Cisco introduced the Supervisor Engine 8L-E for Catalyst 4500E series a few days ago. We also talked about the Benefits of Migrating to Catalyst 4500-E Switches with Supervisors 8-LE and 8-E . What does the Supervisor Engine 8L-E offer for you? The Cisco updated the Data Sheet of Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E, which can make you know it well. What are the main highlights? Let’s read it:
The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E provides 48 Gbps per slot with best in class features such as Flexible NetFlow (FNF), integrated Wireshark, TrustSec and MACSec security, and APIC-EM orchestration leading to reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) and industry-leading investment protection. These capabilities, along with four SFP/SFP+ uplinks and up to 240 Gigabit Ethernet Power over Ethernet (PoE), PoE Plus (PoEP), and Cisco Universal PoE (UPoE) ports, make this supervisor engine the leading Cisco Access low-scale supervisor engine in the Cisco Catalyst Family. The Supervisor Engine 8L-E is also built with price-performance aggregation deployments in mind, helping to enable denser Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet fiber deployments with enterprise-class aggregation functions. The Supervisor Engine 8L-E facilitates user experiences for enterprise, public sector, midmarket, and commercial customer business-critical applications.
Cisco leadership in borderless networks is extended with important features:
Cisco TrustSec, Cisco MultiGig, Flexible NetFlow, Cisco EnergyWise, Cisco UPoE, and many other feature enhancements offered by the Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E. Backward and forward compatibility with most existing Cisco Catalyst 4500E line cards and power supplies helps assure deeper customer satisfaction with an industry-leading investment protection architecture.
The Cisco Catalyst Supervisor Engine 8L-E is supported in Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series chassis.
The Supervisor Engine 8L-E offers important innovations, including:
● 560 Gbps total capacity with 4x SFP/SFP+ uplinks and a Quad Core, 1.8Ghz CPU
● Cisco Universal Power over Ethernet (UPOE) for unprecedented convergence to IP network infrastructure
● Campus ready for connectivity to next-generation NBASE-T compatible endpoints such as 802.11ac Wave2 multigigabit access points, multigigabit switches, network interface cards (NICs), and adapters
● Application visibility through Flexible NetFlow.
● Virtual Switching System (VSS) for operational simplicity and resiliency
● Cisco IOS XE Software, which provides the ability to host third-party applications
● Energy efficiency with support for 802.3az Energy-Efficient Ethernet (EEE)-capable line cards
● Industry-leading resiliency through In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU)
● First and only modular switch with 8 bidirectional line-rate Switched Port Analyzer/Remote SPAN (SPAN/RSPAN) sessions
Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E
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The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E builds on the widely deployed line of Cisco Catalyst 4500 supervisor engines and enhances its predecessors to provides nonblocking 48 Gbps per slot bandwidth with Flexible NetFlow for optimized application visibility. In addition, the enterprise-class Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E offers the following:
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● Infrastructure services:
◦ Cisco IOS XE Software, the modular open application platform for virtualized borderless services.
◦ Maximum resiliency with redundant components, Nonstop Forwarding/Stateful Switchover (NSF/SSO), In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU), and Virtual Switching System (VSS) support.
◦ Ability to get up to 10 Gbps per port with Cat6, Cat6a cable and up to 5 Gbps per port with Cat5e cable with Cisco MultiGig support.
◦ Network virtualization through Multi-Virtual Route Forwarding (VRF) technology for Layer 3 segmentation.
◦ Flexible and future proofed uplinks with Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) to support next-generation protocol.
◦ Automation through Embedded Event Manager (EEM), Cisco Smart Call Home, AutoQoS, and Auto SmartPorts for fast provisioning, diagnosis, and reporting.
◦ Simplification of network configuration and provisioning through APIC-EM. The controller provides a low-risk, incremental approach to adopting software-defined networking (SDN) technologies in branch and campus environments. Using a policy-based approach, the controller automates provisioning of the end-to-end infrastructure to rapidly deploy applications and services.
