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Feature or Description Supervisor Engine IV Supervisor Engine V Supervisor Engine V-10GE
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 4,000 4,000 4,000
Multicast entries 28,000 (Layer 3); 16,000
(Layer 2)
28,000 (Layer 3); 16,000
(Layer 2)
128,000
Spanning Tree Protocol STP
instance
3,000 3,000 3,000
Switching virtual interfaces
(SVIs)
4,000 4,000 4,000
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 IV can be deployed in single-chassis nonredundant mode in the Cisco Catalyst 4006, Catalyst 4503, Catalyst 4506, and
Catalyst 4507R. It also can be deployed in single-chassis redundant mode as an option in the Cisco Catalyst 4507R chassis (slots 1 and 2 only).
(Refer to Table 2.)
Table 2. Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine IV Performance per Chassis
Cisco Catalyst 4503
Chassis
Cisco Catalyst 4506
Chassis
Cisco Catalyst 4507R
Chassis
Cisco Catalyst 4510R
Chassis
Supervisor Engine IV
(part number WS-X4515)
Supported 28 Gbps,
21 Mpps
Supported 64 Gbps,
48 Mpps
Supported 64 Gbps,
48 Mpps
Not supported
SUPERVISOR ENGINE IV REDUNDANCY FOR BUSINESS RESILIENCY
The Cisco Catalyst 4507R chassis using the Supervisor Engine IV has been designed with an optional 1 + 1 redundant supervisor capability for
integrated resiliency. One Supervisor Engine IV is designated as the primary (active) supervisor and is responsible for normal system operation. The
other (secondary) can serve as a 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,