Cisco Catalyst WS-C4506-E Full English Product Description

1. Short Sales Title

2. Official Product Overview

Model Suffix Breakdown

• WS-C: Cisco Catalyst LAN Switch Platform Identifier
• 4506: Catalyst 4500 Series, total 6 modular slot chassis
• -E: Enhanced E-series chassis featuring CenterFlex scalable fabric, 48Gbps max slot bandwidth, native UPOE/ePoE high-power PoE support, compatibility with modern E-series supervisor engines

Chassis Slot Layout Definition

1. Slot 1: Fixed dedicated supervisor engine slot (single supervisor only; redundant supervisors, SSO stateful switchover, NSF nonstop forwarding, ISSU in-service software upgrades are not supported)
2. Slot 2 – Slot 6: Five independent hot-swappable line card expansion slots, auto-adjust bandwidth (6/24/48 Gbps) based on installed line card generation
3. Rear compartment: Dual independent hot-swappable power supply bays supporting 1+1 N+1 power redundancy
4. Front lower bay: Single integrated variable-speed hot-swappable fan tray

Supported Supervisor Engines

• Supervisor Engine 6-E, 6L-E
• Supervisor Engine 7-E, 7L-E
• Supervisor Engine 8-E, 8L-E
  All E-series supervisors run Cisco IOS 12.2(54)SG+ / IOS XE images with CenterFlex ASICs, hardware-accelerated IPv6 forwarding, full UPOE power scheduling, and VSS virtual switching support for multi-chassis pooling.

Supported Line Card Modules (Dual Compatibility)

1. Classic 6 Gbps legacy line cards: 24/48-port 1G copper non-PoE / IEEE 802.3af PoE / 802.3at PoE+, SFP Gigabit fiber uplink modules
2. E-series high-speed scalable line cards: High-density 1G/10G SFP+ fiber, Cisco UPOE (60W per port), ePoE (90W per port) high-power access modules; maximum 1500W PoE power budget per single line card slot

3. Hardware & Physical Specifications

Core Backplane & Switching Fabric

• Total modular slots: 6 (1 dedicated supervisor slot, 5 line card expansion slots)
• Per-line-card slot bandwidth: Dynamic auto-sensing 6 / 24 / 48 Gbps full-duplex per slot (CenterFlex enhancement over fixed 6Gbps classic chassis)
• Total chassis switching capacity: Up to 240 Gbps full-duplex non-blocking fabric
• Switching architecture: Centralized non-blocking fabric managed by supervisor CenterFlex ASIC
• Maximum port density: Up to 240×1G copper ports via five 48-port line cards; up to 60×1G/10G SFP/SFP+ fiber ports
• MAC address table capacity: Up to 131,072 MAC address entries (E-supervisor upgraded capacity)
• TCAM flow table: Up to 128,000 hardware ACL/QoS/security entries
• Jumbo frame support: Up to 9198 bytes on all copper and fiber interfaces

Power System

• Power supply bays: 2 hot-swappable redundant slots (1+1 power failover supported)
• Supported PSU variants: AC 1000W data-only, AC 1400W non-PoE, PoE-capable ACV 1300W / 2800W / 4200W / 6000W / 9000W, DC 1400W triple-input telecom PSU
• Input voltage range: AC 100–240V 50/60Hz; DC –48V standard telecom negative power
• Maximum total chassis PoE budget: Up to 5400W with dual 6000W ACV PoE power supplies
• Hot-swap capability: Power supplies can be replaced live without chassis power outage

Cooling System

• Fan tray: Single integrated variable-speed hot-swappable fan assembly factory pre-installed
• Airflow direction: Right-to-left airflow across supervisor/line card modules; front-to-back airflow through power supplies
• Real-time monitoring: Fan speed, internal temperature, and hardware fault alerts via front panel LEDs, console logging, and SNMP traps

Physical & Environmental Parameters

• Rack form factor: 10 RU standard 19-inch rack mount; optional 23-inch rack mounting brackets included
• Dimensions (H × W × D): 44.45 cm × 43.97 cm × 31.70 cm (17.5 × 17.31 × 12.50 inches)
• Weight: 18.37 kg (40.5 lbs) bare chassis with fan tray; maximum fully loaded weight 45 kg (99 lbs) with dual PSUs and full line card slots populated
• Operating temperature: 0°C to 40°C (32°F–104°F); operating altitude -60m up to 3000m
• Storage temperature: -40°C to 75°C (-40°F–167°F)
• Relative humidity: 10%–90% non-condensing
• Compliance Certifications: FCC Class A, UL 60950, CE, VCCI Class A, NEBS Level 3, RoHS compliant
• MTBF: 1,058,412 hours under standard enterprise operating environments

Supervisor Out-of-Band Management Interfaces

• RJ45 RS232 serial console port
• Mini USB console port on Supervisor 7-E / 8-E models
• Dedicated out-of-band 10/100BASE-T Ethernet management port
• Dual SFP / SFP+ uplink slots (1G / 10GE uplinks dependent on supervisor generation)
• Front panel LED bank: System, fan, power, module, uplink, fault, UID beacon status indicators

