Datasheet

© 2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 3 of 25
Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series and Classic Gigabit Ethernet Copper Line Cards
The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series 48-port Gigabit Ethernet line cards provide high-performance 10/100/1000
switching. Two types of E-Series line cards are available, based on the per-slot bandwidth: 47xx line cards that
drive 48 Gbps per slot, and 46xx line cards that drive 24 Gbps per slot. The Cisco Catalyst 4500 48-port
10/100/1000 PoEP E-Series 47xx line card provides standard IEEE 802.3at PoEP support on all 48 ports
simultaneously. All series 47xx line cards support standard IEEE 802.1AE encryption and Cisco TrustSec
™
in
hardware. The Cisco Catalyst 4500 48-port 10/100/1000 line cards are available in four versions: Data Only, PoE,
PoEP, and UPOE.
Table 2. Cisco Catalyst 4500 Line Card PoE Options
Line-Card Type
Data Only (no PoE)
PoE (802.3af)
PoEP (802.3at)
UPOE
Cisco Catalyst 4500 47xx E-Series Line Cards
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Cisco Catalyst 4500 46xx E-Series Line Cards
Yes
Yes
Yes
-
Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Classic Line Cards
Yes
Yes
Yes
-
Cisco Catalyst 4500 Classic Fast Ethernet Copper Line Cards
The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series offers a variety of classic Fast Ethernet line cards with copper interfaces optimized
for desktops and servers for enterprise and commercial switching solutions. The two varieties of fast Ethernet
copper line cards are:
●
Data only (no PoE)
●
Standard IEEE 802.3af PoE
Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber Line Cards
The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series supports 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber line cards.
The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series 12-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet line card (2.5:1 oversubscribed) can be deployed for
high-performance and high-density 10 Gigabit Ethernet aggregation in the campus and in small to medium-sized
networks as a core switch. The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series 12-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet line card supports
standard Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus (SFP+) optics. The ports can be used interchangeably as Gigabit
Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet to support phased migration from Gigabit Ethernet to 10 Gigabit Ethernet.
The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series 6-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet line card (2.5:1 oversubscribed) can be deployed for
high-performance/low-density 10 Gigabit Ethernet aggregation in the campus, in small to medium-sized networks
as a core switch, or for high-performance wiring closets where additional 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplinks are required.
The Cisco Catalyst 4500E 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 SFP optics, providing a total of 12
wire-speed Gigabit Ethernet ports if used in all six 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 and also supports phased migration from Gigabit
Ethernet to 10 Gigabit Ethernet. This capability further demonstrates the flexibility and the investment protection of
the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series architecture (Figure 1).