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Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine V-10GE
High-Density Enterprise LAN Access Supervisor Engine with Dual Wire-Speed 10 Gigabit Ethernet
Uplinks
The Cisco
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Catalyst
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4500 Series Supervisor Engine V-10GE (Figure 1) integrates security and resiliency for
advanced control of converged networks.
Figure 1. Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine V-10GE
Overview
The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine V-10GE continues the nonblocking, robust Layer 2–4 switching
found in previous Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series supervisor engines with the addition of wire-speed 10 Gigabit Ethernet
uplinks, 136-Gbps capacity, and 102-mpps throughput, and additional features to further enhance resilient control of
converged data, voice, and video networks with high availability to help enable business resiliency for enterprise and
metropolitan (metro) Ethernet customers. Network control extends from the backbone to the edge with intelligent
services such as granular quality of service (QoS), Internet security, and network management. Scalability of these
intelligent network services is made possible with dedicated specialized resources known as ternary content
addressable memory (TCAM). Ample TCAM resources (192,000 entries) enable “high feature capacity,” which
provides wire-speed routing/switching performance with concurrent provisioning of services such as QoS and
security. This helps ensure scalability for today’s network requirements with ample room for future growth.
The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine V-10GE includes dual wire-speed 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports (X2
optics) as well as 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports (Small Form-Factor Pluggable [SFP] optics) on the faceplate to maximize
the flexibility of deployment options. The combination of Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports on the same
supervisor engine allows for network future-proofing with an easy migration path from Gigabit Ethernet to 10 Gigabit
Ethernet by simply adding 10 Gigabit Ethernet optical interfaces. The ability to support both Gigabit Ethernet uplinks
and 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplinks on a single supervisor engine further enhances the investment protection of the
Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series architecture.
The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine V-10GE offers port scalability for resilient Layer 2–4 and routing
for both enterprise and service provider market segments. Optimized for the enterprise LAN, branch-office
backbones, or Layer 3 distribution points, this supervisor engine provides the performance and scalability to handle
the network applications of today and the future.
The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series modular architecture provides a “pay-as-you-grow” model, reducing operational
expenses and capital expenditures. The Supervisor Engine V-10GE is backward-compatible with all classic Cisco
Catalyst 4500 Series line cards and can be used in both the classic Cisco Catalyst 4500 chassis with the Cisco