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Table Of Contents
Comparison Between Supervisor Engines IV and V
Supervisor Engine IV Redundancy for Business Resiliency
Predictable Performance and Scalability
Integrated Cisco IOS Software Switching Solution
Intelligent Network Services with QoS and Sophisticated Traffic Management
Sophisticated QoS and Traffic Management
Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series NetFlow Services Card for Supervisor Engine IV
NetFlow Services Card Product Description
NetFlow Services Card Applications
NetFlow Services Card Hardware and Software Requirements
Supervisor Engine IV Performance and Switching Specifications
Traffic and Congestion Management
Switch Architecture Specifications
Supported Line Cards and Modules
Indicator and Port Specifications
Regulatory Standards Compliance
Data Sheet
Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine IV
Enterprise Wiring Closet, Layer 3 Distribution, and Medium-Sized Branch Office Supervisor Engine
The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series integrates resiliency for advanced control of converged networks.
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Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine IV
Overview
The Cisco® Catalyst® 4500 Series Supervisor Engine IV integrates nonblocking Layers 2-4 switching with integrated resiliency, further enhancing control of converged networks. Converged data, voice, and video networks with high availability enable business resiliency for enterprise and metropolitan (metro) Ethernet customers deploying Internet-based business applications. The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series extends control from the backbone to the network edge with intelligent network services, including sophisticated quality of service (QoS), predictable performance, advanced security, comprehensive management, and integrated resiliency with the Supervisor Engine IV. The modular architecture, media flexibility, and expandability of the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series enable an extended window of deployment in converged networks. This reduces the total cost of ownership by minimizing recurring operational expenses, thus improving return on investment (ROI).
The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine IV delivers next-generation switching technology with proven Cisco IOS® Software to power scalable, intelligent multilayer switching solutions for converged data, voice, and video networks. Optimized for the enterprise wiring closet, branch office backbones, or Layer 3 distribution points, the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine IV provides the performance and scalability to handle the network applications of today and the future. Compatible with the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series chassis and line cards, the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine IV helps to ensure an extended window of deployment to further strengthen the scalability of the modular Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series.
Comparison Between Supervisor Engines IV and V
Table 1 Comparison Between Supervisor Engine IV and Supervisor Engine V
48 Mpps, 64 Gbps
72 Mpps, 96 Gbps
Cisco Catalyst 4006, 4503, 4506, and 4507R
Cisco Catalyst 4006, 4503, 4506, 4507R, 4510R
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64 Gbps
96 Gbps
48 Mpps
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Full L2/3/4 Services & Routing
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Supported on all Ports
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Hardware2
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Pass-through
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Cisco IOS 12.1(12c)EW or later
Cisco IOS 12.2(18)EW or later
333 Mhz.
400 Mhz
512 MB
512MB
4K
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28K(L3) 16K (L2)
28K(L3) 16K (L2)
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4K
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Yes (512KB)
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Yes (16k)
1 Hardware performance for non-blocking Gigabit Ethernet (GE) ports, and software performance for all other ports
2 Hardware performance for all ports.
The Supervisor Engine IV can be deployed in single-chassis nonredundant mode in the Cisco Catalyst 4006, 4503, 4506, and 4507R. It can also be deployed in single-chassis redundant mode as an option in the Cisco Catalyst 4507R chassis (slots 1 and 2 only).
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.
The redundancy scheme using the Supervisor Engine IV in the Cisco Catalyst 4507R is similar to that in Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series switches. When the primary supervisor fails, the secondary supervisor assumes control of the chassis. This algorithm prevents oscillations between primary and secondary supervisors. Alerts are generated to the network monitoring software if either fails. In addition, the supervisor design allows the hot swapping of supervisor boards without disrupting system operation. A switchover of the supervisor can be forced by software, or by the user via console or the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
Predictable Performance and Scalability
The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine IV delivers a 64-Gbps switching fabric with a 48-Mpps forwarding rate in hardware for Layers 2 through 4 traffic. Switching performance is independent of the number of route entries or Layer 3 and 4 services enabled. Hardware-based Cisco Express Forwarding routing architecture allows for increased scalability and performance.
The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series is optimized for multimedia applications with its advanced multicast support. Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM), Source-Specific Multicast (SSM), and Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) are supported providing end users with additional scalability to support multimedia applications. The Supervisor Engine IV also supports Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) snooping in hardware, enhancing performance and reducing network traffic by allowing a switch to dynamically add and remove hosts from a multicast group.
Integrated Cisco IOS Software Switching Solution
The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine IV supports Cisco IOS Software, providing operational ease of use by allowing customers to deploy a single network operating system across their routed and switched infrastructures. Industry-leading Cisco IOS Software integrates features for scalability, bandwidth management, security services, network resiliency, and manageability into the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series. Cisco IOS Software provides investment protection and tight coupling of Layers 2-4 services into a single, unified configuration file and system image. The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine IV defaults to Layer 2 switching upon startup and may be configured to perform Layer 3 and 4 switching and routing services as desired.
Intelligent Network Services with QoS and Sophisticated Traffic Management
The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine IV offers superior per-port QoS features to help ensure that network traffic is classified, prioritized, and scheduled in an optimal way to efficiently handle bandwidth-hungry multimedia, time-sensitive (voice), and mission-critical applications. Supervisor Engine IV can classify, police, and mark incoming packets, allowing the administrator to differentiate between traffic flows and enforce policies based on granular QoS fields. Sharing, shaping, and strict priority configurations determine scheduling of egress traffic. Beginning in Cisco IOS Software Release 12.1(13)EW, the Supervisor Engine IV supports DBL (Dynamic Buffer Limiting), a congestion avoidance feature.
