Cisco Line Card 4500 E-Series - Chapter 1 Product Overview

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Catalyst 4500 E-Series Switches Installation Guide
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Chapter 1 Product Overview
Catalyst 4503-E Switch
Ta b l e 1-1 Catalyst 4503-E Switch Features
Feature Description
Chassis Three horizontal slots. Slots are numbered from 1 (top) to 3 (bottom).
Supervisor engines • Supports the following supervisor engines:
– Supervisor Engine 7-E
– Supervisor Engine 6L-E
– Supervisor Engine 6-E
– Supervisor Engine V-10GE
– Supervisor Engine V
– Supervisor Engine IV
– Supervisor Engine II-Plus-10GE
– Supervisor Engine II-Plus-TS
– Supervisor Engine II-Plus
Note Refer to your software release notes for the minimum software
release versions required to support the supervisor engines.
• Supervisor engines must be installed in slot 1.
• Supervisor engine redundancy is not supported in this chassis.
Note Slots not occupied by supervisor engines can be used for modules.
Check your software release notes for any restrictions on the type of
module that can be installed.
Modules • Supports up to two Catalyst 4500 series modules.
• Some Catalyst 4500 series modules may:
– Not be supported
– Require that you install a specific supervisor engine model
– Have chassis slot restrictions
– Require a specific software release level to operate
• Check your software release notes for specific information.
Backplane 48 Gbps full duplex per slot (96 Gbps)
Port density • 10/100 (RJ-45)—96 ports
• 10/100 with PoE (RJ-45)—96 ports
• 10/100 with or without PoE (RJ-21)—96 ports
• 100FX (MT-RJ)—96 ports
• 100LX-10 (MT-RJ) or 100BX-D (LC)—96 ports
• 1000BASE-X—104 ports
• 10/100/1000BASE-T—108 ports
• 10/100/1000BASE-T with PoE—108 ports
• 10GBASE-X—14 ports