Cisco WS-X45-SUP6L-E Quick guide

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Installation and Configuration Note for the Cisco
Catalyst 4500 E-Series Supervisor Engine 6L-E
Product Numbers: WS-X45-SUP6L-E= Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series Supervisor Engine 6L-E, MEM-X45-512MB-LE,
MEM-X45-1GB-LE
This publication describes how to install and verify the operation of the Catalyst 4500 E-series
Supervisor Engine 6L-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 an E-Series Supervisor Engine running a software
image compatible with that supervisor engine. Refer to your switch’s release notes for compatibility
information.
Contents
This document contains these sections:
•Safety Overview, page 2
•Supervisor Engine 6L-E, page 7
•Port Cabling Specifications, page 12
•Installing the Supervisor Engine, page 15
•Memory Upgrade, page 18
•Attaching Module Interface Cables, page 23
•Configuring Your Supervisor Engine, page 25
•X2 Installation, page 25
•Related Documentation, page 27
•Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request, page 28

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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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Safety Overview
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 6L-E
Supervisor Engine 6L-E
This section describes the Catalyst 4500 E-series Supervisor Engine 6L-E (WS-X45-SUP6L-E). See
Figure 1. This supervisor engine provides IPv6 data path and data control for all Layer 2 network
interfaces, and provides 10-Gigabit Ethernet interfaces for uplinks.
The Supervisor Engine 6L-E is supported in the Catalyst 4503, 4506, 4507R, 4503-E, 4506-E, and
4507R-E switches. On the Catalyst 4503, 4503-E, 4506, and 4506-E switches, you can install the
Supervisor Engine 6L-E only in slot 1. On the Catalyst 4507R 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. The supervisor engines 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
engine reboots.

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Supervisor Engine 6L-E
Figure 1 Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series Supervisor Engine 6L-E (WS-X45-SUP6L-E)
The supervisor engine includes interfaces for SNMP, console, and Telnet, and provides management
functions, such as environmental status monitoring.
The Supervisor Engine 6L-E provides the following features:
•512-MB onboard DIMM memory (upgradeable to 1 GB)
•128-MB onboard flash memory (in addition to compact flash memory)
•Compact flash port
•280-Gbps switching capacity, 225 million packets-per-second actual forwarding rate (v4),
110 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 4,094 VLANs, 802.1Q VLAN tagging on all ports
•Up to 32K unicast and multicast forwarding entries, expandable to 64 K 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
1Status LED 4Utilization LEDs 7Console port
2Reset button 5Compact flash port 8Management port
3Active Supervisor LED 6Uplink ports 9DIMM
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COMPACTFLASH
UPLINK 1
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Supervisor Engine 6L-E
•Protocol filtering on a per-port basis
•Dynamic protocol filtering
•Support for IEEE 802.3x flow control
•Hardware-based multicast
•Hardware-based access lists
•Supervisor engine redundancy between primary and standby supervisor engines in Catalyst 4507R
and Catalyst 4507R-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 6L-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 12
•Reset Button, page 12
•Compact Flash Port, page 12
LEDs
Table 1 describes the LEDs on the supervisor engine front panel.
Table 1 Supervisor Engine LEDs (WS-X45-SUP6L-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 6L-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 Installation”
section on page 25.
When two Supervisor Engine 6L-Es are present in a Catalyst 4507R or Catalyst 4507R-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 the Cisco TwinGig
converter modules already provided 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
Note The 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports default to operating at 10-Gigabit, and will need to be configured in
Software to use the Cisco TwinGig converter modules. For details on this configuration change, refer to
the chapter on configuring interfaces in the configuration guide for your software release.
Ethernet Management Port
The Ethernet management port, also referred to as the Fa1 or fastethernet1 port, is a Layer 3 host port
to which you can connect a PC. You can use the Ethernet management port instead of the switch console
port for network management. When managing a switch, connect the PC to the Ethernet management
port on a Catalyst 4500 series switch. (Figure 2).
Note When connecting a PC to the Ethernet management port, you must assign an IP address.
Link Indicates the status of the 10/100/1000 BASE-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-SUP6L-E) (Continued)
LED LED Status Description