Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine for Medium-Sized Enterprises and Service Providers
Figure 1. Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine II-Plus-10GE

Overview
Table 1. Supported Chassis for Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine II-Plus-10GE
Redundancy for Business Resiliency
Predictable Performance and Scalability
Integrated Cisco IoS Software Switching Solution
Intelligent Network Services with QoS and Sophisticated Traffic Management
Comprehensive Management
Advanced Security
Network Admission Control
Support for Dynamic Address Resolution Protocol Inspection
Feature Differences Among Catalyst 4500 Series Enhanced Layer 2 Supervisor Engines
Table 2. Comparison of Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Enhanced Layer 2 Supervisor Engines
|
Feature |
Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine II-Plus-TS |
Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine II-Plus |
Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor II-Plus-10GE |
|
Layer 2-4 Performance |
48 mpps and 64 Gbps |
48 mpps and 64 Gbps |
81 mpps and 108 Gbps |
|
Multilayer Switching |
Basic Layer 2-4 services |
Basic Layer 2-4 services |
Basic Layer 2-4 services |
|
EIGRP Stub |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Redundant Capable |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
CPU (MHz) |
266 MHz |
266 MHz |
667 MHz |
|
NetFlow Support |
No |
No |
No |
|
IP Forwarding Information Base (FIB) Entries |
32,000 |
32,000 |
32,000 |
|
Chassis Support |
Cisco Catalyst 4503 and 4503-E Switches chassis |
Cisco Catalyst 4503, 4506, 4507R, 4503-E, 4506-E, and 4507-E Switches chassis |
Cisco Catalyst 4503, 4506, 4507R, 4503-E, 4506-E, and 4507-E Switches chassis |
|
Quality-of-Service (QoS) Sharing |
Nonblocking Gigabit |
Nonblocking Gigabit |
All ports |
|
Broadcast Suppression |
Software1 |
Software2 |
Hardware |
|
Multicast Suppression |
No |
No |
Hardware |
|
802.1Q-in-801.1Q (Q-in-Q) |
No |
No |
In hardware |
|
Active Redundant Supervisor Engine Uplinks |
No |
2 Gigabit Ethernet uplinks |
Two 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplinks and four Gigabit Ethernet uplinks |
|
Synchronous Dynamic RAM (SDRAM) |
256 MB |
256 MB |
256 MB (512 MB optional upgrade) |
|
Onboard Flash Memory |
32 MB |
32 MB |
64 MB |
|
Active Virtual LANs (VLANs) |
2000 |
2000 |
2000 |
|
Multicast Entries |
8000 |
8000 |
8000 |
|
Spanning Tree Protocol Instances |
1500 |
1500 |
1500 |
|
Switched Virtual Interfaces (SVIs) |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
|
Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) Snooping |
Yes (16,000) |
Yes (16,000) |
Yes (16,000) |
|
Security/QoS Hardware Entries |
32,000 |
32,000 |
32,000 |
|
Policers |
512 egress; 512 ingress |
512 egress; 512 ingress |
512 egress; 512 ingress |
|
1Hardware performance for nonblocking Gigabit Ethernet ports, and software performance for all other ports.
2Hardware performance for nonblocking Gigabit Ethernet ports, and software performance for all other ports.
