The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine 6-E with CenterFlex technology offers high-performance, flexible, and secure communication. It features centralized switching capacity, flexibility, low latency, and is suitable for enterprise and service provider network deployments.
The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine 6‑E uses CenterFlex technology with a dedicated ASIC to deliver 320 Gbps of centralized switching capacity, 250 Mpps throughput, and hardware IPv6 forwarding. It supports up to 24 Gbps per slot, two 10‑GbE uplinks, and flexible Twin Gig converter modules for additional 1‑GbE ports.
The engine provides extensive high‑availability features such as 1+1 redundant management engines, NSF/SSO, and ISSU for non‑disruptive software upgrades. It includes advanced QoS with 64 000 hardware entries, IPv6 routing tables, and security functions like uRPF, NAC, and Quack anti‑spoofing. This manual is written in Chinese.
| Switching capacity | 320 Gbps |
|---|---|
| Per‑slot capacity | 24 Gbps |
| Throughput | 250 Mpps |
| CPU | 1.3 GHz |
| SDRAM | 512 MB (upgradeable to 1 GB) |
| QoS hardware entries | 64,000 |
| IPv6 routing entries | 128,000 |
It provides 320 Gbps of centralized switching capacity.
Yes, it supports IPv6 unicast and multicast with hardware forwarding up to 125 Mpps.
The engine supports 1+1 redundant management engines for high availability.
It supports two 10‑GbE (X2) uplinks or four 1‑GbE ports via Twin Gig converter modules.