Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E: Enhanced Campus Access and Aggregation Supervisor Engine Data Sheet

Overview

The Cisco^® Catalyst^® 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E (Figure 1) is an enterprise-class campus access and price/performance aggregation supervisor engine designed to provide up to 560 Gbps per system with E-Series chassis. The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E provides 48 Gbps per slot with best in class features such as Flexible NetFlow (FNF), integrated Wireshark, TrustSec and MACSec security, and APIC-EM orchestration leading to reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) and industry-leading investment protection. These capabilities, along with four SFP/SFP+ uplinks and up to 240 Gigabit Ethernet Power over Ethernet (PoE), PoE Plus (PoEP), and Cisco Universal PoE (UPoE) ports, make this supervisor engine the leading Cisco Access low-scale supervisor engine in the Cisco Catalyst Family. The Supervisor Engine 8L-E is also built with price-performance aggregation deployments in mind, helping to enable denser Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet fiber deployments with enterprise-class aggregation functions. The Supervisor Engine 8L-E facilitates user experiences for enterprise, public sector, midmarket, and commercial customer business-critical applications.

Cisco leadership in borderless networks is extended with important features: Cisco TrustSec^®, Cisco MultiGig, Flexible NetFlow, Cisco EnergyWise^®, Cisco UPoE, and many other feature enhancements offered by the Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E. Backward and forward compatibility with most existing Cisco Catalyst 4500E line cards and power supplies helps assure deeper customer satisfaction with an industry-leading investment protection architecture. The Cisco Catalyst Supervisor Engine 8L-E is supported in Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series chassis.

The Supervisor Engine 8L-E offers important innovations, including:

●   560 Gbps total capacity with 4x SFP/SFP+ uplinks and a Quad Core, 1.8Ghz CPU

●   Cisco Universal Power over Ethernet (UPOE) for unprecedented convergence to IP network infrastructure

●   Campus ready for connectivity to next-generation NBASE-T^™ compatible endpoints such as 802.11ac Wave2 multigigabit access points, multigigabit switches, network interface cards (NICs), and adapters

●   Application visibility through Flexible NetFlow.

●   Virtual Switching System (VSS) for operational simplicity and resiliency

●   Cisco IOS^® XE Software, which provides the ability to host third-party applications

●   Energy efficiency with support for 802.3az Energy-Efficient Ethernet (EEE)-capable line cards

●   Industry-leading resiliency through In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU)

●   First and only modular switch with 8 bidirectional line-rate Switched Port Analyzer/Remote SPAN (SPAN/RSPAN) sessions

Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E Feature Highlights

The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E builds on the widely deployed line of Cisco Catalyst 4500 supervisor engines and enhances its predecessors to provides nonblocking 48 Gbps per slot bandwidth with Flexible NetFlow for optimized application visibility. In addition, the enterprise-class Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E offers the following:

●   Performance and scalability:

◦     560-Gbps switching capacity with 225 Mpps of throughput

◦     4 nonblocking 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplinks (SFP+) or 4 nonblocking 1 Gigabit Ethernet uplinks (SFP)

◦     Supported on 3-, 6-, and 7-slot Cisco Catalyst 4500E chassis

◦     Supports a maximum of 240 ports of 10/100/1000 Base-T in a 7-slot chassis

◦     244 ports of nonblocking Gigabit Ethernet SFP in a 7-slot chassis (four uplinks ports plus 240 line card ports)

◦     64 ports of 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ in a 7-slot chassis (four uplinks ports plus 60 line card ports)

◦     Enables next-generation Universal Power Over Ethernet (UPOE, WS-X4748-UPOE+E) in addition to backward compatibility with other PoE standards

◦     Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+; 30 W) capabilities on all ports in a line card simultaneously

◦     Enables Energy Efficient Ethernet (IEEE 802.3az)

◦     128,000 Flexible NetFlow entries in hardware

◦     External USB and SD card support for flexible storage options

◦     10/100/1000 RJ-45 console and management port

◦     64,000/32,000 IPv4/IPv6 routing entries for campus access and aggregation deployments

◦     IPv6 in hardware, providing wire-rate forwarding for IPv6 networks and support for dual stack with innovative resource usage

◦     Dynamic hardware forwarding-table allocations for ease of IPv4-to-IPv6 migration

◦     Scalable routing (IPv4, IPv6, and multicast) tables, Layer 2 tables, and access-control-list (ACL) and quality-of-service (QoS) entries to make use of 8 queues per port and comprehensive security policies per port

●   Infrastructure services:

◦     Cisco IOS XE Software, the modular open application platform for virtualized borderless services.