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Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor II-Plus-10GE Features at A Glance
Layer 2 Features
• Layer 2 hardware forwarding at 81 mpps
• Layer 2 switch ports and VLAN trunks
• IEEE 802.1Q VLAN encapsulation
• Inter-Switch Link (ISL) VLAN encapsulation (excluding blocking ports on WS-X4418-GB)
• Dynamic Trunking Protocol (DTP)
• VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) and VTP domains
• Support for 2048 active VLANs and 4096 VLAN IDs per switch
• Spanning-tree PortFast and PortFast guard
• Spanning-tree UplinkFast and BackboneFast
• 802.1s
• 802.1w
• 802.3ad
• Spanning-tree root guard
• Cisco Discovery Protocol
• IGMP Snooping v1, v2, and v3
• Cisco EtherChannel® technology, Cisco Fast EtherChannel technology, and Cisco Gigabit EtherChannel technology across line cards
• Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP)
• Unidirectional Link Detection Protocol (UDLD) and aggressive UDLD
• QinQ in hardware
• 802.1Q-in-801.1Q (QinQ)
• Jumbo frames (up to 9216 bytes)
• Baby giants (up to 1600 bytes)
• Unidirectional Ethernet
• SSO in subsecond failover time
• Web Cache Communication Protocol (WCCP) Version 2 Layer 2 Redirect
• Private VLAN Promiscuous Trunk
• Match class of service (CoS) for non-IPv4 traffic
• Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) over trunk port
• CoS mutation
• Per-VLAN Control Traffic Intercept
Layer 3 Features
• Hardware-based IP Cisco Express Forwarding routing at 81 mpps
• Static IP routing
• Routing Information Protocol (RIP) and RIP2
• EIGRP-Stub
• IGMP v1, v2, and v3
• IGMP filtering on access and trunk ports
• IP Multicast routing protocols (PIM, SSM, and Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol [DVMRP])
• Cisco Group Multicast Protocol (GMP) server
• Full support for Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
• ICMP Router Discovery Protocol
• IPv6 software switched
• IP unnumbered for SVI
• SVI Autostate Exclude
Sophisticated QoS and Traffic Management
• Per-port QoS configuration
• Support for four queues per port in hardware
• Strict priority queuing
• IP differentiated services code point (DSCP) and IP Precedence
• Classification and marking based on IP type of service (ToS) or DSCP
• Classification and marking based on full Layer 3 and 4 headers (IP only)
• Input and output policing based on Layer 3 and 4 headers (IP only)
• Support for 512 policers on ingress and 512 policers on egress configured as aggregate or individual
• Shaping and sharing output queue management
• DBL: Congestion-avoidance feature
• No performance penalty for granular QoS functions
• Auto-QoS command-line interface (CLI) for VoIP deployment
• Selective Dynamic Buffer Limiting
Predictable Performance
• 108-Gbps switching fabric
• Layer 2 hardware forwarding at 81 mpps
• Layer 3 hardware-based IP Cisco Express Forwarding routing at 81 mpps
• Layer 4 TCP/UDP hardware-based filtering at 81 mpps
• No performance penalty with advanced Layer 3 and 4 services enabled
• Software-based learning at a sustained rate of 500 hosts per second
• Support for 32,000 MAC addresses
• Support for 32,000 entries in routing table (shared between unicast and multicast)
• Bandwidth aggregation up to 40 Gbps through Cisco Gigabit EtherChannel technology
• Hardware-based multicast management
• Hardware-based ACLs
Comprehensive Management
• Cisco Network Assistant support
• Single console port and single IP address to manage all system features
