CISCO CATALYST 4500 Series Switches Hardware View
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The Catalyst 4500 Series with CenterFlex technology provides scalable nonblocking Layer 2-4 switching with Secure, Flexible, Non-Stop communications, enabling business resilience for enterprises, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), and Metro Ethernet customers deploying business-critical applications. CenterFlex technology is the technology enabled by the Supervisor 6-E centralized ASICs, which deliver the highest centralized performance and configuration flexibility in the industry. CenterFlex technology enables granular optimization of real-time voice, video and data communication, maximizing performance and enhancing end user experience. The new "E-Series" with CenterFlex technology is designed with unprecedented backward and forward compatibility delivering exceptional investment protection and deployment flexibility to meet the evolving needs of organizations of all sizes. The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series includes two series of Catalyst chassis: the E-Series and Classic Series chassis. Catalyst 4500 E-Series chassis are extremely flexible and will support both 6 Gbps and 24Gbps per line card slot. The Classic Catalyst 4500 Series chassis supports 6 Gbps per line card slot. There are four models of Catalyst 4500 E-Series and Catalyst 4500 classic chassis: ten-slot, seven-slot, six-slot and three-slot. Integrated resiliency enhancements offered in the Catalyst 4500-E and Classic Series include 1+1 supervisor-engine redundancy (Ten-slot and seven-slot only) redundant fans, software-based fault tolerance, and 1+1 power-supply redundancy. Integrated resiliency in both hardware and software minimizes network downtime, helping to ensure workforce productivity, profitability, and customer success.

The Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series offers four chassis options and seven supervisor engine options. It provides a common architecture that can scale up to 388 ports. The Cisco Catalyst WS-C4507R-E and WS-C4510R-E offer high availability in supporting 1+1 redundant supervisor engines with subsecond failover time and full image In Service Software Upgrades (ISSU). Using the same line cards as the widely deployed legacy Catalyst 4000 Series Switches and Classic Catalyst 4500 Series Switches, the Catalyst 4500-E Series enhances the Cisco commitment to affordable enterprise and branch scalability. It provides a cost-effective, flexible network solution that scales to meet today's high-performance needs with investment protection

Base Models Line Cards WS-X4306-GB
WS-C4503 / WS-C4503-E   WS-X4302-GB
WS-C4506 / WS-C4506-E WS-X4095-PEM WS-X4418-GB
WS-C4507R / WS-C4507R-E WS-X4124-FX-MT WS-X4448-GB-LX
WS-C4510R / WS-C4510R-E WS-X4148-FX-MT WS-X4448-GB-RJ45
  WS-X4148-FE-LX-MT WS-X4448-GB-SFP
Supervisor Engines WS-X4124-RJ45 ok WS-X4548-GB-RJ45
WS-X4013+ WS-X4224-RJ45V WS-X4248-RJ45V
WS-X4013+10GE WS-X4524-GB-RJ45V WS-X4248-RJ21V
WS-X4515 WS-X4148-RJ ok WS-X4548-GB-RJ45V
WS-X4516 WS-X4148-RJ21 ok WS-U4504-FX-MT
WS-X4516-10GE WS-X4148-RJ45V WS-X4604-GWY
WS-X45-SUP6-E WS-X4232-GB-RJ WS-X4412-2GB-T
  WS-X4232-L3 WS-U4604-ESA
4500 E-Series Linecards and Modules WS-X4232-RJ-XX WS-U4604-8FXS / WS-U4604-16FXS
WS-X4648-RJ45V-E WS-X4248-RJ45V ok WS-U4604-DSP
WS-X4648-RJ45V+E WS-X4248-RJ21V ok GBIC
WS-X4606-X2-E WS-X4548-GB-RJ45V WS-G5484
CVR-X2-SFP WS-X4424-GB-RJ45 WS-G5486
  SFP WS-G5487
  GLC-BX-D  
  GLC-BX-U  



WS-C4503 / WS-C4503-E


The Catalyst 4503 chassis has three slots for online-swappable modules. Slot 1 is reserved for the supervisor engine, which provides switching, local and remote management, and switch-status monitoring. Slots 2 and 3 are available for switching modules.


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WS-C4506 / WS-C4506-E


The Catalyst 4506 chassis has six slots for online-swappable modules. Slot 1 is reserved for the supervisor engine, which provides switching, local and remote management, and switch-status monitoring. Slots 2 through 6 are available for switching modules.


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WS-C4507R / WS-C4507R-E


The Catalyst 4507R chassis has seven slots for online-swappable modules. Slot 1 is reserved for the supervisor engine, which provides switching, local and remote management, and switch-status monitoring. Slot 2 is reserved for a redundant supervisor engine only. Slots 3 through 7 are available for switching modules.


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WS-C4510R / WS-C4510R-E


The Catalyst 4510R switch supports the Supervisor Engine V. The supervisor engine has two Gigabit Ethernet ports and a 96-Gbps, nonblocking, full-duplex, switching fabric that provides connections between the supervisor engine and the switching modules. The Gigabit Ethernet ports can be configured with any combination of copper 1000BASE-T, shortwave SX, LX/LH, and ZX interfaces, or CWDM and DWDM GBICs.