◦     Maximum resiliency with redundant components, Nonstop Forwarding/Stateful Switchover (NSF/SSO), In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU), and Virtual Switching System (VSS) support.

◦     Ability to get up to 10 Gbps per port with Cat6, Cat6a cable and up to 5 Gbps per port with Cat5e cable with Cisco MultiGig support.

◦     Network virtualization through Multi-Virtual Route Forwarding (VRF) technology for Layer 3 segmentation.

◦     Flexible and future proofed uplinks with Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) to support next-generation protocol.

◦     Automation through Embedded Event Manager (EEM), Cisco Smart Call Home, AutoQoS, and Auto SmartPorts for fast provisioning, diagnosis, and reporting.

◦     Simplification of network configuration and provisioning through APIC-EM. The controller provides a low-risk, incremental approach to adopting software-defined networking (SDN) technologies in branch and campus environments. Using a policy-based approach, the controller automates provisioning of the end-to-end infrastructure to rapidly deploy applications and services.

●   Cisco Services:

◦     Optimized application performance through deep visibility with Flexible NetFlow supporting rich Layer 2/3/4 information (MAC, VLAN, TCP Flags) and synthetic traffic monitoring with IP service-level agreement (SLA)

◦     Onboard troubleshooting with embedded Wireshark

◦     Energy-efficient design with Cisco EnergyWise technology

●   Investment protection and reduced total cost of ownership (TCO):

◦     Full backward compatibility with 24 G, and 48 Gbps slot line cards with no performance degradation.

◦     The Supervisor Engine 8L-E is compatible with certain classic Cisco Catalyst 4500 line cards and power supplies, providing full investment protection. It is not compatible with the classic Cisco Catalyst 4500 chassis. When you deploy the Supervisor Engine 8L-E with classic line cards, all of the new features except the 24- and 48-Gbps per-slot switching capacity are inherited.

Table 1 highlights the performance and scalability enhancements of the Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E.

Table 1.       Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E Performance and Scalability Features

Continued Innovations Through Infrastructure Services

Modular Open Application Platform, Cisco IOS XE Software

Cisco IOS XE Software is the open service platform software operating system for the Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E. Cisco continues to evolve Cisco IOS Software to support next-generation switching hardware and provide increased architectural flexibility to deliver borderless networks services. Cisco IOS XE Software provides the following customer benefits:

●   Cisco IOS XE Software provides an enhanced operating system that can take advantage of the multicore CPU architecture of the Cisco Catalyst 4500E system.

●   Cisco IOS XE Software provides customer investment protection in the existing Cisco IOS Software by keeping a consistent feature set and operational look and feel. This allows a transparent migration experience.

●   Cisco IOS XE Software supports service virtualization capability that allows the Cisco Catalyst 4500E to host third-party applications in parallel with Cisco IOS Software. The hosted application can communicate with Cisco IOS Software to use its rich feature sets. This benefit allows a customer to quickly adopt new technologies using proven code, while keeping Cisco IOS Software simple and robust. Cisco IOS XE Software enables Cisco Catalyst 4500E to be an open service platform and is a primary anchor for future Cisco Borderless Networks innovations.

Best-in-Class Resiliency

The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series is designed for excellent nonstop communications with uninterrupted hardware switching. With Cisco IOS XE Software, customers continue to reap the benefits of this best-in-class resiliency in various ways.

In addition to redundant power supplies, fans, and clock modules, the Cisco Catalyst 4507R+E and 4507R-E rev2 chassis support 1 + 1 supervisor-engine redundancy, using the Supervisor Engine 8L-E. The primary supervisor engine is active and is responsible for normal system operation. The secondary supervisor engine serves as a standby, monitoring the operation of the primary supervisor engine. The resiliency features of the Cisco Catalyst 4500E prevent network outages that could result in lost business and revenue.

ISSU allows you to upgrade or downgrade complete Cisco IOS Software images with minimal (less than 200 msec) to no disruption to the network when using a redundant Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series system with dual Supervisor Engines 8L-E.

