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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 Full Layer 2–4 services and
routing
Full Layer 2–4 services and
routing
Full 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