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WS-X4013+


Catalyst 4500 Supervisor II-Plus (IOS), 2GE,Console(RJ-45). Catalyst 4K Supervisors Quick Reference


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WS-X4013+10GE

 

Catalyst 4500 Supervisor II-Plus (IOS), 2GE,Console(RJ-45). Catalyst 4K Supervisors Quick Reference

 

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WS-X4515


Catalyst 4500 Supervisor IV (2 GE), Console(RJ-45). Catalyst 4K Supervisors Quick Reference


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WS-X4516


Catalyst 4500 Supervisor V (2 GE), Console(RJ-45). Catalyst 4K Supervisors Quick Reference


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WS-X4516-10GE


Catalyst 4500 Supervisor V-10GE , Console(RJ-45). superior 102 mpps and 136 Gbps L2-4 performance, Future proofing with 2-10GbE and 4GE uplinks uplinks


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WS-X45-SUP6-E

 

Catalyst 4500 E-series Supervisor Engine 6-E, The Supervisor Engine 6-E is supported in the Catalyst 4503, 4506, 4507R, 4510R, 4503-E, 4506-E, 4507R-E, and 4510R-E switches. On the Catalyst 4503, 4503-E, 4506, and 4506-E switches, you can install the Supervisor Engine 6-E only in slot 1. On the Catalyst 4507R or 4510R switch, you install the primary supervisor engine in slot 1, and you can install an optional redundant supervisor engine in slot 2. 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 Catalyst 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 supervisors in a redundant system must be of the same type. The supervisor engine is hot swappable, but packets are not forwarded when the last supervisor engine has been removed from the switch. When a supervisor engine is reinserted into the switch, the supervisor reboots.

 

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
 

The Supervisor Engine 6-E provides the following features:

512-MB onboard SODIMM memory (upgradeable to 1 GB)
128-MB onboard flash memory (in addition to compact flash memory)
320-Gbps switching capacity, 250 million packets-per-second actual forwarding rate (v4),
125 million packets-per-second actual forwarding rate (v6)
Support for up to 55,000 MAC addresses for Layer 2 switching (up to 64,000 entries, 16-way associative lookup table)
Support for up to 4,096 VLANs, 802.1Q VLAN tagging on all ports
Up to 64,000 unicast and multicast forwarding entries, expandable to 256, 000 unicast and multicast IPV4 forwarding information base (FIB) entries
Support for Catalyst 4500 series and Catalyst 4500 E-series switching modules (except EoL models)

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WS-X4648-RJ45V-E


WS-X4648-RJ45V-E Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series 48-Port 802.3af PoE 10/100/1000 (RJ-45)

24 gigabits per slot capacity
48 ports
10/100/1000 module (RJ-45)
Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(40)SG or later
Bandwidth is allocated across eight 6-port groups, providing 3 Gbps per port group (2:1)
L2-4 Jumbo Frame support (up to 9216 bytes)
IEEE 802.3af and Cisco prestandard PoE, IEEE 802.3x flow control
Enterprise and commercial: designed to power IP phones, wireless base stations, video cameras, and other IEEE-compliant powered devices
Campus and Branch applications requiring enhanced performance for large file transfers and network backups


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WS-X4648-RJ45V+E

WS-X4648-RJ45V+E Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series 48-Port Premium PoE 10/100/1000 (RJ-45)

24 gigabits per slot capacity
48 ports
10/100/1000 module (RJ-45)
Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(40)SG or later
IEEE 802.3af and Cisco prestandard PoE, IEEE 802.3x flow control
Bandwidth is allocated across eight 6-port groups, providing 3 Gbps per port group (2:1)
L2-4 Jumbo Frame support (up to 9216 bytes)
Future support for 30W of PoE per port
Enterprise and commercial: designed to power next generation IP phones, wireless base stations, video cameras, and other PoE devices
Campus and Branch applications requiring enhanced performance for large file transfers and network backups


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WS-X4606-X2-E

WS-X4606-X2-E Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series 6-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet (X2)

24 gigabits per slot capacity
Up to 6 ports 10GE X2 or 12 ports 1GE SFP via TwinGig Converter Module
TwinGig modules must be used in groups of three: ports 1-3 or ports 4-6
10GBASE-X (X2) and 1GBASE-X (SFP)
Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(40)SG or later
IEEE 802.3
24-gigabit bandwidth is allocated across six 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports (2.5:1)
L2-4 Jumbo Frame support (up to 9216 bytes)
Enterprise and commercial: designed for high-speed backbone, switch-to-switch applications, or small server farms

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CVR-X2-SFP

CVR-X2-SFP TwinGig Converter Module

The Cisco TwinGig Converter Module converts a single 10 Gigabit Ethernet X2 interface into two Gigabit Ethernet port slots, which can be populated with appropriate Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) optics, providing a total of 12 wire-speed Gigabit Ethernet ports if used in all 6 X2 interface slots. The flexibility provided by the TwinGig Converter Module enables customers to aggregate Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet LAN access switches on a single line card. The ability to support either Gigabit Ethernet uplinks or 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports on a single line card further demonstrates the flexibility and the investment protection of the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series architecture.