Configuration and other control information between two supervisors is fully synchronized to allow a rapid failover mechanism by the standby supervisor in case of primary supervisor engine failure.

In addition to ease of management, ISSU dramatically improves the network reliability and availability in a Layer 2 or Layer 3 environment. NSF/SSO and ISSU are essential for business-critical applications such as voice over IP (VoIP) and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environments.

Also, the Supervisor Engine 8L-E has resiliency built into its uplinks. Table 2 shows the uplink options on the Supervisor Engine 8L-E.

Table 2.       High-Availability and Uplink Options for Supervisor Engine 8L-E in Dual Supervisor Engine Mode

Cisco Virtual Switching Systems (VSS)

Any two Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series Switches with this supervisor engine can be pooled together into a VSS. The two switches are connected with 10/1 Gigabit Ethernet links called Virtual Switch Links (VSLs). These links are enabled through fiber as well as on copper connectivity. After a VSS is created, it acts as a single virtual Cisco Catalyst switch and delivers up to 1 terabit of aggregate bandwidth with 450 Mpps performance. The solution supports up to 480 ports of 1-Gbps and 124 ports of 10-Gbps systems deployed with VSS. Cisco VSS on the Cisco Catalyst 4500E provides the following primary benefits:

●   Simplified network operations:

◦     Providing a single point of management (with single IP address), it allows any updates, policy changes, and configurations to be synchronized between the two switches, eliminating error-prone manual synchronization.

◦     Forming Multichassis EtherChannel (MEC) to the logical switch, Cisco VSS provides a loop-free topology, no longer needing to rely on Spanning Tree Protocol.

◦     A single routing instance on the virtual switch eliminates the issues of managing, tuning, and troubleshooting first-hop routing protocols such as Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) and Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP).

◦     Cisco Prime^™ now enables users to centrally manage the pair of switches as a single virtual chassis.

●   Resiliency:

◦     Stateful failover between the supervisors on the two chassis provides subsecond failover and transparent failover even to delay-sensitive applications such as voice and video.

◦     With EtherChannels extended across two physical chassis, it provides for increased resiliency. These links are configured as MEC, minimizing traffic disruption from switch or uplink failure.

●   Increased system bandwidth:

◦     The active-active MEC extended across two physical chassis provides for dual bandwidth utilization, increasing return on investment (ROI) and reducing additional capital expenditures (CapEx) to add capacity.

Simplified Operations Through Automation

As campus switching has grown to support increasing enterprise demands, so has the need to deploy and manage new and evolving technologies. Simplified operations are critical in meeting these challenges and achieving increased operational efficiency through proactive management and reduction in unplanned network downtime.

The Cisco Catalyst Supervisor Engine 8L-E offers the following rich set of capabilities for simplified operations:

●   Auto-Install and AutoQoS for fast deployment

●   Config rollback for improved config management

●   EEM, Smart Call Home, Generic On-Line Diagnostics (GOLD), and Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) for simplified operations

●   FNF and IP SLA for enhanced visibility

●   Cisco EnergyWise technology for simplified power management

●   ISSU for simplified change management

●   Plug and play capability for ease of deployment

Comprehensive Security with Cisco TrustSec

The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E can be transparently integrated into campus switching environments for a comprehensive security solution based on Cisco TrustSec. The Cisco Catalyst Supervisor Engine 8L-E is a foundational element of the Cisco TrustSec architecture with support for the following functionalities:

●   Device sensor: The device sensor on the Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E enables the ability to recognize the devices connected to the switch. This feature also interoperates with the Cisco Identity Services Engine, providing for a centralized view of all devices that access the network in a scalable manner. When combined with AutoSmartPorts (ASP), it also provides the ability to dynamically apply policies on the switch based on the device type. For more information, visit http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios-xml/ios/sec_usr_aaa/configuration/15-1sg/sec-dev-sensor.html.

●   Identity-based networking: The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E has the most rich and robust set of IEEE 802.1X-based identity features to provide the right level of authenticated access to users. It also simplifies identity deployments with features such as Flexible Authentication, WebAuth, and MAC Authentication Bypass (MAB), as well as open mode for undisrupted operations while providing visibility of network access. The identity features also provide integrated support for IP telephony. It also provides for flexible authorization policies with VLAN assignment and dynamic ACLs. For more information, visit http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst4500/XE3-8-0E/15-24E/configuration/guide/xe-380-configuration/dot1x.html.

