Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switches

Offering secure, flexible, non-stop communications for enterprises, small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) and service providers of all sizes, the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series is Cisco’s mid-range, high-performance platform.

The centralized architecture of the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series makes it simple to configure and manage, yet provides high flexibility when it comes to adding new features and functionality.

The flexibility, scalability, and forward and backward compatibility between generations of the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series extend deployment life, providing exceptional investment protection and reducing the total cost of ownership. In fact, its price-to-performance ratio is very compelling when compared to stackable switches.

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The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series delivers:

Maximum Investment protection: Backward compatibility with easy supervisor upgrades to enhance feature on all ports, resulting in exceptional investment protection and enhancement.
High availability: Hardware and software based resiliency help minimize planned and unplanned network downtime
Ease of use and manageability: Web-based management offers centralized configuration for operational simplicity
Comprehensive security: Advanced security capabilities mitigate information theft and limit damage from worms and viruses
Power over Ethernet: Up to 30 watts per port PoE enable evolving high powered end devices
Scalability: Offers up to 250Mpps non-blocking performance independent of the number of advanced services enabled
Deployment flexibility: Offers a broad selection of high-performance supervisors, line cards, chassis and power supplies

Two Distinct Chassis

The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series includes two series of Catalyst chassis: the E-Series and Classic Series chassis. The Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series with CenterFlex technology is a high-performance, next-generation extension of the Cisco Catalyst 4500 series. CenterFlex technology builds on the Cisco Catalyst 4500’s centralized architecture delivering enhanced centralized and flexibility features.

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series With CenterFlex Technology

The Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series with CenterFlex technology offers:

Higher performance features: 320 Gbps and 250 mpps, 24Gbps per slot and twice the control plane resources
Nonstop communications: Resiliency in hardware and software helps minimize planned and unplanned downtime
Centralized management: Optimized for deterministic troubleshooting
Low latency: Enhances real-time voice, video, and data applications
Backward compatibility: Mix and match new high-performance E-series and classic, Non E-Series line cards without performance degradation to lowest card speed
Investment enhancement: Classic line cards can inherit new CenterFlex features with a Supervisor 6-E upgrade
Dynamic and user configurable: Security and QoS hardware resources with 8 queues per port
IPv4 and IPv6: Optimized for simultaneous IPv4/IPv6 deployment or migration
Power over Ethernet (PoE): Up to 30 watts of PoE per port
TwinGig converter module: Upgrade from gigabit Ethernet (GbE) to 10 GbE in seconds

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