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Table 1. Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Chassis Features
Feature
Cisco Catalyst 4503
Chassis
Cisco Catalyst 4506
Chassis
Cisco Catalyst 4507R
Chassis
Cisco Catalyst 4510R
Chassis
Total number of slots 3 6 7 10
Supervisor-engine slots 1* 1* 2** 2**
Supervisor-engine
redundancy
No No Yes (Supervisor Engine
II-Plus, IV, V, V-10GE)
Yes (Supervisor Engine
V and V-10GE)
Supervisor engines
supported
Supervisor Engine II-Plus,
II-Plus-TS, IV, V, V-10GE
Supervisor Engine II-
Plus, IV, V, V-10GE
Supervisor Engine II-Plus,
IV, V, V-10GE
Supervisor Engine V
and V-10GE
Line-card slots 2 5 5** 8**
Number of power-
supply bays
2 2 2 2
AC input power Yes Yes Yes Yes
DC input power Yes Yes Yes Yes
Integrated Power over
Ethernet
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Minimum number of
power supplies
1 1 1 1
Number of fan-tray bays 1 1 1 1
Location of 19-in. rack
mount***
Front Front Front Front
Location of 23-in. rack
mount
Front (option) Front (option) Front (option) Front (option)
* Slot 1 is reserved for supervisor engine only; slots 2 and higher are reserved for line cards.
** Slots 1 and 2 are reserved for supervisor engines only in Cisco Catalyst 4507R and 4510R; slots 3 and higher are reserved for line cards.
*** Chassis can be mounted in racks and cabinets that meet ANSI/EIA-310-D and ETS 300 119-3
Supervisor-engine slots do not support switching line-card modules. Line-card slots do not support supervisor engines.
CONFIGURATION ALTERNATIVES
The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series offers a powerful and flexible network solution that can be built with five supervisor-engine alternatives. Each
provides a high-performance, centralized, shared-memory switch fabric, protecting your line-card investment by supporting the addition of optional
higher-layer engines (Table 2).
