Cisco Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8-E Bulletins
Product Bulletin
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Introducing Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor
Engine 8-E with Wired and Wireless Convergence
Engine 8-E with Wired and Wireless Convergence
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Overview
The new Cisco
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Catalyst
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4500E Supervisor Engine 8-E (Figure 1) extends one policy, one management, one
network to the world’s most widely deployed modular access switch. This brings convergence of wired and
wireless networks on a single platform while providing unprecedented investment protection. It ushers in a new
converged architecture that is simple, resilient, and secure.
Figure 1. Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8-E
Converged Wired and Wireless Access
The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Switch with Supervisor Engine 8-E is an extremely scalable and feature-rich modular
access platform built to meet current and future network demand, including gigabit desktop and 802.11ac wireless:
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Built-in wireless controller with single software image for wired and wireless infrastructure
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Delivery of up to 928 Gbps system bandwidth and nonblocking 48 Gbps per slot
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Support for up to 20 G wireless throughput, 50 access points, and 2000 wireless clients on a single system
and 250 access points and 4000 clients for multiswitch controllerless deployment
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Eight nonblocking 10 Gigabit Ethernet (Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus [SFP+]) future-proofed uplinks
with field-programmable gate array (FPGA) devices to support next-generation protocols
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Ability of 4500E chassis with Supervisor Engine 8-E to scale up to 384 Gigabit copper ports, 200 Gigabit
fiber ports, or 104 10 Gigabit ports in non-VSS mode