Solution Overview

Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series Switches for Small and

Midsized Deployments

As businesses depend more and more on the network as a strategic business asset, they
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continually place higher demands on it. The Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series Switches are
well suited for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), and can easily scale to
accommodate business and network expansion. These high-capacity modular switches
deliver a flexible foundation to support both IT and business objectives, and help ensure
business resiliency with high-availability features.

Each Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series chassis offers different numbers of card slots and can
accommodate a variety of line cards and supervisor engines. Customers can choose 48-port
10/100, 10/100/1000, and Power over Ethernet (PoE) line cards. These cards can be added to the
chassis as needed to customize an access, distribution, server aggregation, or commercial core
platform. The 24-Gb-per-slot line cards can be used together with the classic 6-Gb-per-slot line
cards in any of the Catalyst 4500 E-Series chassis. Classic and Catalyst 4500 E-Series line cards
may be mixed and matched within a Catalyst 4500 E-Series chassis without any performance
degradation. Tables 1–5 provide information for various deployment scenarios.

Table 1. User Access

Deployment Chassis Line Card Options Line Card Part Supervisor

Specification Numbers Engine

Up to 108 ports of any Catalyst 4503–E 48-port 10/100 WS-X4148-RJ Supervisor

access type (WS-C4503-E) Engine II-Plus-TS
48-port 10/100 PoE WS-X4248-RJ45V (WS-X4013+TS)
48-port 10/100/1000 WS-X4548-GB-RJ45

48-port 10/100/1000 PoE WS-X4548-GB-RJ45V

Up to 240 ports of any Catalyst 4506–E 48-port 10/100 WS-X4148-RJ Supervisor

access type (WS-C4506-E) Engine II-Plus
48-port 10/100 PoE WS-X4248-RJ45V (WS-X4013+)
48-port 10/100/1000 WS-X4548-GB-RJ45

48-port 10/100/1000 PoE WS-X4548-GB-RJ45V

Up to 240 ports of PoE Catalyst 4507R–E 48-port 10/100 WS-X4148-RJ Supervisor

with dual supervisor (WS-C4507R-E) Engine II-Plus
engines for enhanced 48-port 10/100 PoE WS-X4248-RJ45V (WS-X4013+)
resiliency
48-port 10/100/1000 WS-X4548-GB-RJ45

48-port 10/100/1000 PoE WS-X4548-GB-RJ45V

Up to 240 ports of any Catalyst 4507R-E 48-port 10/100 PoE WS-X4248-RJ45V Supervisor
access type with optional (WS-C4507R-E) Engine IV (WS-
NetFlow capability 48-port 10/100/1000 PoE WS-X4548-GB-RJ45V X4515)

Up to 240 ports of any Catalyst 4506-E 48-port 10/100 WS-X4148-RJ Supervisor

access type with 10 GE (WS-C4506-E) Engine II-Plus
uplinks for high- 48-port 10/100 PoE WS-X4248-RJ45V 10GE (WS-
performance user access X4013+10GE,
L2+)

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Dual supervisor engines Catalyst 4507R-E 48-port 10/100/1000 WS-X4548-GB-RJ45 Supervisor

with embedded NetFlow (WS-C4507R-E) Engine V-10GE
for enhanced resiliency 48-port 10/100/1000 PoE WS-X4548-GB-RJ45V (WS-X4516-
with up to 240 ports of 10GE, L3)
any access type with 10
GE uplinks for high-
performance user access

Up to 240 ports of any Catalyst 4506-E 48-port 10/100/1000 WS-X4548-GB-RJ45 Supervisor

access type with 10 GE (WS-C4506-E) Engine 6-E (WS-
uplinks and 24-Gb-per- 48-port 10/100/1000 PoE WS-X4648-RJ45V-E X45-Sup6-E)
slot line cards for
maximum performance

Dual supervisor engines Catalyst 4507R-E 48-port 10/100/1000 WS-X4548-GB-RJ45 Supervisor

for enhanced resiliency (WS-C4507R-E) Engine 6-E (WS-
with up to 240 ports of 48-port 10/100/1000 PoE WS-X4648-RJ45V-E X45-Sup6-E)
any access type with 10
GE uplinks and 24-Gb-
per-slot line cards for
maximum performance

Table 2. Collapsed Access/Core

Deployment Chassis Line Card Options Line Card Part Supervisor

Specification Numbers Engine

Up to 108 ports of any Catalyst 4503–E 48-port 10/100/1000 WS-X4548-GB-RJ45 Supervisor

access type (WS-C4503-E) Engine II-Plus-TS
48-port 10/100/1000 PoE WS-X4648-RJ45V-E (WS-X4013+TS)
6-Port 10/100/1000 (SFP) WS-X4506-GB-T

Table 3. Commercial Core

Deployment Chassis Line Card Options Line Card Part Supervisor

Specification Numbers Engine

Up to 32 ports of line-rate Catalyst 4506-E 6-port Gigabit Ethernet WS-X4306-GB Supervisor

gigabit fiber ports with (WS-C4506-E) (GBIC) Engine IV (WS-
full Layer 3 routing and X4515)
optional NetFlow 6-port 10/100/1000 (SFP) WS-X4506-GB-T

Up to 48 ports of line-rate Catalyst 4507R-E 6-port Gigabit Ethernet WS-X4306-GB Supervisor

gigabit fiber ports with (WS-C4507R-E) (GBIC) Engine V (WS-
full Layer 3 routing and X4516)
optional NetFlow 6-port 10/100/1000 (SFP) WS-X4506-GB-T

Up to 32 ports of 10 Gb Catalyst 4506-E 6-port 10 GE WS-X4606-X2-E Supervisor

with full Layer 3 routing (WS-C4506-E) (2.5:1 oversubscribed) Engine 6-E (WS-
and 24-Gb-per-slot line X45-Sup6-E)
cards for maximum
performance

Collapsed core with dual Catalyst 4507R-E 6-port 10 GE WS-X4606-X2-E Supervisor

supervisor engines for (WS-C4507R-E) (2.5:1 oversubscribed) Engine 6-E (WS-
enhanced resiliency and X45-Sup6-E)
up to 32 ports of 10 Gb
with full Layer 3 routing
and 24-Gb-per-slot line
cards for maximum
performance

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