Cisco Cisco Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine 6-E Data Sheet

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Data Sheet

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine 6-E with
CenterFlex Technology: Secure, Flexible, Nonstop
Communications

Overview

The Cisco

Catalyst

4500 Supervisor Engine 6-E with CenterFlex technology is an intelligent, high-performance,

next-generation extension to the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series optimized for customers deploying business-critical

applications (Figure 1). Cisco developed application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) specific to the Supervisor

Engine 6-E that enable CenterFlex technology and deliver industry-leading centralized performance and

configuration flexibility. CenterFlex technology enables granular optimization of real-time voice, video, and data

communications to help ensure workforce productivity and profitability and customer success for organizations of

all sizes.

Figure 1. Cisco Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine 6-E

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine 6-E with CenterFlex Technology Feature Highlights

Centralized

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Centralized 320-Gbps switching capacity with 250 Mpps of throughput

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IPv6 support in hardware, providing wire-rate forwarding for IPv6 networks

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Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplinks (X2 optics)

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Hardware forwarding entries: 256,000

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Quality-of-service (QoS) services hardware entries: 64,000

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Security services entries: 64,000

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Low latency

Flexible

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Flexibility to operate at 6 or 24 Gbps per line-card slot

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Ability to mix and match 6-Gbps classic and 24-Gbps E-Series line cards, with no performance degradation

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Twin gigabit converter modules that enable flexibility for up to 4 Gigabit Ethernet (Small Form-Factor

Pluggable [SFP]) uplinks in the X2 optic slots

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Dynamic hardware forwarding table allocations for ease of IPv4-to-IPv6 migration