Cisco Catalyst 4500 E Supervisor Engine 6-E Series Quick guide

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Installation and Configuration Note for the
Catalyst 4500 E-Series Supervisor Engine 6-E
Revised: September 16, 2009
Product Numbers: WS-X45-Sup6-E
This publication describes how to install and verify the operation of the Catalyst 4500 E-series
Supervisor Engine 6-E. Refer to the software configuration guide for your switch for configuration
information for the supervisor engines and switching modules.
Note Catalyst 4500 E-series switching modules require the Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine 6-E,
which requires Cisco IOS Release 12.2(40)SG or later.
Contents
This document contains these sections:
•Safety Overview, page 2
•Supervisor Engine 6-E, page 7
•Port Cabling Specifications, page 11
•Installing the Supervisor Engine, page 14
•Attaching Module Interface Cables, page 17
•Configuring Your Supervisor Engine, page 19
•X2 Handling Guidelines and Installation, page 19
•Related Documentation, page 29
•Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request, page 29

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Safety Overview
Safety Overview
Throughout this publication, safety warnings appear in procedures that can harm you if performed
incorrectly. A warning symbol precedes each warning statement.
Warning IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
This warning symbol means danger. You are in a situation that could cause bodily injury. Before you
work on any equipment, be aware of the hazards involved with electrical circuitry and be familiar
with standard practices for preventing accidents. Use the statement number provided at the end of
each warning to locate its translation in the translated safety warnings that accompanied this
device.
Statement 1071
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
Waarschuwing
BELANGRIJKE VEILIGHEIDSINSTRUCTIES
Dit waarschuwingssymbool betekent gevaar. U verkeert in een situatie die lichamelijk letsel kan
veroorzaken. Voordat u aan enige apparatuur gaat werken, dient u zich bewust te zijn van de bij
elektrische schakelingen betrokken risico's en dient u op de hoogte te zijn van de standaard
praktijken om ongelukken te voorkomen. Gebruik het nummer van de verklaring onderaan de
waarschuwing als u een vertaling van de waarschuwing die bij het apparaat wordt geleverd, wilt
raadplegen.
BEWAAR DEZE INSTRUCTIES
Varoitus
TÄRKEITÄ TURVALLISUUSOHJEITA
Tämä varoitusmerkki merkitsee vaaraa. Tilanne voi aiheuttaa ruumiillisia vammoja. Ennen kuin
käsittelet laitteistoa, huomioi sähköpiirien käsittelemiseen liittyvät riskit ja tutustu
onnettomuuksien yleisiin ehkäisytapoihin. Turvallisuusvaroitusten käännökset löytyvät laitteen
mukana toimitettujen käännettyjen turvallisuusvaroitusten joukosta varoitusten lopussa näkyvien
lausuntonumeroiden avulla.
SÄILYTÄ NÄMÄ OHJEET
Attention
IMPORTANTES INFORMATIONS DE SÉCURITÉ
Ce symbole d'avertissement indique un danger. Vous vous trouvez dans une situation pouvant
entraîner des blessures ou des dommages corporels. Avant de travailler sur un équipement, soyez
conscient des dangers liés aux circuits électriques et familiarisez-vous avec les procédures
couramment utilisées pour éviter les accidents. Pour prendre connaissance des traductions des
avertissements figurant dans les consignes de sécurité traduites qui accompagnent cet appareil,
référez-vous au numéro de l'instruction situé à la fin de chaque avertissement.
CONSERVEZ CES INFORMATIONS

