Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switches
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Deploy seamless wired and wireless access
Accelerate business growth and improve efficiency. The Catalyst 4500E Series is Cisco SD-Access-ready, and it’s the industry's most widely deployed modular platform for campus access and distribution deployments. Now with Supervisor 9-E, 8-E, and 8L-E, these switches offer 928 Gbps of wired and wireless converged access per system.
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Only Cisco delivers a digital-ready approach that starts at the edge and extends to where applications reside.
Industry-leading modular access switching
Catalyst 4500E switches with Supervisor 9-E, 8-E, or 8L-E offer exceptional scalability and features to meet current and future network demands. Get up to 928-Gbps bandwidth, nonblocking 48 Gbps per slot, and 9000W of power through PoE ports.
Converged wired and wireless access
The Supervisor Engine 9-E, 8-E, and 8L-E come with a built-in wireless controller, extending wired features to wireless. They support up to 20-Gbps wireless throughput, 50 access points, and 2000 wireless clients on single system.
Advanced intelligent services
The Catalyst 4500E delivers comprehensive intelligent services for automation, real-time monitoring, and exceptional resiliency. It is also green, with energy-efficient technology built in.
Single, highly secure network fabric
Help secure your organization and achieve regulatory compliance with end-to-end segmentation that keeps user, device, and application traffic separate. Automate user-access policy and apply the right policies for users or devices to any application.
Investment protection and reduced TCO
Get industry-leading investment protection. The Catalyst 4500E offers more than 10 years of backward and forward compatibility for line cards, as well as long software lifecycles. Includes Limited Lifetime Warranty (LLW).
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