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Table 1. Comparison Between Supervisor Engine IV, V, and V-10GE
Feature or Description Supervisor Engine IV Supervisor Engine V Supervisor Engine V-10GE
Layer 2–4 Performance
48 Mpps; 64 Gbps 72 Mpps; 96 Gbps 102 Mpps; 136 Gbps
Chassis Support
Cisco Catalyst 4006, Catalyst
4503, Catalyst 4506, and
Catalyst 4507R
Cisco Catalyst 4006, Catalyst
4503, Catalyst 4506, Catalyst
4507R, and Catalyst 4510R
Cisco Catalyst 4503, Catalyst
4506, Catalyst 4507R,
and Catalyst 4510R
Redundant Capable
Yes (Cisco Catalyst 4507R
only)
Yes (Cisco Catalyst 4507R and
Catalyst 4510R only)
Yes (Cisco Catalyst 4507R
and Catalyst 4510R only)
Active Gigabit Ethernet
Uplinks in Redundant Mode
2 4 4
Active 10-Gigabit Ethernet
Uplinks in Redundant Mode
0 0 2
Switching Capacity
64 Gbps 96 Gbps 136 Gbps
Throughput
48 Mpps 72 Mpps 102 Mpps
Multilayer Switching
Layer 2–4 services and routing Layer 2–4 services and routing Layer 2–4 services and routing
Interior Gateway Routing
Protocol (IGRP), Enhanced
IGRP (EIGRP), Open Shortest
Path First (OSPF), Border
Gateway Protocol (BGP), and
Intermediate System-to-
Intermediate System (IS-IS)
Yes Yes Yes
Dynamic Buffer Limiting
(DBL): Congestion-Avoidance
Feature
Yes Yes Yes
QoS Sharing
Support only on nonblocking
Gigabit Ethernet ports
Supported on all ports Supported on all ports
Broadcast Suppression
Software* Hardware** Hardware**
Multicast Suppression
No Yes Yes
802.1Q-in-802.1Q (QinQ)
Pass-through In hardware In hardware
Active Redundant Supervisor-
Engine Uplinks
2 4 Two 10-Gigabit Ethernet
uplinks or four 1-Gigabit
Ethernet uplinks
NetFlow Support
Yes Yes Yes (integrated)
Minimum Software
Requirement
Cisco IOS 12.1(12c)EW or
later
Cisco IOS 12.2(18)EW or later Cisco IOS 12.2(25)EW or later
CPU
333 MHz 400 MHz 800 MHz
Synchronous Dynamic RAM
(SDRAM)
512 MB 512 MB 512 MB
Active VLANs
4000 4000 4000