• Software configuration management, including local and remote storage
• Optional compact Flash memory card to store software images for backup and easy software upgrades
• Manageable through CiscoWorks Windows network-management software on a per-port and per-switch basis, providing a common management interface for Cisco routers, switches, and hubs
• SNMPv1, v2, and v3 instrumentation, delivering comprehensive in-band management
• CLI-based management console to provide detailed out-of-band management
• Remote Monitoring (RMON) software agent to support four RMON groups (history, statistics, alarms, and events) for enhanced traffic management, monitoring, and analysis
• Support for all nine RMON groups through the use of a Cisco SwitchProbe® analyzer (Switched Port Analyzer [SPAN]) port, which permits traffic monitoring of a single port, a group of ports, or the entire switch from a single network analyzer or RMON probe
• Analysis support, including ingress port, egress port, and VLAN SPAN
• Layer 2 trace route
• MAC Address Notification
• Remote SPAN (RSPAN)
– SPAN ACL filtering
– Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) client auto configuration
– Enhanced SNMP MIB support
Advanced Security
• TACACS+ and RADIUS, which enable centralized control of the switch and restrict unauthorized users from altering the configuration
• Standard and extended ACLs on all ports
• 802.1x user authentication (with VLAN assignment and guest VLAN extensions)
• Trusted boundary
• Router ACLs (RACLs) on all ports (no performance penalty)
• VLAN ACLs (VACLs)
• Port ACLs (PACLs)
• Private VLANs (PVLANs) on access and trunk ports
• DHCP snooping and Option 82 insertion
• Port security
• SSHv1 and SSHv2
• VLAN Management Policy Server (VMPS) client
• Unicast MAC filtering
• Unicast port flood blocking
• Dynamic ARP inspection
• IP source guard
• Community private VLAN
• Network Admission Control
• 802.1x Inaccessible Authentication Bypass
• MAC Authentication Bypass
• Control Plane Policing
• 802.1x Unidirectional Controlled Port
• Voice VLAN Sticky Port Security
• Secure Copy Protocol (SCP)
• EtherChannel Trunk Port security
• Storm control (formally known as broadcast and multicast suppression)
• IEEE 802.1x Multi Domain Authentication
• IP Source Guard for Static Hosts
High Availability:
• Stateful Switchover (SSO)
• In Service Software Upgrade (ISSU)
• SSO in subsecond failover time
• Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP)
• SSO-Aware Hot Standby Router Protocol
• Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
• Cisco Generic Online Diagnostics (GOLD)
• VSS Client
Software Requirements
• Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(25)SG or later
Hardware Requirements
• Redundant supervisor engines must match (a Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine II-Plus, II-Plus-10GE, IV, or V cannot be mixed in the same Cisco Catalyst 4507R chassis, for example).
• The Supervisor Engine II-Plus-10GE is not supported in a Cisco Catalyst 4510R or 4510R-E chassis; the Supervisor Engine V , V-10GE and Supervisor 6-E are required as a minimum for the Cisco Catalyst 4510R or 4510R-E chassis.
Technical Specifications
• 108 Gbps nonblocking switch fabric
• 81-mpps Layer 2 forwarding (hardware)
• 81-mpps Layer 3 and 4 forwarding, Cisco Express Forwarding-based (hardware)
• Layers 2-4 hardware-based switch engine (application-specific integrated circuit [ASIC]-based)
• Centralized design
• Unicast and multicast routing entries: 32,000
• Layer 2 multicast addresses: 16,384
• MAC addresses: 32,000
