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Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Optimizes Control of Voice, Video, and Data Trafc for Metro Ethernet Networks
Overview The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series switches with integrated resiliency are designed specically for both aggregation of business services and subscriber access in metropolitan-area networks (MANs) that take advantage of the simplicity and exibility of optical Ethernet in the First Mile. These switches deliver integrated resiliency combined with the mechanisms for per-subscriber trafc management, security, performance, and QoS, which network operators and service providers need to deliver revenue-generating data, voice, and video services. With the Cisco Catalyst 4500, network operators can now extend control and intelligence to large and small sites at the MAN edge in their EFM networks. Metro Ethernet Because of the high availability, cost, and speed advantages of Ethernet, service providers are looking to offer metropolitan (metro) Ethernet as a connectivity option to their customers. Ethernet technology offers unique cost advantages by eliminating unnecessary protocol conversion in the MAN because most trafc begins and ends as Ethernet. Ethernet delivers exibly provisioned bandwidth for todays data communication service offerings while its performance future proofs the network for any service delivery in the future. The delivery of voice, video, and data trafc for residential or business services over a single (IP-based) network requires a switching infrastructure that can differentiate between trafc types and handle each type according to its unique requirements. The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series delivers this advanced functionality through sophisticated control features of Cisco IOS Software and specialized hardware. Optimal Control The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series provides metro Ethernet edge networks the optimal control from handling security to service
Figure 1 Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series

differentiation. The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series delivers control with: Integrated resiliencyNetwork downtime is minimized with redundant supervisor engine capability (Cisco Catalyst 4507R), software-based fault tolerance, and 1+1 power-supply Cisco Catalyst 4503 Cisco Catalyst 4507R Cisco Catalyst 4506 redundancy across the Cisco Catalyst

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4500 Series. With time-sensitive trafc, including voice and video, running over the edge network, integrated resiliency is a must for maintaining protability. Sophisticated quality of service (QoS)Integrated Layer 2-, 3-, or 4-based QoS and trafc management capabilities classify and prioritize end-customer trafc with 32,000 QoS policies. The system has the ability to shape and rate limit bandwidth-intensive trafc with mechanisms such as input and output policers based on user, network, and application information. These QoS mechanisms are delivered with no adverse impact on performance. Predictable performanceThe Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series delivers up to 48-Mpps wire-speed forwarding in hardware for Layer 2, 3, and 4 trafc. Switching performance is independent of the number of route entries, the types of QoS mechanisms enabled, or the number of active virtual LANs (VLANs). Metro networks need to respond reliably to changes in trafc in order to meet end-customer service-level agreements (SLAs). Advanced security32,000 wire-rate Layer 2 through 4 access lists, DHCP Interface Tracker (Option 82) for subscriber tracking, DHCP snoopingto prevent malicious or miscongured DHCP servers, and other advanced security capabilities such as user authentication secure the network for privacy and robust service. Scalable Architecture The modular architecture of the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series provides the scalability and exibility to grow the network from start to scale. With up to 4096 VLANs and private VLANs, service providers can easily address security in mixed networks with residences and businesses. The switches can be congured for high-density access with up to 240 10-, 100-, or 1000-Mbps interfaces, or for gigabit aggregation with 32 nonshared Gigabit Ethernet ports. In addition, the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series offers different entry points for high- and low-density end-customer locations with the Cisco Catalyst 4503, 4506, or 4507R chassis. Applications Metro Ethernet Network Delivering Services to Mixed Business and Residential Area A typical metro Ethernet network design utilizes a Layer 2 or 3 edge switch (Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series) to deliver Ethernet transport to the end customer (Figure 2). The distribution layer is a combination of Layer 2 and Layer 3 plus Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) or Universal Transport Interface (UTI) (Cisco Catalyst 6000 Series, Cisco 7600 Router, and Cisco 12000 Internet Router). The backbone comprises optical transport technology (10 Gigabit Ethernet, SONET, Dynamic Packet Transport (DPT or RPR)). The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series supports up to 240 ports of optical Gigabit and Fast Ethernet interfaces providing high density metro access. The Cisco Catalyst 4500 can be placed in the remote terminal in the neighborhood or in the local central ofce. End customers, both businesses and residences, are connected with optical Gigabit Ethernet or Fast Ethernet. Intelligence is provided at the edge to ensure end-to-end service success and security. Services include site interconnectivity supporting voice, video, and data streams, IP multicast video, voice-over-IP (VoIP) telephony, and tiered Internet access. Intelligent, predictable performance is delivered by Cisco Catalyst switches that use the hardware-based Cisco Express Forwarding Routing Engine, capable of scaling to 48 Mpps. This enables multiple millions of packets per second throughput of Layer 3 switching, with no penalty IP mechanisms, for example, access control lists (ACLs) and QoS.