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WS-X4124-FX-MT


Fast Ethernet Switching Module, 24 - 100FX (MTRJ).


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WS-X4148-FX-MT


Fast Ethernet Switching Module, 48 - 100FX (MTRJ).


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WS-X4148-FE-LX-MT


Fast Ethernet module, 48-port 100LX simple mode (MTRJ).


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WS-X4124-RJ45


Cisco Catalyst 4500 10/100 Module, 24 ports (RJ-45)


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WS-X4224-RJ45V


24-Port 10/100 Line Card with IEEE 802.3af and Cisco pre-standard Power over Ethernet


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WS-X4524-GB-RJ45V


Cisco Catalyst 4500 PoE 802.3af 10/100/1000, 24 ports (RJ-45)


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WS-X4124-RJ45


Cisco Catalyst 4500 10/100 Module, 24 ports (RJ-45)


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WS-X4148-RJ


10/100 Auto Module, 48-Ports (RJ-45).


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WS-X4148-RJ21


10/100 Module, 48-Ports Telco (4 x RJ21).


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WS-X4148-RJ45V


Inline Power 10/100, 48-Ports (RJ45).


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WS-X4232-GB-RJ


32-10/100 (RJ-45),2-GE(GBIC) slots.


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WS-X4232-L3


Layer 3 services module. 2 GBIC slots (Req. GBICs), 32 10/100BaseTX ports (RJ45).


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WS-X4232-RJ-XX


32-ports(RJ45) + Modular uplinks.


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WS-X4248-RJ45V


Catalyst 4500 PoE 802.3af 10/100, 48-Ports(RJ45)


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WS-X4248-RJ21V


Catalyst 4500 PoE 802.3af 10/100, 48-Ports(RJ21)


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WS-X4548-GB-RJ45V


Catalyst 4500 PoE 802.3af 10/100/1000, 48-Ports(RJ45)


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WS-X4424-GB-RJ45


24-Port 10/100/1000 Module (RJ45).


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WS-X4306-GB


Gigabit Ethernet Module, 6-Ports GBIC slots.


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WS-X4302-GB


Gigabit Ethernet Module, 2-Ports GBIC slots.


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WS-X4418-GB


Gigabit Ethernet Module, 18-Ports GBIC slots.


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WS-X4448-GB-LX


48-Port 1000Base-LX, Uses SFP and are included.


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WS-X4448-GB-RJ45


48-Port 10/100/1000 Module (RJ45).


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WS-X4448-GB-SFP

48-Port Modular 1000Base-X SFP Ethernet Switching Module


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WS-X4548-GB-RJ45


48-Port Enhanced 10/100/1000 Module (RJ45).


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WS-U4504-FX-MT


FE Uplink module,4-port 100FX MMF(MTRJ).


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WS-X4604-GWY - End of sale


Access Gateway Module (AGM).


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WS-X4412-2GB-T - End of sale


Gigabit Ethernet Switching Module, 12 1000T(RJ45) + 2 1000X(GBIC Slot).


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WS-U4604-ESA - End of sale

Catalyst 4000 AGM Integrated Service Adapter.


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WS-U4604-8FXS / WS-U4604-16FXS - End of sale

Catalyst 4000 AGM 8 Port RJ21 FXS module.

Catalyst 4000 AGM 8 or 16 Port RJ21 FXS module.


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WS-U4604-DSP - End of sale

Catalyst 4000 DSP Set, 4x6 SIMMs for AGM.


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WS-G5484


Cisco 1000BASE-SX GBIC. The Cisco 1000BASE-SX GBIC operates on ordinary multimode fiber (MMF) optic link spans up to 1815 feet (550 m) long. Cisco Optical GBIC Compatibility Matrix.


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WS-G5486


Cisco 1000BASE-LX/LH GBIC. The Cisco 1000BASE-LX/LH GBIC fully complies with the IEEE 802.3z 1000BASE-LX standard. However, its higher optical quality allows it to reach 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) over single-mode fiber (SMF), compared with the 3.1 miles (5 km) specified in the standard. Cisco Optical GBIC Compatibility Matrix.


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WS-G5487


Cisco 1000BASE-ZX GBIC. The Cisco 1000BASE-ZX GBIC operates on ordinary single-mode fiber optic link spans up to 43.4 miles (70 km) long. Link spans of up to 62 miles (100 km) are possible using premium single-mode fiber or dispersion shifted single-mode fiber. The GBIC provides an optical link budget of 23 dB-the precise link span length will depend on multiple factors such as fiber quality, number of splices, and connectors.
When shorter distances of single-mode fiber are used, it might be necessary to insert an in-line optical attenuator in the link to avoid overloading the receiver:

  • A 5-dB or 10-dB inline optical attenuator should be inserted between the fiber-optic cable plant and the receiving port on the Cisco 1000BASE-ZX GBIC at each end of the link whenever the fiber-optic cable span is less than 15.5 miles (25 km).

Cisco Optical GBIC Compatibility Matrix.

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