Cisco Catalyst WS-C4507R Full English Product Description

1. Short Sales Title

2. Official Product Overview

Model Suffix Breakdown

• WS-C: Cisco Catalyst LAN Switch Platform Identifier
• 4507: Catalyst 4500 Series, total 7 modular slot chassis
• R: Redundant chassis design with dual dedicated supervisor slots for 1+1 supervisor failover; unique fabric redundancy modules included

Chassis Slot Layout Definition (Top to Bottom Slots 1–7)

1. Slot 1: Primary supervisor engine slot
2. Slot 2: Secondary redundant supervisor engine slot (SSO/NSF failover supported)
3. Slot 3, Slot 4, Slot 5, Slot 6, Slot 7: Five hot-swappable line card expansion slots for Gigabit copper, SFP fiber, PoE/PoE+ access modules
4. Rear compartment: Dual independent hot-swappable power supply bays supporting 1+1 N+1 power redundancy
5. Front lower bay: Single integrated hot-swappable cooling fan tray
6. Built-in hardware: Five permanent fabric redundancy modules pre-installed for redundant supervisor traffic switching (unique to WS-C4507R classic chassis)Cisco

Supported Supervisor Engines

• Supervisor Engine II, II-Plus, II-Plus-10GE
• Supervisor Engine IV (WS-X4515)
• Supervisor Engine V, V-10GE
  All classic supervisors run Cisco IOS 12.2EW train images, fully supporting SSO, NSF and ISSU when dual identical supervisors are deployed in slots 1 and 2.

Supported Line Card Modules

• 24/48-port 10/100/1000BASE-T copper non-PoE / IEEE 802.3af PoE / 802.3at PoE+ modules
• SFP-based Gigabit fiber uplink line cards
• 10GE uplink expansion line cards
  Total PoE power capacity depends on installed AC/DC PoE-capable power supply modules (1300W / 2800W ACV PSUs).

3. Hardware & Physical Specifications

Core Backplane & Switching Fabric

• Total modular slots: 7 (2 dedicated supervisor slots, 5 line card expansion slots)
• Per-line-card slot bandwidth: Fixed 6 Gbps full-duplex hard-limited backplane (no scalable 24/48 Gbps E-series fabric support)
• Switching architecture: Centralized non-blocking shared-memory fabric with dedicated fabric redundancy modules for dual supervisor traffic isolation
• Maximum port density: Up to 240×1G copper ports via five 48-port line cards; up to 60×1G SFP fiber ports
• MAC address table capacity: Up to 16,384 MAC entries (varies by installed supervisor model)
• TCAM size: Up to 64,000 ACL/QoS security flow entries
• Jumbo frame support: Up to 9198 bytes across all copper and fiber interfaces

Power System

• Power supply bays: 2 hot-swappable redundant slots (1+1 power failover supported)
• Supported PSU models: AC 1000W data-only, AC 1300W/2800W PoE-capable ACV, DC 1400W telecom PSU
• Input voltage range: AC 100–240V 50/60Hz; DC –48V standard telecom negative power
• Maximum total PoE budget: Up to 1440W with dual 2800WACV PoE power supplies
• Hot-swap capability: Power supplies can be live replaced without chassis full shutdown

Cooling System

• Fan tray: Single integrated hot-swappable fan assembly factory pre-installed with chassis
• Airflow direction: Right-to-left internal module airflow; front-to-back power supply airflow
• Status monitoring: Real-time fan speed, internal temperature, and hardware fault alarms via front-panel LEDs, console logs and SNMP traps

Physical & Environmental Parameters

• Rack form factor: 11 RU standard 19-inch rack mount; optional 23-inch rack mounting brackets included
• Dimensions (H × W × D): 48.74 cm × 43.97 cm × 31.70 cm (19.19 × 17.31 × 12.50 inches)
• Weight: 20.1 kg (44.25 lbs) bare chassis with fan tray; maximum fully loaded weight 45.4 kg (100 lbs) with dual PSUs, dual supervisors 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

Supervisor Out-of-Band Management Interfaces (Dual Supervisor Identical Ports)