● Cisco 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 agreement (SLA)
◦ Onboard troubleshooting with embedded Wireshark
◦ Energy-efficient design with Cisco EnergyWise technology
● Investment protection and reduced total cost of ownership (TCO):
◦ Full backward compatibility with 24 G, and 48 Gbps slot line cards with no performance degradation.
◦ The Supervisor Engine 8L-E is compatible with classic Cisco Catalyst 4500 line cards and power supplies, providing full investment protection. It is not compatible with the classic Cisco Catalyst 4500 chassis. When you deploy the Supervisor Engine 8L-E with classic line cards, all of the new features except the 24- and 48-Gbps per-slot switching capacity are inherited.
Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E Performance and Scalability Features
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High-Availability and Uplink Options for Supervisor Engine 8L-E in Dual Supervisor Engine Mode
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Cisco Catalyst 4500E Chassis Slot-Assignment Options
The following Table summarizes the performance capacities of the Supervisor Engine 8L-E on a per-chassis basis.
Supervisor Engine 8L-E Bandwidth per Slot for Different Chassis
Summary of Supervisor Engine 8L-E IPv6 Capabilities
More detailed data sheet of Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E, such as Licensing, Supported Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series Line Cards and Modules, Ordering Information…You can read herehttp://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/switches/catalyst-4500-series-switches/datasheet-c78-736551.html
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The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E provides 48 Gbps per slot with best in class features such as Flexible NetFlow (FNF), integrated Wireshark, TrustSec and MACSec security, and APIC-EM orchestration leading to reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) and industry-leading investment protection. These capabilities, along with four SFP/SFP+ uplinks and up to 240 Gigabit Ethernet Power over Ethernet (PoE), PoE Plus (PoEP), and Cisco Universal PoE (UPoE) ports, make this supervisor engine the leading Cisco Access low-scale supervisor engine in the Cisco Catalyst Family. The Supervisor Engine 8L-E is also built with price-performance aggregation deployments in mind, helping to enable denser Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet fiber deployments with enterprise-class aggregation functions. The Supervisor Engine 8L-E facilitates user experiences for enterprise, public sector, midmarket, and commercial customer business-critical applications.
Cisco leadership in borderless networks is extended with important features:
Cisco TrustSec, Cisco MultiGig, Flexible NetFlow, Cisco EnergyWise, Cisco UPoE, and many other feature enhancements offered by the Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E. Backward and forward compatibility with most existing Cisco Catalyst 4500E line cards and power supplies helps assure deeper customer satisfaction with an industry-leading investment protection architecture.
The Cisco Catalyst Supervisor Engine 8L-E is supported in Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series chassis.
The Supervisor Engine 8L-E offers important innovations, including:
● 560 Gbps total capacity with 4x SFP/SFP+ uplinks and a Quad Core, 1.8Ghz CPU
● Cisco Universal Power over Ethernet (UPOE) for unprecedented convergence to IP network infrastructure
● Campus ready for connectivity to next-generation NBASE-T compatible endpoints such as 802.11ac Wave2 multigigabit access points, multigigabit switches, network interface cards (NICs), and adapters
● Application visibility through Flexible NetFlow.
● Virtual Switching System (VSS) for operational simplicity and resiliency
● Cisco IOS XE Software, which provides the ability to host third-party applications
● Energy efficiency with support for 802.3az Energy-Efficient Ethernet (EEE)-capable line cards
● Industry-leading resiliency through In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU)
● First and only modular switch with 8 bidirectional line-rate Switched Port Analyzer/Remote SPAN (SPAN/RSPAN) sessions
Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E
The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E builds on the widely deployed line of Cisco Catalyst 4500 supervisor engines and enhances its predecessors to provides nonblocking 48 Gbps per slot bandwidth with Flexible NetFlow for optimized application visibility. In addition, the enterprise-class Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E offers the following:
● Infrastructure services:
◦ Cisco IOS XE Software, the modular open application platform for virtualized borderless services.