●   Network device authentication: Cisco TrustSec network device authentication provides for an authenticated network infrastructure, minimizing the risk of rogue access to the network using unauthorized network devices.

●   Data confidentiality and integrity: The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E supports line-rate 10G MACsec encryption based on IEEE 802.1ae with no additional latency. It supports both switch-to-switch and host-to-switch hardware-based encryption on all uplink ports and all WS-X47XX series line cards. For more information, visit http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst4500/XE3-8-0E/15-24E/configuration/guide/xe-380-configuration/swmacsec.html.

●   Role-based access control: The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E has hardware support for Cisco TrustSec Secure Group Access (SGA). TrustSec SGA simplifies access control security by defining it in terms of user roles instead of topology-based IP access control lists (ACLs). The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E has hardware support for secure group tagging (SGT) for classifying traffic from users based on roles, as well as secure group access control lists (SGACLs), which are role-based ACLs to apply access control to traffic with the secure group tag. For more information, visit: http://www.cisco.com/go/trustsec

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/trustsec/configuration/guide/config.html

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Optimized Application Visibility with Flexible NetFlow

Cisco IOS Flexible NetFlow is the next generation in flow monitoring technology, allowing optimization of the network infrastructure resources, reducing operation costs, and improving capacity planning and security incident detection with increased flexibility and scalability. The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E provides 128,000 Flexible NetFlow entries. Based on a custom-built application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), the Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E delivers unprecedented flexibility and comprehensive flow visibility extending from Layer 2 (MAC and VLAN) to Layer 4 (TCP, UDP flags, and so on).

The flow data collected by Flexible NetFlow can be exported to an external collector for analysis and reporting or tracked by EEM. The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E enables powerful on-box and customizable event correlation and policy actions with EEM, allowing the switches to trigger customized event alarms or policy actions when the predefined condition is met. With no external appliance required, customers are able to use existing infrastructure to perform traffic monitoring, making traffic analysis economical even on large IP networks.

Additional details about Cisco Flexible NetFlow are available at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/iosswrel/ps6537/ps6555/ps6601/ps6965/product_data_sheet0900aecd804b590b.html.

Investment Protection with Chassis and Line-Card Support

Already-installed Cisco Catalyst 4500E chassis with E-Series line cards can take advantage of the new features and functions of the Supervisor Engine 8L-E on all ports with a simple supervisor-engine upgrade. However, to take advantage of the increased switching capacity of 48 Gbps per slot, the Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series chassis (including R+E chassis) and the select new E-Series line cards are required. You can mix and match Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series line cards and classic line cards in an E-Series chassis with no performance degradation to either line-card type. Table 3 shows the supervisor-engine and line-card slot-assignment options in the Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series chassis.

Table 3.       Cisco Catalyst 4500E Chassis Slot-Assignment Options

Table 4 summarizes the performance capacities of the Supervisor Engine 8L-E on a per-chassis basis.

Table 4.       Cisco Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine 8L-E Bandwidth per Slot for Different Chassis

IPv6 Support

IPv6 is critical for the expansion of IP address space and is being mandated by governments and enterprises worldwide. The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine 8L-E supports IPv6 Unicast and Multicast in hardware for full line-rate forwarding performance of up to 110 Mpps. The Supervisor Engine 8L-E efficiently and dynamically allocates hardware table resources between IPv4 and IPv6 routes for optimal IPv4-to-IPv6 migration. The Supervisor Engine 8L-E supports Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) snooping for IPv6, enhancing performance and reducing network traffic by allowing a switch to dynamically add hosts to and remove hosts from a multicast group.

Table 5 highlights the IPv6 capabilities of the Supervisor Engine 8L-E.

Table 5.       Summary of Supervisor Engine 8L-E IPv6 Capabilities

Simplified and Scalable Network Virtualization with Easy Virtual Network (EVN)

Enterprise networks use single foundational infrastructure to build multiple logical overlay networks for diversified closed usergroups, regulatory, secure IT applications, and so on. On campuses the traditional Multi-VRF solution is widely adopted and deployed to solve such network segmentation challenges. The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series platform simplifies virtual network operation and maximizes scalability with the Cisco campus end-to-end Easy Virtual Network (EVN) technology (Figure 2).