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Figure 2 Metro Ethernet Network with Cisco Catalyst 4500 Switches

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Residential/SOHO/SMB Cisco Catalyst 4500 V V Metro Access Metro Aggregation Regional Metro

Inter-Metro Backbone

Key Cisco Catalyst metro Ethernet switching solution advantages with the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series in Figure 2 follow: Trafc differentiation and service agreements benet from rich multilayer QoSincluding policing (ingress and egress), classication, shaping, sharing, marking, and advanced schedulingimplemented in hardware with advanced parallel pipeline processing (Supervisor Engines III and IV). ASIC-based Layer 2 to 4 performance delivers network predictability for data, voice, and IP multicast trafcnecessary for meeting SLAs. Resiliency is realized through mature Hot-Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) for Layer 3 redundancy and Uplink Fast, 802.1s, and 802.1w for fast failover at Layer 2. Security offers resiliency against denial-of-service attacks with DHCP snooping and Layer 24 ACLs, subscriber tracking with 802.1x, and DHCP option 82 and privacy between customers with private VLANs. Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series A next-generation Cisco Catalyst 4000 Series platform, the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series includes three new Cisco Catalyst chassis: Cisco Catalyst 4507R (7 slots), Cisco Catalyst 4506 (6 slots), and Cisco Catalyst 4503 (3 slots). Integrated resiliency enhancements offered in the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series include 1+1 supervisor-engine redundancy (Cisco Catalyst 4507R only), integrated inline power for IP telephony, software-based fault tolerance, and 1+1 power-supply redundancy. Integrated resiliency in both hardware and software minimizes network downtime, ensuring workforce productivity, protability, and customer success. The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series provides a common architecture that takes advantage of the Cisco Catalyst 4000 Series line cards, scaling to 240 ports of 10/100/1000BASE-T or 1000BASE-LX Gigabit Ethernet.

