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Figure 2. Cisco Twin Gigabit Coverter Module: Converting 10 Gigabit Ethernet X2 Interface into Two Gigabit
Ethernet SFP Interfaces
The increased capabilities and investment protection provided by the Supervisor Engine 6-E and
CenterFlex technology facilitates not only scalability for today’s network requirements but also
future-proofing by providing significant hardware resources for future growth.
Predictable Performance and Scalability
The Supervisor Engine 6-E provides a fourfold increase in per-slot switching capacity from
previous-generation Cisco Catalyst 4500 supervisor engines: from 6 to 24 Gbps per slot. Table 1
highlights the performance and scalability enhancements of the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Supervisor
Engine 6-E.
Table 1. Cisco Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine 6-E Performance and Scalability Features
Feature and Description Supervisor Engine 6-E
Centralized switching capacity 320 Gbps
Per-slot switching capacity 24 Gbps
Throughput 250 Mpps for IPv4
125 Mpps for IPv6
IP v4 routing entries 256,000
IP v6 routing entries 128,000
Multicast entries
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128,000 for IP v4
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64,000 for IPv6
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16,000 (Layer 2) shared between IPv4 and IPv6
CPU 1.3 GHz
CPU queues 64
Synchronous dynamic RAM (SDRAM) 512 MB upgradable to 1 GB
NVRAM No through Bootflash (64 MB)
Security and QoS hardware entries 128,000
Cisco Network Admission Control (NAC) and Dynamic
Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Snooping entries
12,000
MAC addresses 55,000
Active VLANs 4096
Spanning Tree Protocol instances 3000
Switched virtual interfaces (SVIs) 4096
Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) Maximum of 8 sessions: ingress and or egress