Cisco EVN is a successor solution that offers numerous advantages over traditional Multi-VRF technology:

●   Simplified: To simplify campus virtual-network solutions, the Cisco EVN is designed with following three major components:

◦     Virtual network (VNET) trunk: The Cisco EVN solution reduces 98 to 99 percent of configuration complexities.

◦     Route replication: A simplified unicast and multicast route-leaking capability enables shared network and application services to virtual-network users. It replaces traditional Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)-based route-leaking mechanics.

◦     Routing context: Simplified and optimized virtual-network operation and troubleshooting are supported on a per-VRF basis.

●   Scalable: Cisco EVN enables flexibility to scale up to 32 virtual network solutions: operationally 4x virtual-network scalability capacity over Multi-VRF technology.

●   Interoperable: Cisco EVN provides network topology isolation based on an RFC-defined control plane; for example, Enhanced IGRP (EIGRP), Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Multicast, and so on. The data-plane security and protection are maintained through industry-standard IEEE 802.1Q. In addition, the Cisco EVN‑supported system interoperates with peer Cisco EVN, Multi-VRF, and MPLS systems.

Features at a Glance

●   Cisco IOS XE Software LAN Base: This image provides Layer 2 features for campus access.

●   Cisco IOS XE Software IP Base: This image is upgradable with a software activation license (SAL). It includes all Layer 2 features and some basic Layer 3 features. ISSU/SSO is supported in this package.

●   Cisco IOS XE Software Enterprise Services: This image is upgradable with a SAL; it supports full Layer 3 protocols and advanced features such as complete routing scalability, BGP, VRF, Policy-Based Routing, and so on.

These features can be enabled using the software-licensing mechanism. For details about software licensing, refer to the “Licensing” section later in this document or visit http://www.cisco.com/go/sa.

Industry Standards Supported

●   Ethernet: IEEE 802.3

●   10 Gigabit Ethernet: IEEE 802.3ae

●   IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol

●   IEEE 802.1w Rapid Reconfiguration of Spanning Tree

●   IEEE 802.1s Multiple VLAN Instances of Spanning Tree

●   IEEE 802.3ad LACP

●   IEEE 802.1p CoS Prioritization

●   IEEE 802.1Q VLAN

●   IEEE 802.1X User Authentication

●   RMON I and II standards

Supported Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series Line Cards and Modules

●   WS-X4748-12X48U+E Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series 48-Port (RJ-45) Line Card with 12 Multigigabit Ports and 36 10/100/1000 Ports with 802.3af PoE, 802.3at PoEP, and UPOE

●   WS-X4748-UPOE+E: Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series 48-port 10/100/1000 RJ-45 with 802.3af PoE, 802.3at PoEP, and UPoE

●   WS-X4748-RJ45-E: Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series, 48-port 10/100/1000 (RJ-45)

●   WS-X4748-RJ45V+E: Cisco Catalyst 4500E 48-Port with 802.3af PoE and 802.3at 10/100/1000 (RJ-45)

●   WS-X4712-SFP+E: Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series 12-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet (SFP+)

●   WS-X4748-SFP-E: Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series 48 port Gigabit Ethernet Fiber Line Card

●   WS-X4724-SFP-E: Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series 24 port Gigabit Ethernet Fiber Line Card

●   WS-X4712-SFP-E: Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series 12 port Gigabit Ethernet Fiber Line Card

●   WS-X4648-RJ45V+E: Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series, 48-port 802.3af and 802.3at PoE 10/100/1000 (RJ-45)

●   WS-X4648-RJ45-E: Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series, 48-port 10/100/1000 (RJ-45)

●   WS-X4640-CSFP-E: Cisco catalyst 4500E Series, 40- and 80 port SFP/CSFP Gigabit line card

●   WS-X4606-X2-E: Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series, 6-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet (X2)

●   WS-X4624-SFP-E: Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series 24-port Gigabit Ethernet (SFP)

●   WS-X4612-SFP-E: Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series 12-port Gigabit Ethernet (SFP)

●   WS-X4148-FX-MT: Cisco Catalyst 4500 Fast Ethernet Switching Module, 48-port 100BASE-FX multimode fiber (MMF)

●   WS-X4148-RJ: Cisco Catalyst 4500 10/100 Module, 48 ports (RJ-45)

●   WS-X4248-FE-SFP: Cisco Catalyst 4500 Fast Ethernet Switching Module, 48-port 100BASE-X (SFP)

●   WS-X4306-GB: Cisco Catalyst 4500 Gigabit Ethernet Module, 6 ports (GBIC)

●   WS-X4448-GB-SFP: Cisco Catalyst 4500 Gigabit Ethernet Module, 48 ports 1000BASE-X (optional SFPs)

Supported Pluggables

For details about the different optical modules and the minimum Cisco IOS Software release required for each of the supported optical modules, visit http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/modules/ps5455/products_device_support_tables_list.html.

