Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series Chassis
High Performance, Mobile, and Secure User Experience
The Cisco® Catalyst® 4500 Series Switches enable borderless networks, providing high performance, mobile, and secure user experience through Layer 2-4 switching investments. They enable security, mobility, application performance, video, and energy savings over an infrastructure that supports resiliency, virtualization, and automation. Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switches provide borderless performance, scalability, and services with reduced total cost of ownership and superior investment protection.
Cisco Catalyst 4500 has a centralized forwarding architecture that enables collaboration, virtualization, and operational manageability through simplified operations. With forward and backward compatibility spanning multiple generations, the new Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series provides exceptional investment protection and deployment flexibility to meet the evolving needs of organizations of all sizes. The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series platform has 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) uplinks and supports Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+) and Universal POEP (UPOE), enabling customers to future proof their network.
E-Series chassis come in four different form factors: 3-slot (4503-E), 6-slot (4506-E), 7-slot (4507R+E/4507R-E), and 10-slot (4510R+E/4510R-E). 4503-E, 4506-E, 4507R+E, and 4510R+E chassis are extremely flexible and support either 6 Gbps, 24 Gbps, or 48Gbps per line-card slot. 4507R-E and 4510R-E chassis are limited to 6 Gbps and 24 Gbps per line-card slot. Integrated resiliency in the Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series includes 1+1 supervisor engine redundancy (10-slot and 7-slot only), redundant fans, software-based fault tolerance, and 1+1 power supply redundancy. Integrated resiliency in both hardware and software minimizes network downtime, helping to ensure workforce productivity, profitability, and customer success.
The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series extends control to the network edge with intelligent network services, including sophisticated quality of service (QoS), predictable performance, advanced security, comprehensive management, and integrated resiliency. Scalability of these intelligent network services is made possible with dedicated, specialized resources known as ternary content-addressable memory (TCAM). Ample TCAM resources (up to 384,000 entries) enable "high feature capacity," which provides wire-speed routing/switching performance independent of provisioning of services such as QoS and security.
Feature |
Cisco Catalyst WS-C4503-E Chassis |
Cisco Catalyst WS-C4506-E Chassis |
Cisco Catalyst WS-C4507R+E Chassis |
Cisco Catalyst WS-C4510R+E Chassis |
Total number of slots |
3 |
6 |
7 |
10 |
Line-card slots |
2 |
5 |
5 |
8 |
Supervisor engine slots |
1
1 |
11 |
2
2 |
2
3 |
Dedicated supervisor engine slot numbers |
1 |
1 |
3 and 4 |
5 and 6 |
Supervisor engine redundancy |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes (Supervisor V-10GE, 6-E and 7-E) |
Supervisor engines supported |
Supervisor 7-E
Supervisor 7L-E
Supervisor 6-E
Supervisor 6L-E
Supervisor V-10GE |
Supervisor 7-E
Supervisor 7L-E
Supervisor 6-E
Supervisor 6L-E
Supervisor V-10GE |
Supervisor 7-E
Supervisor 7L-E
Supervisor 6-E
Supervisor 6L-E
Supervisor V-10GE |
Supervisor 7-E
Supervisor 6-E
4
Supervisor V-10GE |
Maximum PoE per slot |
1,500W |
1,500W |
1,500W |
1,500W slots 1 and 2, 750W slots 3,4,7-10 |
Bandwidth scalability per line-card slot |
Up to 48 Gbps on all slots |
Up to 48 Gbps on all slots |
Up to 48 Gbps on all slots
5 |
Up to 48 Gbps on all slots5 |
Number of power supply bays |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
AC input power |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
DC Input power |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Integrated Power over Ethernet |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Minimum number of power supplies |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Power supplies supported |
• 1000W AC
• 1400W AC
• 1300W ACV
• 2800W ACV
• 4200W ACV
• 6000W ACV
• 1400W DC (triple input)
• 1400W-DC-P |
• 1000W AC
• 1400W AC
• 1300W ACV
• 2800W ACV
• 4200W ACV
• 6000W ACV
• 1400W DC (triple input)
• 1400W-DC-P |
• 1000W AC
• 1400W AC
• 1300W ACV
• 2800W ACV
• 4200W ACV
• 6000W ACV
• 1400W DC (triple input)
• 1400W-DC-P |
• 1400W AC
• 2800W ACV
• 4200W ACV
• 6000W ACV
• 1400W DC (triple input)
• 1400W-DC-P |
Number of fan-tray bays |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Location of 19-inch rack mount |
Front |
Front |
Front |
Front |
Location of 23-inch rack mount |
Front (option) |
Front (option) |
Front (option) |
Front (option) |
1Slot 1 is reserved for supervisor engine only; slots 2 and higher are reserved for line cards.
2Slots 3 and 4 are reserved for supervisor engines only in Cisco Catalyst 4507R-E and 4507R+E; slots 1-2 and 5-7 are reserved for line cards.
3Slots 5 and 6 are reserved for supervisor engines only in Cisco Catalyst 4510R-E and 4510R+E; slots 1-4 and 7-10 are reserved for line cards.
46 Gbps only on slots 8-10.
5WS-C4507R-E and WS-C4510R-E chassis support up to 24G per line-card slot when used with Sup6-E.
Physical Specifications
Specification |
WS-C4503-E |
WS-C4506-E |
WS-C4507R+E and WS-C4507R-E |
WS-C4510R+E and WS-C4510R-E |
Dimensions (H x W x D) |
12.25 x 17.31 x 12.50 in. (31.12 x 43.97 x 31.70 cm) |
17.38 x 17.31 x 12.50 in. (44.13 x 43.97 x 31.70 cm) |
19.19 x 17.31 x 12.50 in. (48.74 x 43.97 x 31.70 cm) |
24.35 x 17.31 x 12.50 in. (61.84 x 43.97 x 31.70 cm) |
Rack units (RU) |
7 RU |
10 RU |
11 RU |
14 RU |
Chassis weight (with fan tray) |
32.25 lb (14.63 kg) |
40.50 lb (18.37 kg) |
44.50 lb (20.19 kg) |
54.50 lb (24.73 kg) |
Mounting |
19- and 23-in. rack compatible (19-in. rack and cable guide hardware included) |
19- and 23-in. rack compatible (19-in. rack and cable guide hardware included) |
19- and 23-in. rack compatible (19-in. rack and cable guide hardware included) |
19- and 23-in. rack compatible (19-in. rack and cable guide hardware included) |
Ordering Information
- WS-C4503-E
- Cisco Catalyst E-Series 4503 switch (3-slot chassis), fan, no power supply
- WS-C4506-E
- Cisco Catalyst E-Series 4506 switch (6-slot chassis), fan, no power supply
- WS-C4507R-E
- Cisco Catalyst E-Series 4507R switch (7-slot chassis), fan, no power supply, redundant supervisor capable
- WS-C4507R+E
- Cisco Catalyst E-Series 4507R+E switch (7-slot chassis), fan, no power supply, redundant supervisor capable
- WS-C4510R-E
- Cisco Catalyst E-Series 4510R switch (10-slot chassis), fan, no power supply; redundant supervisor capable
- WS-C4510R+E
- Cisco Catalyst E-Series 4510R+E switch (10-slot chassis), fan, no power supply; redundant supervisor capable