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Catalyst 4500 E-Series Switches Installation Guide
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Chapter 1 Product Overview
Catalyst 4506-E Switch
Table 1-3
Catalyst 4506-E Switch Features
Feature
Description
Chassis
Six horizontal slots. Slots are numbered from 1 (top) to 6 (bottom).
Supervisor engines
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Supports the following supervisor engines:
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Supervisor Engine 7-E
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Supervisor Engine 6L-E
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Supervisor Engine 6-E
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Supervisor Engine V-10GE
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Supervisor Engine V
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Supervisor Engine IV
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Supervisor Engine II-Plus-10GE
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Supervisor Engine II-Plus
Note
Refer to your software release notes for the minimum software
release versions required to support the supervisor engines.
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Supervisor engines must be installed in slot 1.
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Supervisor engine redundancy is not supported in this chassis.
Modules
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Supports up to five Catalyst 4500 series modules.
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Some Catalyst 4500 series modules may:
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Not be supported
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Require that you install a specific supervisor engine
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Have chassis slot restrictions
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Require a specific software release level to operate
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Check your software release notes for specific information.
Backplane
48 Gbps full duplex per slot (240 Gbps)
Port density
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10/100 (RJ-45)—240 ports
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10/100 with PoE (RJ-45)—240 ports
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10/100 with or without PoE (RJ-21)—240 ports
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100FX (MT-RJ)—240 ports
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100LX-10 (MT-RJ) or 100BX-D (LC)—240 ports
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1000BASE-X—244 ports
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10/100/1000BASE-T—240 ports
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10/100/1000BASE-T with PoE—240 ports
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10GBASE-X—32 ports
Inline power
Integrated support, 820 W per switching module