Cisco Systems 4500 Deploying 10-Gigabit Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet SFP Ports on Supervisor Engine V-10GE

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Chapter 6 Configuring Interfaces
Deploying 10-Gigabit Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet SFP Ports on Supervisor Engine V-10GE
To use an SFP+ in an X2 port to obtain 10-Gigabit Ethernet bandwidth, the Catalyst 4500 series switch
supports OneX Convertor modules. When you plug a OneX Convertor module into an X2 port, it
converts the X2 port into an SFP+ port into which you can plug in an SFP+. An SFP+ in a OneX
Convertor module provides the same functionality as an X2 and maintains the same port numbering.
The output for the show idprom tengigabitethernet slot/interface command displays the contents of
both the SFP+ and the OneX Convertor module SEEPROMs when an SFP+ in a OneX Convertor module
is plugged into an X2 port.
Deploying 10-Gigabit Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet SFP Ports on
Supervisor Engine V-10GE
Note The LAN base image does not support 10-Gigabit Ethernet uplinks.
Note On a Catalyst 4510R series switch, if you enable both the 10-Gigabit Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet SFP
uplink ports, you must reboot the switch. On the Catalyst 4503, 4506, and 4507R series switches, this
capability is automatically enabled.
Prior to Cisco IOS Release 12.2(25)SG, the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine V-10GE allowed you
to enable either the dual wire-speed 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports or four alternatively wired Gigabit
Ethernet SFP uplink ports.
Beginning with Cisco IOS Release 12.2(25)SG, you could simultaneously deploy the dual 10-Gigabit
Ethernet ports and the four Gigabit Ethernet SFP ports on the Catalyst 4503, Catalyst 4506, and Catalyst
4507R chassis.
When you deploy a Catalyst 4510R chassis, one of the following configurations is supported:
• Dual 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports (X2 optics) only.
• Four Gigabit Ethernet ports (SFP optics) only.
• Both the dual 10-Gigabit Ethernet and the four Gigabit Ethernet ports. The tenth slot (Flex-Slot)
only supports a 2-port gigabit interface converter (GBIC) line card (WS-X4302-GB) when in this
mode.
• You cannot place a line card with a backplane traffic capacity exceeding 6 Gbps in slots 8, 9, and 10
of a Catalyst 4510R-E chassis when used with a Supervisor Engine 6-E or Supervisor Engine 6L-E.
To select the 10-Gigabit Ethernet or the Gigabit Ethernet SFP uplink port, perform this task:
Note On a Supervisor Engine V-10GE (WS-X4516-10GE) in a 10 slot chassis (Catalyst 4510R and 4510RE),
if a startup configuration with a new uplink mode is copied into flash memory and the system is power
cycled, the system does not come up with the new uplink mode. After copying the startup configuration
Command Purpose
Step 1 Switch# configure terminal Establishes global configuration mode.
Step 2 Switch(config)# hw-module uplink select [all |
gigabitethernet | tengigabitethernet]Selects the port type to enable.