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Catalyst 4500 E-Series Switches Installation Guide
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Chapter 1 Product Overview
Switch Features
Table 1-2 describes the features of the Catalyst 4506-E switch.
Ta b l e 1-2 Features of the Catalyst 4506-E Switch
Feature Description
Ethernet speeds • Ethernet (10BASE-T) interface to workstations and repeaters
• Fast Ethernet (100BASE-T) interface to workstations, servers, switches,
and routers
Note Autonegotiation of link speed on each 10/100 port allows migration
to 100BASE-T from a 10BASE-T installed base.
• Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-T and 1000BASE-X) interfaces for
backbone interconnection of high-performance workstations, servers,
switches and routers
• 10-Gigabit Ethernet interfaces for backbone interconnection of
high-performance switches and routers
Standard equipment • Six-slot modular chassis with one slot reserved for a supervisor engine
and five slots for switching modules
• One hot-swappable fan assembly
• Two power supply bays
Power supplies • Supports a 1000 W, 1300 W, 1400 W, 2800 W, or 4200 W AC-input
power supply or a 1400 W DC-input single or triple-input power supply
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• Optional redundant power supply
Supervisor engine
support
• Supports the WS-X4013+, WS-X4515, WS-X4516, WS-X4516-10GE,
and WS-X45-Sup6-E Supervisor Engines
• Holds the ASIC-based forwarding engine (data path) and the
management processor and software (control path)
• Features interface monitoring, environmental status, and SNMP and
console/Telnet interface
Note Packets are not forwarded while the module is removed; a system
reboot occurs when a supervisor engine is reinserted.
Switching module
support
• 24-port 10/100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet switching module
(WS-X4124-RJ45)
• 24-port 100BASE-FX Fast Ethernet switching module
(WS-X4124-FX-MT)
• 48-port 100BASE-FX Fast Ethernet switching module
(WS-X4148-FX-MT)
• 48-port 100BASE-LX10 Fast Ethernet switching module
(WS-X4148-FE-LX-MT)
• 48-port 10/100-Mbps Fast Ethernet switching module (WS-X4148-RJ)
• 48-port 100BASE-BX10-D Fast Ethernet switching module
(WS-X4148-FE-BD-LC)