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Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Key Benefits The new Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series switches with integrated resiliency are ideal for business services aggregation and subscriber access in the MAN. Key benets include: PerformanceDelivering advanced switching solutions that scale bandwidth as you add ports and features, the Cisco Catalyst 4000 Series solution is powered by leading-edge ASIC technology that offers wire-speed Layer 2 and Layer 3 10/100 or gigabit switching. Offering modular supervisor exibility, each with complete line-card compatibility, Layer 2 switching can scale up to 64 Gbps, 48 Mpps. Layer 3 and 4 switching is Cisco Express Forwarding based and can also scale up to 64 Gbps, 48 Mpps. Port densityThe Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series is capable of connecting up to 240 customers with up to 240 copper or ber Fast Ethernet or Gigabit Ethernet ports in a chassis. The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series offers different entry points for high- and low-density locations with the Cisco Catalyst 4503, 4506, or 4507R chassis. The hot-swappable modular plug and play (meaning that it will work as soon as it is active in the network) switching solution of the Cisco Catalyst 4000 Series enables maintenance with minimal disruption of other users. Supervisor engine redundancyThe Cisco Catalyst 4507R is capable of supporting 1+1 supervisor-engine redundancy for integrated resiliency. Redundant supervisor engines ensure that network downtime is minimized. Minimal network downtime ensures end-customer productivity and service provider protability. Cisco IOS network servicesCisco Catalyst 4500 Series switches provide mature service provider Layer 2 and Layer 3 features. These features meet the advanced networking demands of service providers because they have been improved based on years of customer feedback. Investment protectionThe exible modular architecture provides cost-effective interface upgrades for metro edge connections. Compatible sparing between Cisco Catalyst 4006, 4503, 4506, and 4507R chassis provides commonality of power supplies and switching line cards, lowering the overall deployment, migration, and support costs. Functionally transparent line cardsThe Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series switch can easily upgrade all system ports to higher-layer switching functionality by simply adding a new supervisor engine such as the Supervisor Engine IV. Higher-layer functionality enhancements are possible on all system ports without replacing existing line cards and wiring, unlike conventional switching products where complete equipment upgrades are typical during migration. This architecture advantage extends the useful deployment life of line cards. Gigabit to the end customerThe Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series provides a rich variety of 1000-Mbps interfaces, including copper and ber, to deliver connectivity to the end customer. By delivering a Gigabit Ethernet connection, the network operator can dial in the bandwidth purchased through policing, upgrading at anytime without a complete equipment upgrade. Hardware-based multicastProtocol Independent Multicast (PIM), dense and sparse mode, Internet Group Multicast Protocol (IGMP), and Cisco Group Multicast Protocol (GMP) support standards-based and Cisco product-enhanced efcient multimedia networking without compromising performance. Shared-memory architectureThe low-latency, centralized, shared-memory switching fabric architecture delivers leading-edge, wire-speed broadcast and multicast capabilities without the need of replicating packets. It also eliminates any possibility of head-of-line blocking.

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 Bandwidth protection for mission-critical applicationsQoS for both Layer 2 class of service (CoS) and Layer 3 type of service (ToS) combine to guarantee customer SLAs from the edge to the core. Even when using only Layer 2 switching, the Supervisor Engine IV benets from looking at the Layer 3 (IP address) and Layer 4 (TCP/User Datagram Protocol [UDP] port number) header information for additional control without the all-too-common performance penalty of turning on advanced features. Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Features and Benefits Table 1 gives Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Features, Functions, and Benets. Table 1 Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Features, Functions, and Benets
Feature Chassis Modular 3-, 6-, and 7-slot Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series chassis Supports supervisor engine (up to two on the Cisco Catalyst 4507R), power supplies with integrated inline power, and two or ve additional interface modules Supports dual supervisor engines with 30- to 50-second failover Offers common architecture with advanced integrated resiliency that can be standardized for metro Ethernet networks Function or Description Benefit

Redundant supervisor engines (Cisco Catalyst 4507R only)

Minimizes network downtime, ensuring customer productivity and service provider protability Increases reliability using multiple power supplies in a fault-tolerant conguration Increases reliability by reducing downtime

Fault-tolerant, load-sharing power supplies

Supports one or two power supplies

Hot-swappable power supplies and switching modules

Enables hot insertion and extraction for changes and maintenance any time without bringing down your system Offers wide variety of interface choices: 10/100-Mbps Ethernet and 10/100/1000- or 1000-Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Forwards more than 18+ million 64-byte Ethernet packets per second

Flexible switching modulesstandards based, auto-sensing, and auto-negotiating

Accommodates end-customer bandwidth growth without requiring a complete equipment upgrade to grow from 1 Mbps to 1000 Mbps Designed to meet the throughput demands of a fully populated system with all interfaces operating at wire speed Designed to meet the worst-case throughput demands of a fully populated system with all interfaces operating at wire speed (note: nonblocking fabric requires Supervisor Engine III or IV) Offers Layer 3 subnet control of network trafc; mature and proven routed protocols

28-Gbps capacity backplane (Cisco Catalyst 4503)

64-Gbps capacity backplane (Cisco Catalyst 4006, 4506, and 4507R)

Offers enough capacity to forward wire rate, nonblocking 48 million packets per second

(Supervisor Engines III and IV) Integrated Cisco IOS Layer 3 switching

Provides ASIC-based IP routing at gigabit speeds

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Table 1 Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Features, Functions, and Benets