For details on the QoS features (including DBL), refer to the QoS On Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series IOS-Based Supervisor Engines at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/hw/switches/ps4324/prod_white_papers_list.html
Comprehensive Management
The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine IV features a single console port and a single IP address to manage all features of the system. Remote in-band management is available via SNMP, Telnet client, Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP), and Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP). Support for local or remote out-of-band management is delivered through a terminal or modem attached to the console interface.
The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine IV delivers a comprehensive set of management tools to provide the required visibility and control in the network. Managed with CiscoWorks solutions, Cisco Catalyst switches can be configured and managed to deliver end-to-end device, virtual LAN (VLAN), traffic, and policy management. The LAN management solution bundle offers tools such as CiscoWorks Resource Manager Essentials and Cisco View. These Web-based management tools offer several services, including automated inventory collection, software deployment, easy tracking of network changes, views into device availability, and quick isolation of error conditions.
Advanced Security
The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series offers a rich set of industry leading, integrated security features to proactively lock down your critical network infrastructure. It reduces security risks with 802.1x based user authentication, authorization and accounting. The security policy enforcement is uncompromised with the wire rate, dedicated access control lists to fend off ever-increasing virus and security attacks. The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series offers powerful easy-to-use tools to effectively prevent the untraceable man-in-the-middle attacks, IP spoofing, and flooding attacks, without any change to the end user or host configurations. Secure remote access and network management is accomplished with the Secure Shell (SSH version 1 and version 2) and SNMPv3.
Features at a Glance
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Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series NetFlow Services Card for Supervisor Engine IV
The Cisco Catalyst 4500 NetFlow Services Card (Figure 2) is an optional daughter card for the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine IV or V. It extends the functions of the Supervisor Engine IV/V with NetFlow statistics and enhanced VLAN statistics without affecting the forwarding performance rates on the supervisor engine.
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NetFlow Services Card and Supervisor Engine IV
NetFlow Services Card Product Description
The NetFlow Services Card supports statistics capture in hardware for flow-based and VLAN-based statistics monitoring. NetFlow services capture and cache detailed information about each data flow (a stream of packets traveling in one direction from one endpoint to another across the network). Data in the NetFlow cache includes information with regard to specific flows including details such as IP addresses, packet and byte counts, timestamps, and application ports. This data can be exported, collected, and analyzed for numerous purposes. More information about NetFlow technology is available at:
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/pd/iosw/prodlit/iosnf_ds.htm
NetFlow Services Card Applications
NetFlow technology efficiently provides the metering base for critical applications, including network traffic accounting, usage-based network billing, network planning, network monitoring, and data mining capabilities for both service provider and enterprise customers.
An enterprise customer might use NetFlow information for departmental charge-backs, cost allocation, network budget justification, network monitoring and planning, application monitoring and planning, use monitoring and planning, enterprise accounting, usage-based billing, data warehousing, or management reports.
A service provider customer is able to use NetFlow information to charge customers according to bandwidth, application usage, QoS, or distance, rather than at a flat rate.
A more detailed list of general NetFlow applications is available at:
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/732/Tech/nmp/netflow/netflow_techdocs.shtml
NetFlow Service Card Features
With Cisco IOS Software Release 12.1(13)EW, the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series with the Supervisor Engine IV supports NetFlow statistics. The NetFlow daughter card provides line-rate flow statistics as well as Layer 2 VLAN statistics without a performance penalty. NetFlow Data Export versions 1 and 5 are supported in Cisco IOS Software Release 12.1(13)EW. Cisco IOS Software Release 12.1.(19)EW provides several enhancements to the NetFlow daughter card, including support for NetFlow Version 8. NetFlow Version 8 enables aggregation of the NetFlow Data Export stream. Cisco IOS Software Release 12.1(19)EW also provides additional fields for NetFlow Version 5.
The default is NetFlow Statistics Collection and NetFlow Data Export versions 1 and 5. The supported fields within NDE Version 5 with Cisco IOS Software Release 12.1(19)EW are identified below:
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NetFlow Services Card Hardware and Software Requirements
The NetFlow Services Card is supported only on the Supervisor Engine IV and V with Cisco IOS Software and is not supported in the Cisco CatOS Software.
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The NetFlow Services Card can be shipped pre-installed with a Supervisor Engine IV from the factory or as a separate, field-replaceable unit. The Supervisor Engine IV must be removed from the chassis to install the NetFlow Services Module; it is not hot-swappable.
Technical Specifications
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Software Requirements
The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine IV is supported only in Cisco IOS Software and is not supported in the Cisco CatOS Software. The minimum software versions are as follows:
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Ordering Information
Table 4 lists ordering information for the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine IV.
Licensing
Use of RMON on the Cisco Catalyst 4006 and 4500 Series switches requires the purchase of the RMON agent license (Table 5). Use of BGP4 on the Supervisor Engine IV requires an InterDomain Routing license. Only one RMON agent license or InterDomain Routing license is required per chassis.
Warranty
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Service and Support
Cisco is committed to maximizing your network investment. Cisco offers a portfolio of technical support services to help ensure that your Cisco products operate efficiently, remain highly available, and benefit from the most up-to-date system software. Technical support services include Cisco SMARTnet® support and Software Application Services.
For more information, visit the Cisco Technical Assistance Center Web site: http://www.cisco.com/tac/
For additional information on the Cisco Catalyst 4500, visit: http://www.cisco.com/go/catalyst4500
For information about Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series line cards, chassis, and other supervisor engines, refer to the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series data sheet at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps663/products_data_sheet09186a00800924ec.html
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Posted: Fri Jun 4 17:15:20 PDT 2004
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