The Cisco WS-X45-SUP6-E is the Supervisor Engine 6-E for the Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series switch chassis, acting as the central control and forwarding engine of the switch. It delivers a switching fabric capacity of 320 Gbps, supporting up to 250 million packets per second (Mpps) for IPv4 and Layer 2 bridging, with IPv6 throughput of 125 Mpps. The supervisor module provides either two X2-based 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplinks or four SFP-based Gigabit Ethernet ports, and is built with CenterFlex technology to deliver centralized performance and configuration flexibility for enterprise networks requiring high-capacity routing and fast packet forwarding.
Key Features
- Supervisor/control engine for Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series chassis (4503-E, 4506-E, 4507R-E, 4510R-E, etc.)
- Switching fabric capacity of 320 Gbps
- Up to 250 Mpps for IPv4/Layer 2 bridging; 125 Mpps for IPv6
- Dual X2-based 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplinks OR four SFP-based Gigabit Ethernet ports
- Built-in 1.3 GHz CPU for control-plane processing
- Support for up to 256,000 IPv4 routing entries
- Advanced security: ACLs, DHCP snooping, port security, VRF-Lite
- Redundant/hot-swappable design supported in dual-supervisor chassis configurations
Technical Specifications
- Manufacturer: Cisco Systems
- Part Number: WS-X45-SUP6-E
- Product Family: Catalyst 4500 E-Series Supervisor Engine
- Device Type: Control processor / supervisor engine (plug-in module)
- Processor: 1x 1.3 GHz CPU
- RAM: 512 MB installed, upgradable to 1 GB max
- Network Ports: 2x 10 Gigabit Ethernet (X2) or 4x 1 Gigabit Ethernet (SFP), plus console (RJ-45) and USB management ports
- Switching Capacity: 320 Gbps fabric
- Forwarding Rate: 250 Mpps (IPv4/L2), 125 Mpps (IPv6)
- Routing Table Capacity: Up to 256,000 IPv4 routing entries
- Management Protocols: SNMP v1/v2/v3, RMON 1/2/3/9, Telnet
- Minimum OS Requirement: Cisco IOS 12.2(40)SG or later
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