Software Requirements

The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series Supervisor Engine 8L-E is supported only in Cisco IOS Software and is not supported in the Cisco Catalyst Operating System Software. The minimum software version is Cisco IOS XE Software Release 3.8.1.

Environmental Conditions

●   Operating temperature: 32 to 104ºF (0 to 40ºC)

●   Storage temperature: -40 to 167ºF (-40 to 75ºC)

●   Relative humidity: 10 to 90 percent, noncondensing

●   Operating altitude: -60 to 3000m

Weight, Power and MTBF Information

Weight = 6.04 lb (2.94 kg)

Active supervisor power = 240W

Standby supervisor power = 120W

These results are not indicative of the actual power draw during operation but rather are the absolute maximum values recommended for facility power and cooling capacity planning. Typical power draw is about 20 percent lower than the maximum value shown.

MTBF = 491,750 hours

Regulatory Standards Compliance

Table 6 shows regulatory standards compliance information, and Table 7 provides ordering information.

Table 6.       Cisco Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine 8L-E Regulatory Standards Compliance

Table 7.       Ordering Information

Licensing

Software Activation Licensing

The Cisco Catalyst 4500E platform with Supervisor Engine 8L-E enables software activation licensing. Each Supervisor Engine 8L-E ships with a universal image containing all feature sets, LAN Base, IP Base, and Enterprise Services. The level of functions is determined by the license applied.

●   Software activation licensing enables customers to:

◦     Speed deployment and roll out new Cisco software activation feature sets across customers' global networks.

◦     Centrally and more accurately manage and track software and license compliance.

◦     Easily conduct software compliance audits to meet regulations without affecting network operations.

●   Simplify operations:

◦     Simplified upgrades and license transfers save time and improve productivity; you can add new capabilities simply by using a license file.

◦     You can easily track software assets, licenses, and feature set status.

◦     A single software image improves service delivery.

●   Order easily:

◦     “Try and buy” lets you use a temporary license to try and evaluate new Cisco IOS Software functions before purchasing.

◦     Pay-as-you-grow software key enables new features incrementally without service calls.

For more information about Cisco software licensing, visit http://www.cisco.com/go/sa.

Cisco Limited Lifetime Hardware Warranty

The Cisco limited lifetime hardware warranty (LLW) includes 10-day advance hardware replacement for as long as the original end user owns the product. Table 8 describes the Cisco limited lifetime hardware warranty.

The formal warranty statement, including the warranty applicable to Cisco software, appears in the Cisco information packet that accompanies your Cisco product. We encourage you to review carefully the warranty statement shipped with your specific product before use.

For additional information on warranty terms, visit http://www.cisco.com/go/warranty.

Table 8.       Limited Lifetime Hardware Warranty

Adding a Cisco technical services contract to your device coverage provides benefits not available with warranty, including access to the Cisco TAC, a variety of hardware replacement options to meet critical business needs, updates for licensed Cisco IOS Software, and registered access to the extensive Cisco.com knowledge base and support tools. Choose from a flexible suite of support services designed to meet your business needs and help you maintain high-quality network performance while controlling operational costs. Table 9 describes the benefits and features of Cisco Technical Services.

For information about Cisco Technical Services, go to http://www.cisco.com/go/ts.

Table 9.       Cisco Technical Services for Cisco Catalyst 4500-E Series Switches

Cisco and Partner Services

Enable the innovative, secure, intelligent edge in the Borderless Network Architecture using personalized services from Cisco and our partners. Through a discovery process that begins with understanding your business objectives, we help you integrate the next-generation Cisco Catalyst 4500-E Series Switches into your architecture and incorporate network services onto that platform. Sharing knowledge and leading practices, we support your success every step of the way as you deploy, absorb, manage, and scale new technology.

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