4. Full Layer 2 & Layer 3 IOS Feature Set

Layer 2 Switching Features

• IEEE 802.1D STP, 802.1w Rapid STP, 802.1s MSTP
• Maximum 4096 VLANs, 802.1Q trunking + legacy ISL trunk encapsulation
• Private VLAN, Q-in-Q VLAN stacking for multi-tenant service segmentation
• Port security, static/dynamic secure MAC address learning, MAC filtering
• 802.3ad LACP static EtherChannel link aggregation (max 8 physical ports per bundle)
• Broadcast/multicast/unicast storm suppression
• IGMPv1/v2/v3 snooping, CGMP for VoIP and IPTV multicast traffic optimization
• Voice VLAN auto-detection for Cisco IP phones
• 802.3x full-duplex flow control
• SPAN local port mirroring, RSPAN remote traffic analysis for monitoring

Layer 3 Routing & Multicast Features (IP Base / IP Services IOS Images)

• Static IP routing, RIP v1/v2, full multi-area OSPF, full EIGRP, BGPv4/BGPv6 inter-domain routing
• Wire-speed hardware SVI inter-VLAN routing
• Native hardware-accelerated IPv4 / IPv6 dual-stack forwarding
• Full PIM-SM / PIM-DM / PIM-SSM multicast routing, MSDP support
• ECMP equal-cost multi-path load balancing across multiple uplinks
• Policy-Based Routing (PBR) available with IP Services license
• VRF-Lite multi-tenancy segmentation (Supervisor 7-E / 8-E only)

Advanced MQC QoS & Traffic Prioritization

• Hierarchical Modular QoS Command-Line (MQC) policy framework
• 8 hardware priority queues per physical port, bidirectional 802.1p CoS / DSCP mapping
• Ingress traffic policing, egress shaping, packet marking and remarking
• Pre-built Auto-QoS templates optimized for VoIP, video conferencing, IP surveillance and unified communications
• Dedicated expedite voice priority queue for PoE IP phone traffic

Enterprise Security Suite

• IEEE 802.1X port-based NAC authentication, integrated RADIUS/TACACS+ AAA identity management
• DHCP Snooping, Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI), IP Source Guard, uRPF anti-spoofing protection
• Hardware accelerated Port ACL, VLAN ACL (VACL), Route ACL traffic filtering
• IEEE 802.1AE MACsec link encryption on 10GE supervisor uplink ports
• SSHv2 encrypted CLI management, SNMPv3 secure monitoring, encrypted configuration files
• Control Plane Policing (CoPP) to protect supervisor CPU from DDoS attacks
• Rogue AP detection, private VLAN host isolation

Multi-Standard High-Power PoE Power Management

• Full support for IEEE 802.3af PoE (15.4W), 802.3at PoE+ (30W), Cisco UPOE (60W), ePoE (90W) E-series line cardsCisco
• Per-port configurable power priority scheduling to protect critical voice, video and wireless endpoints during power budget shortages
• Real-time chassis-wide PoE power budget monitoring, automatic power throttling for over-subscription prevention
• Cisco EnergyWise power efficiency management to reduce idle power consumption for inactive PoE devices

5. High Availability Capabilities

• Dual hot-swappable redundant AC/DC power supplies (1+1 power failover protection)
• Full OIR Online Insertion and Removal support for fan tray, line cards, and power supplies; live FRU replacement without chassis shutdown
• Variable-speed smart fan tray with fault detection and hot-swap capability
  Critical Limitation: Single fixed supervisor slot design; redundant supervisor failover, SSO stateful switchover, NSF nonstop forwarding, and ISSU in-service software upgrades are not supported (reserved for R-series redundant chassis such as WS-C4507R+E / WS-C4510R+E).

6. Typical Deployment Scenarios

1. Medium Enterprise Building Distribution Aggregation

   Five line card slots support high-density UPOE access lines for multi-floor office voice/data/Wi-Fi deployments; supervisor 10GE fiber uplinks trunk to campus core routers, consolidating unified communications and surveillance traffic for entire building blocks.
2. Large Regional Branch Office Core Switch

   Acts as standalone multi-VLAN core for large remote branch networks, integrating wire-speed Layer 3 inter-VLAN routing, full UPOE high-power delivery, and fiber WAN uplink aggregation without oversized 10-slot chassis footprint.
3. K-12 / Hospital Campus Main Wiring Closet

   High port density accommodates classroom IP phones, medical high-power thin clients, and dense Wave 2 Wi-Fi AP deployments; robust multicast forwarding supports campus-wide IPTV and real-time video communications.
4. SMB Mini Data Center Leaf Switch

   E-series high-speed fiber line cards connect server racks and storage arrays; 10GE supervisor uplinks trunk to spine-layer switches, delivering wire-speed Layer 3 leaf-spine forwarding for small enterprise data center environments.
5. Legacy Catalyst 4500 Infrastructure Upgrade

   Drop-in replacement for classic WS-C4506 non-E chassis; backward compatible with existing classic PoE line cards while enabling seamless upgrade to modern E-series high-speed/UPOE modules to extend network hardware lifecycle.

7. Standard Package Contents

Items Sold Separately (Not Included)

• E-series Supervisor Engine (6-E / 7-E / 8-E variants)
• AC / DC redundant power supply units (PoE or data-only models)
• Classic or E-series Gigabit copper/fiber PoE/PoE+/UPOE/ePoE line cards
• SFP / SFP+ / XFP optical transceivers for supervisor uplink ports
• Console cable, cable management accessories, FIPS security upgrade kits

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