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The Supervisor Engine 6-E is also optimized for multimedia applications with its advanced
multicast support offered by features such as Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM), Source
Specific Multicast (SSM), and Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM), giving your network additional
scalability to support multimedia applications.
Chassis and Line-Card Support
Already-installed Cisco Catalyst 4500 chassis with classic line cards can take advantage of the
new features and functions of the Supervisor Engine 6-E on all ports with a simple supervisor-
engine upgrade. However, to take advantage of the increased switching capacity of 24 Gbps per
slot, the Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series chassis and E-Series line cards are required. You can mix
and match Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series line cards and classic line cards in an E-Series chassis
with no performance degradation to either line-card type. Table 2 shows the supervisor-engine and
line-card slot-assignment options in the Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series chassis.
Table 2. Cisco Catalyst 4500-E Chassis Slot-Assignment Options
Chassis Single Supervisor
Engine 6-E Slot
Assignments
Redundant
Supervisor Engine
6-E Slot Assignments
E-Series Line-Card
Slot Options
Classic Line-Card
Slot Options
Cisco Catalyst
4503-E
Slot 1 – Slots 2 and 3 Slots 2 and 3
Cisco Catalyst
4506-E
Slot 1 – Slots 2 through 6 Slots 2 through 6
Cisco Catalyst 4507R-
E
Slot 3 or 4 Slots 3 or 4 Slots 1, 2, and 5 to 7 Slots 1, 2, and 5 to 7
Cisco Catalyst 4510R-
E
Slot 4 or 5 Slots 4 or 5 Slots 1 to 3 and 6
and 7
Slots 1 to 3 and 6 to 10
Note: You can mix E-Series and classic line cards within a chassis. The Cisco Catalyst 4510R-
E supports only classic line cards in slots 8 to 10 with Supervisor Engine 6-E.
Table 3 summarizes the performance capacities of the Supervisor Engine 6-E on a per-chassis
basis.
Table 3. Cisco Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine 6-E Performance Capacity per Chassis
Cisco Catalyst
4503-E Chassis
Cisco Catalyst
4506-E Chassis
Cisco Catalyst
4507R-E Chassis
Cisco Catalyst 4510R-
E Chassis
Supervisor Engine
6-E (WS-X45-Sup 6-E)
136 Gbps and
102 Mpps
280 Gbps and
210 Mpps
280 Gbps and
210 Mpps
320 Gbps and
250 Mpps
High Availability and Uplinks
The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series was designed for nonstop communications with noninterrupted
hardware switching. In addition to redundant power supplies, fans, and clock modules, the Cisco
Catalyst 4510R-E and 4507R-E chassis models support 1 + 1 supervisor-engine redundancy,
using the Supervisor Engine 6-E. The primary supervisor engine is active and is responsible for
normal system operation. The other supervisor engine serves as a secondary standby, monitoring
the operation of the primary supervisor engine.
Alerts are generated to the network-monitoring software if either of the redundant supervisors fails.
Hot-swapping of supervisor engines is supported without disrupting system operation. You can
configure software to force switchover of supervisor engines, or you can use the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP) to perform switchover. The resiliency features of the Cisco Catalyst
4500 prevent network outages that could result in lost business and revenue.