Feature Multilayer QoS Function or Description Offers QoS for both Layer 2 CoS and Layer 3 ToS, trafc shaping, sharing, and policing Benefit Offers centralized control of prioritization of network-wide trafc; easily creates and manages policies to protect missioncritical applications Offers granular trafc control with sophisticated, fast, trafc differentiation per VLAN, port, user, or application Enables hot-spot deployment of wireless and support telephone in the central ofce or point of presence (POP) Minimizes VLAN trunk conguration, maximizes plug-and-play capabilities Offers increased throughput and redundancy between Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series switches Offers standards-based multicasting; channel switch time from 10 ms for good user experience with IP multicast video Provides a completely manageable switching system solution that delivers high performance with the capacity to handle high port density with no head-of-line blocking Provides Layer 2 through 4 control at edge to ensure service delivery and security

Ingress and egress policing (Supervisor Engines III and IV)

Identies illegal packets at entrance and after QoS reclassication at exit on a port basis

Integrated inline power

Provides centralized power to Cisco IP phones and wireless access points from Ethernet switch ports

Dynamic Inter-Switch Link (ISL) protocol and 802.1Q

Dynamically congures trunk ports between Cisco Catalyst switches

Load balancing via spanning-tree priority on parallel ISL trunks

Assigns spanning-tree priority on a per-VLAN basis

IGMP

Offers hardware-based multicasting replication and snooping

Centralized shared-memory architecture

Delivers up to 48-Mpps, low-latency, low-cost switching

Multilayer switching

Supports Layer 2 (Media Access Control [MAC]), Layer 3 (IP address), and Layer 4 (TCP/UDP port) switching Multiple queue classication and scheduling of network trafc on a packet-by-packet basis

Multiple queues on every port interface

Differentiates network trafc to improve trafc control and latency; enables sophisticated QoS for superior data, voice, and video trafc Simplies conguration management and enables a higher level of Cisco IOS network services Offers multivendor interoperability

Cisco Discovery Protocol

Automated switch and router neighbor discovery

Standards compliance

Industry-standard architecture support Entire VLAN range supported, including Cisco private VLAN functionality

4096 VLANs

Offers per-user or -service VLAN for performance and security considerations for up to 4096 end customers

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Table 1 Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Features, Functions, and Benets

Feature Function or Description Benefit

Comprehensive Switched Network Management Embedded Remote Monitoring (RMON) Provides four RMON groups on all ports: Statistics History Alarms Events Delivers efcient and effective metro access edge troubleshooting tools Furnishes analysis tools to help network managers tune network performance Helps identify heavy network customers as candidates to move to dedicated ports or higherspeed ports Based on industry standards Managers can use existing network analyzers to troubleshoot switched internetworking Preserves the network visibility that might otherwise be lost by switches that do not support SPAN Delivers an analysis path into the metro access edge VLAN architecture Eases management from installed network management platforms Extends VLAN conguration to SNMP management software Provides protection from unauthorized conguration changes Manages Cisco Catalyst 4000 from a directly attached, low-cost terminal or PC Manages Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series switches from anywhere in the network Provides easy-to-use ASCII text interface that requires no special applications Takes advantage of support staffs Cisco Catalyst knowledge Reduces cost of administering software upgrades by providing centralized network management capability

Enhanced Switch Port Analyzer (SPAN)

Allows for monitoring a single port or multiple (VLAN) ports via a single monitor port

Full SNMP management (gets and sets for Ethernet Management Information Base [MIB], MIB II, Virtual Trunking Protocol [VTP], and system extensions) Password-protected administration interface Local (in-band) management

Enables management of Cisco Catalyst 4000 from any Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)-based management station

Requires password for local or remote access via Telnet Supervisor engine has an EIA/ TIA-232 interface for modem or console terminal connection Accessible through any switched interface

Remote management through SNMP sets or Telnet (client) connection Management console

Provides command-line interface (CLI)

Onboard Flash memory for Trivial File Transport Protocol (TFTP) download or upload of operating software

Remotely downloads new revisions of operating system without hardware changes

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