Cisco is announcing the Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series, an enterprise-class borderless network access and aggregation switch, with 848 Gbps of bandwidth per system. This enterprise-class switch is the first Cisco Catalyst switch at 48 Gbps per slot, providing flexible NetFlow and advanced security, combined with reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) and excellent investment protection to facilitate a borderless user experience for enterprise, public sector, midmarket, and commercial customers deploying business-critical applications.

The latest Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series, including the new Cisco Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine 7-E, two new E-Series line cards, and two new E-Series chassis, is a next-generation extension to the rapidly growing 4500E Series installed base and an addition to widely deployed the Cisco Catalyst 4000 and 4500 Series of switches.
The latest Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series system is enabled by the Supervisor Engine 7-E, which enables borderless performance at 848 Gbps per system, higher scalability, and services along with reduced total cost of ownership and superior investment protection. The enterprise-class modular Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series offers the following:
Performance/Scalability
? Nonblocking 48 Gbps/slot and total system bandwidth of 848 Gbps with the new Supervisor Engine 7-E, ready with four Gigabit Ethernet/10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE/10GbE) uplinks
? Power over Ethernet (PoE) scalability for the next-generation workspace with nonblocking 48p 10/100/1000 PoEP line card and highly efficient 6000W power supply with real current monitoring and remote power cycle capability
? High densities of up to 384 ports of 10/100/1000, 192 ports of GbE Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP), or 96 ports of 10GbE SFP+
? Scalable routing (IPv4, IPv6, and multicast) tables, Layer 2 tables, and access control list (ACL) and quality of service (QoS) entries to help ensure 8 queues per port and comprehensive security policies per port
Infrastructure services
? Cisco IOS XE Software, the modular open application platform for virtualized borderless services with the full feature set of Cisco IOS Software Release 15.0SG
? Maximum resiliency with redundant components, Nonstop Forwarding/Stateful Switchover (NSF/SSO) and In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) support
? Network virtualization through multi-VRF technology for Layer 3 segmentation
? Automation through Embedded Event Manager (EEM), Cisco Smart Call Home, AutoQoS, and Auto SmartPorts for fast provisioning, diagnosis, and reporting
Borderless services
? Optimized application performance through deep visibility with flexible NetFlow supporting rich Layer 2/3/4 information (MAC, VLAN, TCP flags) and synthetic traffic monitoring with IP service-level agreements (SLAs)
? Medianet capabilities to simplify video quality of service, monitoring, and security
? Energy-efficient design with Cisco EnergyWise technology to manage the network, PoEP endpoints, and PCs
Investment protection and reduced TCO
? Full backward compatibility for Supervisor Engine 7-E with 6 Gbps, 24 Gbps, and 48 Gbps/slot line card support
? LAN Base, IP Base, and Enterprise Services software options for base, standard, and advanced borderless services deployments and pay-as-you-grow licensing model
? Limited lifetime warranty with free software update policy on LAN Base and IP Base
? Full set of Cisco and partner support options