◦ Maximum resiliency with redundant components, Nonstop Forwarding/Stateful Switchover (NSF/SSO), In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU), and Virtual Switching System (VSS) support.
◦ Ability to get up to 10 Gbps per port with Cat6, Cat6a cable and up to 5 Gbps per port with Cat5e cable with Cisco MultiGig support.
◦ Network virtualization through Multi-Virtual Route Forwarding (VRF) technology for Layer 3 segmentation.
◦ Flexible and future proofed uplinks with Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) to support next-generation protocol.
◦ Automation through Embedded Event Manager (EEM), Cisco Smart Call Home, AutoQoS, and Auto SmartPorts for fast provisioning, diagnosis, and reporting.
◦ Simplification of network configuration and provisioning through APIC-EM. The controller provides a low-risk, incremental approach to adopting software-defined networking (SDN) technologies in branch and campus environments. Using a policy-based approach, the controller automates provisioning of the end-to-end infrastructure to rapidly deploy applications and services.
● Cisco 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 agreement (SLA)
◦ Onboard troubleshooting with embedded Wireshark
◦ Energy-efficient design with Cisco EnergyWise technology
● Investment protection and reduced total cost of ownership (TCO):
◦ Full backward compatibility with 24 G, and 48 Gbps slot line cards with no performance degradation.
◦ The Supervisor Engine 8L-E is compatible with classic Cisco Catalyst 4500 line cards and power supplies, providing full investment protection. It is not compatible with the classic Cisco Catalyst 4500 chassis. When you deploy the Supervisor Engine 8L-E with classic line cards, all of the new features except the 24- and 48-Gbps per-slot switching capacity are inherited.
Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E Performance and Scalability Features
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High-Availability and Uplink Options for Supervisor Engine 8L-E in Dual Supervisor Engine Mode
Cisco Catalyst 4500E Chassis Slot-Assignment Options
| Chassis | Single Supervisor Slot Assignments | Redundant Supervisor Slot Assignments | E-Series Line-Card Slot Options | Classic Line-Card Slot Options |
| Cisco Catalyst 4503-E | Slot 1 | - | Slots 2 and 3 | Slots 2 and 3 |
| Cisco Catalyst 4506-E | Slot 1 | - | Slots 2 through 6 | Slots 2 through 6 |
| Cisco Catalyst 4507R+E | Slot 3 or 4 | Slot 3 or 4 | Slots 1, 2, and 5 to 7 | Slots 1, 2, and 5 to 7 |
| Cisco Catalyst 4507R-E | Slot 3 or 4 | Slot 3 or 4 | Slots 1, 2, and 5 to 7 | Slots 1, 2, and 5 to 7 |
The following Table summarizes the performance capacities of the Supervisor Engine 8L-E on a per-chassis basis.
Supervisor Engine 8L-E Bandwidth per Slot for Different Chassis
| Cisco Catalyst 4503-E Chassis | Cisco Catalyst 4506-E Chassis | Cisco Catalyst 4507R-E Chassis | Cisco Catalyst 4507R+E Chassis | |
| Supervisor Engine 8L-E (WS-X45-Sup 8L-E) | 48 Gbps/slot | 48 Gbps/slot | 24 Gbps/slot | 48 Gbps/slot |
Summary of Supervisor Engine 8L-E IPv6 Capabilities
| Feature and Description | Supervisor Engine 8L-E |
| IPv6 support | Unicast and Multicast forwarding done in hardware |
| IPv6 performance | 110 Mpps |
| IPv6 routing entries | 32,000 |
| Dynamic Hardware Route Table allocations | Yes |
| MLD snooping for IPv6 | Yes, in hardware |
| Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding Version 6 (URPFv6): Strict Mode | Yes, in hardware |
More detailed data sheet of Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E, such as Licensing, Supported Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series Line Cards and Modules, Ordering Information…You can read herehttp://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/switches/catalyst-4500-series-switches/datasheet-c78-736551.html
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