Cisco Cisco Catalyst 4000 Supervisor Engine II Data Sheet
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Data Sheet
Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8-E:
Wired and Wireless Convergence
Wired and Wireless Convergence
Overview
The Cisco Catalyst
®
4500E Supervisor Engine 8-E (Figure 1) is the next generation of enterprise-class switching
engine that provides full convergence between wired and wireless networks on a single platform. This new Cisco
®
Unified Access Data Plane (UADP) application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) powers the wireless convergence
and helps enable uniform wired-wireless policy enforcement, application visibility, flexibility, and application
optimization.
The new Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8-E is an enterprise-class, access and aggregation supervisor
engine designed to provide up to 928 Gbps of wired access per system with an E-Series chassis. The supervisor
also supports up to 20 Gbps of wireless termination in a controller-less unified access deployment. Cisco Catalyst
4500E Supervisor Engine 8-E provides 48 Gbps per slot with Flexible NetFlow (FNF), integrated Wireshark, and
advanced security, combined with reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) and excellent investment protection.
These capabilities, along with eight 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplinks and 10/100/1000 Power over Ethernet (PoE), PoE
Plus (PoEP), and Cisco Universal PoE (UPoE) ports, make this supervisor engine the leading Cisco Unified
Access supervisor engine in the Cisco Catalyst Family. Supervisor Engine 8-E is built with price-performance
aggregation deployments in mind, helping to enable denser Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet fiber
deployments with enterprise-class aggregation functions. Supervisor Engine 8-E facilitates user experiences for
enterprise, public sector, mid-market, and commercial customer business-critical applications.
Cisco leadership in Borderless Networks is extended with important features - hardware readiness for Unified
Access, Cisco TrustSec
®
, medianet, Flexible NetFlow, Cisco EnergyWise
™
, Cisco Powered Workspace, and many
other feature enhancements offered by the Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8-E. Backward and forward
compatibility with most existing Cisco Catalyst 4500 and 4500E line cards, and power supplies helps assure
deeper customer satisfaction with an industry-leading investment protection architecture. Cisco Catalyst Supervisor
Engine 8-E is supported in Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series chassis only.
Figure 1. Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8-E