packets are not forwarded while the module is removed. A system reboot occurs when a
supervisor engine is reinserted.
To install a supervisor engine, follow the procedure in its installation note.
The supervisor engine introduced with Catalyst 4500-E switches is shown in Figure D-1.
Figure D-1 Supervisor Engine 6-E, 2x10GE(X2) w/ Twin Gig (WS-X45-Sup6-E)
1 Status LED 6 Uplink ports
2 Reset button 7 USB port
3 Active Supervisor LED 8 Console port
4 Utilization LEDs 9 Management port
5 Compact flash port
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Cisco Catalyst 4500e Series Specifications

General

Series	Catalyst 4500E Series
Stackable	No
Chassis Options	3-slot, 6-slot, 7-slot, 10-slot
Power Supply Options	AC, DC
Redundancy	Power supply redundancy, supervisor engine redundancy (1+1)
Layer Support	Layer 2
Virtualization	Yes (Virtual Switching System - VSS)
Form Factor	Modular
Ports	Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, 40 Gigabit Ethernet, and 100 Gigabit Ethernet options depending on the line cards
Jumbo Frame Support	Yes
Features	Flexible NetFlow, TrustSec
Maximum Port Density	Up to 384 ports per chassis
Operating System	Cisco IOS XE
Management	CLI, SNMP, Cisco Prime Infrastructure, Cisco DNA Center
Security Features	802.1X
VLAN Support	Up to 4096 VLANs
QoS Support	Yes
Supervisor Engine Options	Sup8-E