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Feature or Description Supervisor Engine IV Supervisor Engine V Supervisor Engine V-10GE
Multicast Entries
28,000 (Layer 3); 16,000
(Layer 2)
28,000 (Layer 3); 16,000
(Layer 2)
128,000
STP Instance
3,000 3,000 3,000
Switching Virtual Interfaces
(SVIs)
4000 4000 4000
NVRAM
Yes (512 KB) Yes (512 KB) Yes (512 KB)
Internet Group Management
Protocol (IGMP) Snooping
Yes (16,000) Yes (16,000) Yes (16,000)
* Hardware performance for nonblocking Gigabit Ethernet ports, and software performance for all other ports
** Hardware performance for all ports
The Supervisor Engine V can be deployed in single-chassis, nonredundant mode in the Cisco Catalyst 4006, Catalyst 4503, Catalyst 4506,
Catalyst 4507R, and Catalyst 4510R; or in redundant mode as an option in the Cisco Catalyst 4507R or Catalyst 4510R chassis (slots 1 and 2 only).
(Refer to Table 2.)
Table 2. Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine V Performance per Chassis
Cisco Catalyst 4503
Chassis
Cisco Catalyst 4506
Chassis
Cisco Catalyst 4507R
Chassis
Cisco Catalyst 4510R
Chassis
Supervisor Engine V
(part number WS-X4516)
Supported 28 Gbps
and 21 Mpps
Supported 64 Gbps
and 48 Mpps
Supported 68 Gbps
and 51 Mpps
Supported 96 Gbps
and 72 Mpps*
*When Supervisor V is used in the Cisco Catalyst 4510R chassis, slot 10 (flex slot) supports a subset of line cards: 2-port gigabit interface converter (GBIC) [part #
WS-X4302-GB] and Access Gateway Module (part number WS-X4604-GWY). Future supervisor engines will allow slot 10 to accommodate any and all line cards.
SUPERVISOR ENGINE V REDUNDANCY FOR BUSINESS RESILIENCY
The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series was designed to maximize desktop user uptime, with noninterrupted hardware switching. The Cisco Catalyst 4510R
and Catalyst 4507R support 1 + 1 supervisor redundancy, using the Supervisor Engine V. The primary supervisor is active and is responsible for
normal system operation. The other supervisor serves as a secondary standby, monitoring the operation of the primary supervisor.
With the support of stateful switchover (SSO), information is synchronized between supervisors to allow the standby supervisor to immediately take
over in subsecond time when the primary is nonoperational. Layer 2 links are maintained transparently without the need of renegotiating sessions.
As a result, business-critical applications such as voice-over-IP (VoIP) calls are not dropped. Nonstop forwarding (NSF) awareness is also supported,
providing the ability to interface with Cisco NSF-capable devices and to continue forwarding packets as routing information is updated upon a
supervisor-engine switchover.
The redundancy scheme using the Supervisor Engine V is similar to that of the Supervisor Engine IV. Alerts are generated to the network-monitoring
software if either supervisor fails, and hot-swapping of supervisors is supported without disrupting system operation. Switchover of supervisors can
be forced by software, or by the user with the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). The resiliency features of the Cisco Catalyst 4500
Series prevent network outages that could result in lost business and revenue.