• RJ45 RS232 serial console port
• Optional mini USB console port on late-model Supervisor V-10GE
• Dedicated out-of-band 10/100BASE-T Ethernet management port
• Dual uplink slots (GBIC / SFP / XFP for 1G / 10GE based on supervisor variant)
• Front 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 + ISL proprietary trunk encapsulation
• Private VLAN, Q-in-Q VLAN stacking for multi-tenant segmentation
• Port security, static/dynamic MAC address learning, MAC filtering
• 802.3ad LACP static EtherChannel link aggregation (max 8 ports per bundle)
• Broadcast/multicast/unicast storm suppression
• IGMPv1/v2/v3 snooping, CGMP for VoIP and IPTV multicast optimization
• Voice VLAN auto-detection for Cisco IP phones
• 802.3x full-duplex flow control
• SPAN local port mirroring, RSPAN remote traffic analysis

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

• Static IP routing, RIP v1/v2, EIGRP, OSPF v2; limited IPv6 support on Supervisor V
• Wire-speed SVI inter-VLAN routing
• PIM-SM / PIM-DM multicast routing, MSDP
• ECMP equal-cost multi-path load balancing
• Policy-Based Routing (PBR) available with IP Services license
• Basic VRF-Lite multi-tenancy only supported on Supervisor V engines

QoS & Traffic Prioritization

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

Enterprise Security Suite

• IEEE 802.1X port-based NAC authentication with RADIUS/TACACS+ AAA integration
• DHCP Snooping, Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI), IP Source Guard
• Port ACL, VLAN ACL (VACL), route ACL hardware traffic filtering
• SSHv2 encrypted CLI management, SNMPv3 secure monitoring
• Control Plane Policing (CoPP) to protect supervisor CPU from DDoS attacks
• Rogue AP detection, private VLAN host isolation

PoE Power Management

• IEEE 802.3af PoE (15.4W per port) / 802.3at PoE+ (30W per port) line card compatibility
• Per-port power priority scheduling for critical voice, wireless, and surveillance endpoints
• Real-time power budget monitoring, automatic power throttling for over-subscription protection
• Cisco EnergyWise power-saving management for idle PoE devices

5. High Availability Capabilities (Core Differentiator vs Non-R Chassis)

1. Dual Redundant Supervisor Engines (1+1)
   Deploy matching classic supervisors in slots 1 & 2 to enable SSO stateful switchover, NSF nonstop forwarding and ISSU in-service software upgrades; sub-minute failover with preserved Layer 2/Layer 3 forwarding tables.
2. Dedicated fabric redundancy modules for isolated redundant supervisor traffic paths (unique WS-C4507R hardware feature).
3. Dual hot-swappable redundant AC/DC power supplies (1+1 power failover protection).
4. Full OIR Online Insertion and Removal support: hot-swap fan tray, line cards and power supplies live without chassis shutdown.
5. Variable fan fault detection with SNMP/console alerting for proactive maintenance.

6. Typical Deployment Scenarios

1. Enterprise Campus Core Switch

   Dual redundant supervisors eliminate single point of failure for multi-building campus backbone; five line card slots aggregate multiple building distribution switches via 1G/10G fiber trunks, supporting unified voice, video and data core routing.
2. Large Multi-Floor Building Distribution Aggregation

   High port density accommodates full PoE access lines for entire office towers; dual supervisor redundancy ensures zero downtime for critical business communications like IP telephony and video surveillance.
3. Regional Large Branch Office Core Switch

   Mission-critical branch networks require full supervisor + power redundancy to avoid remote site outages, integrating inter-VLAN Layer 3 routing and high-density PoE Wi-Fi AP power delivery.
4. Medium SMB Data Center Aggregation Switch

   Fiber line cards connect server racks and storage arrays; redundant supervisors protect leaf-spine architecture forwarding, supporting wire-speed Layer 3 inter-server traffic and backup WAN uplinks.
5. Legacy Catalyst 4500 Redundant Infrastructure Refresh

   Drop-in replacement for aging WS-C4007 redundant chassis, fully compatible with existing classic PoE line cards and legacy supervisors to extend high-availability network hardware lifecycle.

7. Standard Package Contents

Items Sold Separately (Not Included)

• Classic Supervisor Engine (II / IV / V series variants, minimum two identical units for redundancy)
• AC / DC redundant power supply units (PoE or data-only models)
• Classic 6 Gbps Gigabit copper/fiber PoE/PoE+ line cards
• GBIC / SFP / XFP optical transceivers for supervisor uplink ports
• Console cable, cable management accessories

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