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Table 1. Cisco Catalyst 4500 Line-Card Support Options
Line-Card Type Per Slot Bandwidth Chassis Support Supervisor Support
Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series
Classic Line Cards
6 Gbps Cisco Catalyst 4503, 4506,
4507R, and 4510R Switches
Cisco Catalyst 4503-E, 4506-
E, 4507R-E, and 4510R-E
Switches
Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series
Supervisor Engine II-Plus,
Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series
Supervisor Engine II-Plus-TS,
Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series
Supervisor II-Plus-10GE,
Cisco Catalyst 4000/4500
Supervisor Engine IV, Cisco
Catalyst 4000/4500
Supervisor Engine V, Cisco
Catalyst 4500 Series
Supervisor Engine V-10GE
Supervisor Engine 6-E
Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-
Series Line Cards
24 Gbps Cisco Catalyst 4503-E, 4506-
E, 4507R-E, and 4510R-E
Supervisor Engine 6-E
Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series Gigabit Ethernet Line Cards
The Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series 48-port Gigabit Ethernet line cards provide high-performance
10/100/1000 switching at 24 Gbps per slot. (2:1 oversubscribed). The Cisco Catalyst 4500 48-port
10/100/1000 E-Series line cards are designed for LAN access aplications where desktop users
require gigabit connection speeds. The Cisco Catalyst 4500 48-port 10/100/1000 E-Series line
cards are available in two versions: one with standard PoE 802.3af, and the second one with
premium PoE features such as future support for 30 Watts per port.
The PoE implementation of Catalyst 4500 E-Series PoE line card (WS-X4648-RJ45V-E) is
identical to the Catalyst 4500 “Classic” PoE line card (WS-X4548-GB-RJ45V) implementation. The
Catalyst 4500 E-Series “Premium” PoE line card (WS-X4648-RJ45V+E) has all of the PoE
features of the “Classic” and E-Series PoE card with the addition of future software upgradeability
to support up to 30 Watts per port.
Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series 10 Gigabit Ethernet Line Card
The Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series now supports 10 Gigabit Ethernet line cards. The Cisco Catalyst
4500 6-port E-Series 10 Gigabit Ethernet line card (2.5:1 oversubscribed) can be deployed for
high-performance 10 Gigabit Ethernet aggregation in the campus, in small to medium networks as
a core switch, or for high-performance wiring closets where additional 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplinks
are required. The Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series 6-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet line card supports
standard X2 optics as well as the Cisco TwinGig modules.
The Cisco TwinGig Converter Module converts a single 10 Gigabit Ethernet X2 interface into two
Gigabit Ethernet port slots, which can be populated with appropriate Small Form-Factor Pluggable
(SFP) optics, providing a total of 12 wire-speed Gigabit Ethernet ports if used in all 6 X2 interface
slots. The flexibility provided by the TwinGig Converter Module enables customers to aggregate
Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet LAN access switches on a single line card. The ability to
support either Gigabit Ethernet uplinks or 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports on a single line card further
demonstrates the flexibility and the investment protection of the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series
architecture (Figure 1).
TwinGig modules convert a single X2 port into two Gigabit Ethernet SFP ports.