• VLANs: 2048 active VLANs
• Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+) and Per-VLAN Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (PVRST)
• Uplinks: Dual 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10-GE interface converter [X2]) and four 1-Gigabit Ethernet (1-GE SFP interface converter)
Traffic and Congestion Management
• Number of queues: Four queues per port
• Type of buffers: Dynamic
• Switch Architecture Specifications
• Store-and-forward switching, fast 1.4 microsecond latency
• Functionally transparent line-card architecture
• Packet buffering: Dynamic, 16 MB shared memory
Management
• CiscoWorks LMS, including CiscoWorks Resource Manager Essentials
• CiscoView
• SNMPv1, v2, and v3
• RMON I and II
• RFC 1213-MIB (MIB II)
• UDP-MIB
• TCP-MIB
• CISCO-FLASH-MIB
• CISCO-IMAGE-MIB
• RFC 2233 (IF-MIB)
• CISCO-CONFIG-MAN-MIB
• CISCO-MEMORY-POOL
• CISCO-CDP-MIB
• RMON-MIB lite (RFC 1757)
• RMON2-MIB lite (RFC 2021)
• HC-RMON-MIB
• SMON-MIB
• ENTITY-MIB (V1-RFC 2037) (V2- RFC 2737)
• CISCO-PROCESS-MIB
• CISCO-CONFIG-COPY-MIB
• CISCO-ENTITY-EXT-MIB
• CISCO-ENTITY-ASSET-MIB
• CISCO-ENTITY-FRU-CONTROL-MIB
• CISCO-ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB
• CISCO-ENVMON-MIB
• BRIDGE-MIB (RFC 1493)
• CISCO-PAGP-MIB
• CISCO-PRIVATE-VLAN-MIB
• CISCO-STP-EXTENSIONS-MIB
• CISCO-VLAN-MEMBERSHIP-MIB
• CISCO-VLAN-IFTABLE-RELATIONSHIP-MIB
• IGMP-MIB
• PIM-MIB
• OSPF-MIB
• CISCO-ENTITY-VENDORTYPE-OID-MIB
• CISCO-SYSLOG-MIB
• CISCO-BULK-FILE-MIB
• CISCO-CLASS-BASED-QOS-MIB
• CISCO-FTP-CLIENT-MIB
• CISCO-HSRP-MIB
• CISCO-IGMP-FILTER-MIB
• CISCO-IPMROUTE-MIB
• CISCO Port-SECURITY-MIB
• CISCO-RMON-CONFIG-MIB
• CISCO-VTP-MIB
• ETHERLIKE-MIB
• EXPRESSION-MIB
• CISCO Port-STORM-CONTROL-MIB
Industry Standards
• Ethernet: IEEE 802.3, 10BASE-T
• Fast Ethernet: IEEE 802.3u, 100BASE-TX, and 100BASE-FX
• Gigabit Ethernet: IEEE 802.3z, 802.3ab
• 10 Gigabit Ethernet: IEEE 802.3ae
• IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE)
• IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol
• IEEE 802.1w rapid reconfiguration of spanning tree
• IEEE 802.1s multiple VLAN instances of spanning tree
• IEEE 802.3 ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
• IEEE 802.1p class-of-service (CoS) prioritization
• IEEE 802.1Q VLAN
• IEEE 802.1x user authentication
• 1000BASE-X (gigabit interface converter [GBIC])
• 1000BASE-X (SFP)
• 1000BASE-SX
• 1000BASE-LX/LH
• 1000BASE-ZX
• RMON I and II standards
Supported Line Cards and Modules
• WS-X4148-FE-BD-LC: Cisco Catalyst 4500 Fast Ethernet Switching Module, 48-port 100BASE-BX-D SMF (LC)
• WS-X4124-FX-MT - Cisco Catalyst 4000 Fast Ethernet Switching Module, 24-port 100BASE-FX (MT-RJ)
• WS-X4148-FX-MT - Cisco Catalyst 4500 Fast Ethernet Switching Module, 48-port 100BASE-FX multimode fiber (MMF)
• (MT-RJ)
• WS-X4124-RJ45 - Cisco Catalyst 4500 10/100 Module, 24 ports (RJ-45)
• WS-X4148-RJ - Cisco Catalyst 4500 10/100 Module, 48 ports (RJ-45)
• WS-X4148-RJ21 - Cisco Catalyst 4500 10/100 Module, 48-port telco (4 x RJ-21)
• WS-X4248-RJ21V - Cisco Catalyst 4500 PoE 802.3af 10/100, 48 ports (RJ-21)
• WS-X4224-RJ45V - Cisco Catalyst 4500 PoE 803.3af 10/100, 24 ports (RJ-45)
• WS-X4248-RJ45V - Cisco Catalyst 4500 PoE 802.3af 10/100, 48 ports(RJ-45)
• WS-X4248-FE-SFP - Cisco Catalyst 4500 Fast Ethernet Switching Module, 48-port 100BASE-X (SFP
• WS-X4232-GB-RJ - Cisco Catalyst 4500 32-Port 10/100 (RJ-45), 2-Gigabit Ethernet (GBIC) module
• WS-X4302-GB - Cisco Catalyst 4500 Gigabit Ethernet Module, 2 ports (GBIC)
