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Hardware Features (continued)
  WS-C4948
WS-C4948-
10GE
WS-C4928-
10GE
WS-4900M
WS-C4948-
E/WS-
C4948E-F
Ports (continued)
Maximum Gigabit 
Ethernet (Fiber) Ports
4 0 28
32 (Cisco 
TwinGig 
Converter 
Module)
4
Maximum 10 Gigabit 
Ethernet (10GBase-T) 
Ports
0 0 0 16 0
Maximum 10 Gigabit 
Ethernet (fiber) Ports
0 2 (X2) 2 (X2)
1
24 (X2)
1
4 (SFP+)
Performance/Scalability
Switching Capacity  96 Gbps 136 Gbps 96 Gbps 320 Gbps 176 Gbps
Throughput 72 Mpps 102 Mpps 72 Mpps
250 Mpps 
for IPv4 125 
Mpps for IPv6
131 Mpps 
for IPv4 110 
Mpps for IPv6
Routes Supported 32K 32K 32K 256K 57K
MAC Addresses 32K 55K 55K 55K 55K
Per VLAN Spanning 
Tree (PVST) Protocol 
and VLAN IDs
4094 4094 4094 4094 4094
Switched Virtual 
Interfaces (SVIs) 
2000 2000 2000 4094 4094
Active VLANs  4094 4094 2048 4094 4094
Multicast Routes  28K 28K 28K 28K 28K
Security and Quality-
of-Service (QoS) 
Hardware Entries
32K 32K 32K 128K 32K
Switched Port Analyzer 
(SPAN)
2 Ingress and 
4 Egress
2 Ingress and 
4 Egress
2 Ingress and 
4 Egress
8 Ingress and 
8 Egress
8 Ingress and 
8 Egress
Shared Buffer 16 MB 16 MB 16 MB 17.5 MB 17.5 MB
CPU  266 MHz
666 MHz
666 MHz
1.3 GHz 1 GHz
Synchronous Dynamic 
RAM (SDRAM) 
256 MB 256 MB 256 MB 512 MB 1 GB
IPv6 Support
Software 
Switched
Software 
Switched
Software 
Switched
Hardware 
Switched
Hardware 
Switched
USB Port No No No Ye s No
Compact Flash 
Memory Support
No No No Ye s No
System Reset Button No No Ye s Ye s Ye s
PoE: Max. 802.3af Class 
3 Devices (15.4W)
0 0 0 0 0
PoE: Max. 802.3af Class 
2 Devices (7.3W)
0 0 0 0 0
* 
X2 can be converted to SFP+ using OneX Converter Module.