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Safety Overview
Warnung
WICHTIGE SICHERHEITSHINWEISE
Dieses Warnsymbol bedeutet Gefahr. Sie befinden sich in einer Situation, die zu Verletzungen führen
kann. Machen Sie sich vor der Arbeit mit Geräten mit den Gefahren elektrischer Schaltungen und
den üblichen Verfahren zur Vorbeugung vor Unfällen vertraut. Suchen Sie mit der am Ende jeder
Warnung angegebenen Anweisungsnummer nach der jeweiligen Übersetzung in den übersetzten
Sicherheitshinweisen, die zusammen mit diesem Gerät ausgeliefert wurden.
BEWAHREN SIE DIESE HINWEISE GUT AUF.
Avvertenza
IMPORTANTI ISTRUZIONI SULLA SICUREZZA
Questo simbolo di avvertenza indica un pericolo. La situazione potrebbe causare infortuni alle
persone. Prima di intervenire su qualsiasi apparecchiatura, occorre essere al corrente dei pericoli
relativi ai circuiti elettrici e conoscere le procedure standard per la prevenzione di incidenti.
Utilizzare il numero di istruzione presente alla fine di ciascuna avvertenza per individuare le
traduzioni delle avvertenze riportate in questo documento.
CONSERVARE QUESTE ISTRUZIONI
Advarsel
VIKTIGE SIKKERHETSINSTRUKSJONER
Dette advarselssymbolet betyr fare. Du er i en situasjon som kan føre til skade på person. Før du
begynner å arbeide med noe av utstyret, må du være oppmerksom på farene forbundet med
elektriske kretser, og kjenne til standardprosedyrer for å forhindre ulykker. Bruk nummeret i slutten
av hver advarsel for å finne oversettelsen i de oversatte sikkerhetsadvarslene som fulgte med denne
enheten.
TA VARE PÅ DISSE INSTRUKSJONENE
Aviso
INSTRUÇÕES IMPORTANTES DE SEGURANÇA
Este símbolo de aviso significa perigo. Você está em uma situação que poderá ser causadora de
lesões corporais. Antes de iniciar a utilização de qualquer equipamento, tenha conhecimento dos
perigos envolvidos no manuseio de circuitos elétricos e familiarize-se com as práticas habituais de
prevenção de acidentes. Utilize o número da instrução fornecido ao final de cada aviso para
localizar sua tradução nos avisos de segurança traduzidos que acompanham este dispositivo.
GUARDE ESTAS INSTRUÇÕES
¡Advertencia!
INSTRUCCIONES IMPORTANTES DE SEGURIDAD
Este símbolo de aviso indica peligro. Existe riesgo para su integridad física. Antes de manipular
cualquier equipo, considere los riesgos de la corriente eléctrica y familiarícese con los
procedimientos estándar de prevención de accidentes. Al final de cada advertencia encontrará el
número que le ayudará a encontrar el texto traducido en el apartado de traducciones que acompaña
a este dispositivo.
GUARDE ESTAS INSTRUCCIONES

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Safety Overview
Varning!
VIKTIGA SÄKERHETSANVISNINGAR
Denna varningssignal signalerar fara. Du befinner dig i en situation som kan leda till personskada.
Innan du utför arbete på någon utrustning måste du vara medveten om farorna med elkretsar och
känna till vanliga förfaranden för att förebygga olyckor. Använd det nummer som finns i slutet av
varje varning för att hitta dess översättning i de översatta säkerhetsvarningar som medföljer denna
anordning.
SPARA DESSA ANVISNINGAR

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Aviso
INSTRUÇÕES IMPORTANTES DE SEGURANÇA
Este símbolo de aviso significa perigo. Você se encontra em uma situação em que há risco de lesões
corporais. Antes de trabalhar com qualquer equipamento, esteja ciente dos riscos que envolvem os
circuitos elétricos e familiarize-se com as práticas padrão de prevenção de acidentes. Use o
número da declaração fornecido ao final de cada aviso para localizar sua tradução nos avisos de
segurança traduzidos que acompanham o dispositivo.
GUARDE ESTAS INSTRUÇÕES
Advarsel
VIGTIGE SIKKERHEDSANVISNINGER
Dette advarselssymbol betyder fare. Du befinder dig i en situation med risiko for
legemesbeskadigelse. Før du begynder arbejde på udstyr, skal du være opmærksom på de
involverede risici, der er ved elektriske kredsløb, og du skal sætte dig ind i standardprocedurer til
undgåelse af ulykker. Brug erklæringsnummeret efter hver advarsel for at finde oversættelsen i de
oversatte advarsler, der fulgte med denne enhed.
GEM DISSE ANVISNINGER

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Supervisor Engine 6-E
Supervisor Engine 6-E
This section describes the Catalyst 4500 E-series Supervisor Engine 6-E (WS-X45-Sup6-E). See
Figure 1. This supervisor engine provides data path and data control for all network interfaces, and
provides 10-Gigabit Ethernet interfaces for uplinks.
The Supervisor Engine 6-E is supported in the Catalyst 4503, 4506, 4507R, 4510R, 4503-E, 4506-E,
4507R-E, and 4510R-E switches. On the Catalyst 4503, 4503-E, 4506, and 4506-E switches, you can
install the Supervisor Engine 6-E only in slot 1. On the Catalyst 4507R or 4510R switch, you install the
primary supervisor engine in slot 1, and you can install an optional redundant supervisor engine in slot 2.
On the Catalyst 4507R-E switch, you install the primary supervisor engine in slot 3, and you can install
an optional redundant supervisor engine in slot 4. On the Catalyst 4510R-E switch, you install the
primary supervisor engine in slot 5, and you can install an optional redundant supervisor engine in slot 6.
The supervisors in a redundant system must be of the same type.
The supervisor engine is hot swappable, but packets are not forwarded when the last supervisor engine
has been removed from the switch. When a supervisor engine is reinserted into the switch, the supervisor
reboots.

