Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switches

Catalyst 4500 Series
Optimal Control for Converged Networks

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switches are designed for Enterprise wiring closets, branch offices and Layer 3 distribution points. The Catalyst 4500 Series is comprised of a series of chassis which support three choices of Supervisor Engines and an extensive set of line cards including high density, 10/100, 10/100/1000 (both with 802.3af Power over Ethernet Options), 100-FX, and 1000BASE-X.

Catalyst 4500 series offers a price performance range of chassis: Catalyst 4510R (10-slot), Catalyst 4507R (7-slot), Catalyst 4506 (6-slot) and Catalyst 4503 (3-slot).

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Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine V (WS-X4516) (New) offers port scalability (required for Catalyst 4510R) for resilient wire speed Layer 2/3/4 switching and routing for high-end Enterprise wiring closets, layer 3 distribution points and large Enterprise branch office deployments. (NetFlow option)

Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine IV (WS-X4515) offers resilient wire speed Layer 2/3/4 switching and routing for Enterprise wiring closets, layer 3 distribution points and medium Enterprise branch office deployments. (NetFlow option)

Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine II-Plus (WS-X4013+) offers entry-level resilient Layer 2 switching with basic Layer 3 Services for medium Enterprise wiring closets and small Enterprise branch office deployments. Aggressive new pricing makes it more affordable than ever for small and mid-sized customers to utilize Gigabit Ethernet and intelligent services for modular wiring closet connectivity at the network edge.

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Line Cards: Compatible with both the Catalyst 4500 Series and the Catalyst 4000 Series modular chassis, these line cards can be mixed and matched to suit a wide-range of customer wiring closet, branch office, data center and metro Ethernet deployments.

The Catalyst 4500 is also optimized for business services aggregation and subscriber access in the metropolitan area for network operators and service providers.