CISCO WS-X4516

The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine V continues the nonblocking, robust Layer 2-4 switching found in previous Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engines. Additional performance, features, and throughput further enhance resilient control of converged data, voice, and video networks, with high availability enabling business resiliency for enterprise and metropolitan (metro) Ethernet customers. Network control extends from the backbone to the edge, with intelligent services such as granular quality of service (QoS), Internet security, and network management. The scalability of these intelligent network services is made possible with dedicated specialized resources known as ternary content addressable memory (TCAM). Ample TCAM resources (192,000 entries) enable "high feature capacity," which provides wire-speed routing and switching performance while enabling services such as QoS and security. This helps meet today's network requirements, with ample room for future growth.