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Supervisor Engine 6-E
Figure 1 Catalyst 4500 E-Series Supervisor Engine 6-E (WS-X45-Sup6-E)
The supervisor engine includes interfaces for SNMP, console, and Telnet, and provides management
functions, such as environmental status monitoring.
The Supervisor Engine 6-E provides the following features:
•512-MB onboard SODIMM memory (upgradeable to 1 GB)
•128-MB onboard flash memory (in addition to compact flash memory)
•Compact flash port
•USB port
•320-Gbps switching capacity, 250 million packets-per-second actual forwarding rate (v4),
125 million packets-per-second actual forwarding rate (v6)
•Support for up to 55,000 MAC addresses for Layer 2 switching (up to 64,000 entries, 16-way
associative lookup table)
•Support for up to 4,096 VLANs, 802.1Q VLAN tagging on all ports
•Up to 64,000 unicast and multicast forwarding entries, expandable to 256, 000 unicast and multicast
IPV4 forwarding information base (FIB) entries
•Support for Catalyst 4500 series and Catalyst 4500 E-series switching modules (except EoL models)
•Default Layer 2 forwarding at startup (hardware based)
•Broadcast suppression on a per-port basis
•Multicast suppression on a per-port basis
•Unicast suppression on a per-port basis
•EtherChannel at 10/100/1000 Mbps and 10Gbps
•Protocol filtering on a per-port basis
•Dynamic protocol filtering
1Status LED 6Uplink ports
2Reset button 7USB port
3Active Supervisor LED 8Console port
4Utilization LEDs 9Management port
5Compact flash port
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•Support for IEEE 802.3x flow control
•Hardware-based Layer 3 switching
•Hardware-based multicast
•Hardware-based access lists
•Supervisor engine redundancy between primary and standby supervisor engines in Catalyst 4507R,
Catalyst 4507R-E, Catalyst 4510R, and Catalyst 4510R-E switches
•802.1Q tunneling
•Storm control in hardware
Features of the Supervisor Engine Front Panel
The following sections describe the LEDs, connectors, and switches on the Catalyst 4500 E-series
Supervisor Engine 6-E:
•LEDs, page 9
•10-Gigabit Ethernet Uplink Ports, page 10
•Gigabit Ethernet SFP Uplink Ports, page 10
•Ethernet Management Port, page 10
•Console Port, page 10
•Reset Button, page 11
•Compact Flash Port, page 11
•USB Port, page 11
LEDs
Table 1 describes the LEDs on the supervisor engine front panel.
Table 1 Supervisor Engine LEDs (WS-X45-Sup6-E)
LED LED Status Description
STATUS Indicates the results of a series of self-tests.
Green All diagnostic tests passed.
Red A test failed.
Orange System boot or diagnostic test is in progress.
Off Module is disabled.
UTILIZATION Green 1–100% If the switch is operational, this display indicates the current
traffic load over the backplane (as an approximate percentage).

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Supervisor Engine 6-E
10-Gigabit Ethernet Uplink Ports
The 10-Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports operate in full-duplex mode only. These ports use the
hot-swappable X2 optical transceivers. The X2s have SC connectors to interface with multimode fiber
(MMF) and single-mode fiber (SMF) cable. For further information on X2s, see the “X2 Handling
Guidelines and Installation” section on page 19.
When two Supervisor Engine 6-Es are present in a Catalyst 4507R, Catalyst 4507R-E, Catalyst 4510R
or Catalyst 4510R-E switch, one X2 uplink is active on both the primary (active) and secondary
(standby) supervisor engines by default, or two uplinks will be active in a nonredundant configuration.
Gigabit Ethernet SFP Uplink Ports
If you want to use SFPs instead of X2s as your uplink transceivers, you can use Cisco TwinGig converter
modules in the X2 slots. Installation documentation for Cisco TwinGig converter modules can be found
at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst3750e_3560e/hardware/install/notes/1757202.html
Ethernet Management Port
The Ethernet management port can be used (in ROMMON mode only) to recover a switch software
image that has been corrupted or destroyed due to a network catastrophe. When using Cisco IOS Release
12.2(50)SG or later, this port can also perform the same functions as the console port. For earlier Cisco
IOS software releases, this port is not active while the switch is operating normally.
Console Port
The Catalyst 4500 E-series Supervisor Engine 6-E console port has an EIA/TIA-232 RJ-45 connector.
The console port allows you to perform the following functions:
•Configure the switch from the CLI
•Monitor network statistics and errors
•Configure SNMP agent parameters
Link Indicates the status of the 10/100BASE-T Ethernet management
port or uplink ports.
Green The link is operational.
Orange The link is disabled by user.
Flashing orange The power-on self-test indicates a faulty port.
Off No signal is detected or there is a link configuration failure.
Active Indicates whether the uplink port is active.
Green The port is active.
Off The port is not active.
Table 1 Supervisor Engine LEDs (WS-X45-Sup6-E) (Continued)
LED LED Status Description