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Catalyst 4500 E-Series Switches Installation Guide
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Chapter 1 Product Overview
Supervisor Engines
10-Gigabit Ethernet Uplink Ports
The 10-Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports operate in full-dup lex mode only, and are only on the
WS-X4516-10GE, WS-X4013+10GE, and WS-45-Sup6-E. These ports use the hot-swappable
10GBASE X2 optical transceivers. The X2s have SC connectors to interface with multimode fiber
(MMF) and single-mode fiber (SMF) cable.
On a Catalyst 4510R-E with a Supervisor Engine V-10GE, the user can use either four Gigabit Ethernet
uplinks using SFPs or two 10-Gigabit Ethernet uplinks using X2s. The user also has the option of using
the Gigabit Ethernet and 10-Gigabit Ethernet uplinks simultaneously. With this option, the tenth slot can
only support the WS-X4302-GB switching module. On a Catalyst 4507R -E, the user can use the Gigabit
Ethernet uplinks and 10-Gigabit Ethernet uplinks simultaneously.
When two Supervisor Engine V-10GEs are present in a Catalyst 4510R-E or Catalyst 4507R-E switch,
or two Supervisor Engine II-Plus 10GEs are present in a Catalyst 45 07R-E, one X2 uplink is active on
both the primary (active) and secondary (standby) supervisor engines by default, o r two uplinks are
active in a non-redundant configuration.
On a Catalyst 4510R-E with a Supervisor Engine 6-E, 10-G igabit Ethernet uplinks using X2s are the
only available uplinks. Slots 8-10 are intended for Catalyst 4500 classic switching modules only and all
other slots may use classic or E-series switching modules.
When two Supervisor Engine 6-Es are present in a Catalyst 4510R-E or Catalyst 4 507R-E switch, or two
Supervisor Engine II-Plus 10GEs are present in a Catalyst 4507R-E, one X2 uplink is active on both the
primary (active) and secondary (standby) supervisor engines by default, or t wo uplinks are active in a
non-redundant configuration.
SFP Ports
Gigabit Ethernet SFP ports operate in full-duplex mode only and are present on the WS-X4013+TS,
WS-X4516-10GE, and WS-X4013+10GE supervisors, as well as some switch ing modules.
WS-X45-Sup6-E supervisors can use Cisco TwinGig converters to support two SFPs per X2 uplink port,
for a maximum of 4 SFP ports per supervisor. SFP connectors vary with interface type and may use
multimode fiber (MMF), single-mode fiber (SMF) cable, or copper Ethernet cables. SFPs use LC type
fiber connectors and RJ-45 copper connectors.
10/100BASE-T Management Port
The 10/100BASE-T Management port supports emergency image recovery. The 10/100BASE-T port
supports image downloads from the ROMMON. You can use this feature when the onboard Flash
memory does not contain any IOS images, usually after all images were accidentally deleted from
onboard Flash.
CONSOLE Port
The CONSOLE port has an EIA/TIA-232 RJ-45 connector. The CONSOLE port al lows you to perform
the following functions:
• Configure the switch from the CLI
• Monitor network statistics and errors
• Configure SNMP agent parameters