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Catalyst 4500 Series Switches Installation Guide
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Chapter 1 Product Overview
Supervisor Engines
Hot-swappable Supported. On non-redundant systems, packets are not forwarded while
the supervisor engine is removed, and a system reboot occurs when a
supervisor engine is reinserted.
Gigabit Ethernet (using a
GBIC or SFP)
Includes two (four on WS-X4516-10GE and WS-X4013+10GE) Gigabit
Ethernet (1000BASE-X) interfaces for backbone interconnection of
high-performance switches and routers
10-Gigabit Ethernet
(WS-X4516-10GE and
WS-X4013+10GE)
Includes two 10 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces for backbone
interconnection of high-performance switches and routers
Forwarding Layer 2, 3, and 4 forwarding (Cisco IOS only)
Supervisor Engine II 24-Gbps, 18 Mpps full-duplex Gigabit Ethernet switching engine
Supervisor Engine II-Plus 64 Gbps, 48 Mpps (with Catalyst 4506 and 4507R, or 28-Gbps, 21 Mpps
with Catalyst 4503) full-duplex Gigabit Ethernet switching engine
Supervisor
Engine II-Plus TS
64 Gbps, 48 Mpps (with Catalyst 4503 only) full-duplex Gigabit
Ethernet switching engine
Supervisor
Engine II-Plus 10GE
108 Gbps, 81 Mpps full-duplex Gigabit Ethernet switching engine
Supervisor Engine III 64 Gbps, 48 Mpps (with Catalyst 4506 and 4507R, or 28-Gbps, 21 Mpps
with Catalyst 4503) full-duplex Gigabit Ethernet switching engine
Supervisor Engine IV 64 Gbps, 48 Mpps (with Catalyst 4506 and 4507R, or 28-Gbps, 21 Mpps
with Catalyst 4503) full-duplex Gigabit Ethernet switching engine
Supervisor Engine V 96-Gbps, 72 Mpps (with Catalyst 4510R, 68 Gbps, 51 Mpps with
Catalyst 4507R, 64 Gbps, 48 Mpps with Catalyst 4506, 28 Gbps, 21
Mpps with Catalyst 4503) full-duplex Gigabit Ethernet switching engine
Supervisor Engine V-10GE 136-Gbps, 101 Mpps (with Catalyst 4510R, 68 Gbps, 51 Mpps with
Catalyst 4507R, 64 Gbps, 48 Mpps with Catalyst 4506, 28 Gbps, 21
Mpps with Catalyst 4503) full-duplex Gigabit Ethernet switching engine
1. PAgP = Port Aggregation Protocol
2. SPAN = switched port analyzer
Table 1-5 Supervisor Engine Features (continued)
Feature Description
