Catalyst 4500 E-Series With Centerflex Technology: Technical Deep Dive

Catalyst 4500 E-Series
with CenterFlex
Technology
Technical Deep Dive
Dave Dhillon—Product Marketing Manager

Richard Licon—Technical Marketing Engineer
© 2007 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

Presenters
Dave Dhillon Richard Licon

Product Marketing Technical Marketing
Manager Engineer

Agenda
 Catalyst 4500 Centralized Architecture

 Catalyst 4500 E-Series Overview
 Technical Deep Dive
– TCAMS
– QoS
– HA/Management
– Multicast

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Architecture
Cisco Catalyst 4500 Utilizes a Centralized Architecture
 Cisco Catalyst 4500 is a shared
memory switch
 All forwarding, queuing, security
CPU and DRAM
is implemented on the Supervisor
 The individual line cards are
considered to be ‗transparent‘ Forwarding Engine
FFE or VFE
Contain simple ―stub‖ ASICs
and the PHY‘s
No local switching Shared Memory
Fabric (PPE or IPP)
 Each classic line card has 6 Gbps
(full duplex) connections to the
central forwarding engine
 E-Series line cards have a 24 Line Line Line
Card Card Card
Gbps (full duplex) connection to
the central forwarding engine
Line Line
Card Card

Benefits of a Centralized Architecture
Simple Line
High Availability Card Design
=
High MTBF
Low Latency Low Power

Draw
Scalable Flexible
Dynamic Investment
Resources Protection
Evolution of Centralized
Switching Technology
14X Increase
Since „99
2007
2004 Sup 6-E
2002 Sup V-10GE 250 Mpps
102 Mpps L2/L3
1999
Sup II Plus L2/L3 IPv6
Sup I/II to Sup V 10Gig
18 Mpps 48-72 Mpps
L2/L3
L2 Only

Introducing Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series
Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series High Performance Extension
Supervisor 6-E with

CenterFlex Technology
E-Series Line Cards
E-Series Chassis

What Is CenterFlex Technology?
Innovations Enabled by Supervisor 6-E Centralized ASICs
Centralized
19 New  Highest centralized performance
Patents  Low latency/low power draw
 High availability
 Simplified operations
Flexible
 Mix and match new and classic line cards
 Forward/backward compatibility
Catalyst 4500 E-Series  User configurable queuing resources
CenterFlex  Dynamic QoS, security, and IPv6 resource allocation
Technology
 Higher services capacity

Supervisor 6-E Feature Details
 Centralized 320 Gbps, 250 Mpps, L2/3/4

 IPv4 (250Mpps) and IPv6 (125Mpps) in HW
19 New  Dual wire speed 10GbE (X2) ports or four SFP
Patents
(twin gig ships standard)
 Will supports full redundancy with SSO/NSF/ISSU
(7R and 10R)
 Four active 10GbE ports (2:1) or eight active SFPs
(via twin gig) in redundant mode
 256K FIB entries, 128K security/QoS, 512MB DRAM
Catalyst 4500 E-Series (upgradeable to one gig)
CenterFlex  Cat4503, 6, 7R, and 10R support (E-Series required
Technology for 24Gig/slot)
 E-Series and classic line card support (no
performance degradation if mixed)

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Supervisors
Basic Layer 3 Supervisors Enhanced Layer 3 Supervisors

320
Gbps
PERFORMANCE
Supervisor 6-E
Supervisor V-10GE
Supervisor II+10GE
Supervisor V
Supervisor II+
Supervisor IV
64
Gbps
Supervisor II+TS

Investment Protection & Enhancement
Catalyst 4506 with Catalyst 4506 with Classic

Supervisor II Supervisors or Supervisor 6-E
 L2 Only  L2 to L4
 Up to 8 dynamic Tx Q‘s ( 8K packets)
 2 Tx Q‘s ( 136 packets)  Per Port L2-L4 classification
 Box Wide L2 Qos  Port Security/DHCP Snoop/MiTM etc
 L2 to L7 ACL‘s
 Port/Telnet Security  uRPF
 Policing
 Ipv6

Cisco Catalyst 4500
High Performance E-Series Line Cards
48-Port 10/100/1000 PoE
 24 gig per slot—2:1 oversubscribed
 802.3af PoE standard on all E-Series TX cards
WS-X4648-RJ45V-E  IEEE 802.11n 20W—Mid 2008
48-Port 10/100/1000 Premium PoE

 24 gig per slot—2:1 oversubscribed
 802.3af PoE standard on all E-Series TX cards
 Supports up to 30 watts per port (SW upgrade)
WS-X4648-RJ45V+E
6-Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet

 24 gig per slot—2.5:1 oversubscribed
 12 ports 1 GE line rate
WS-X4606-X2-E  Supports X2 twin gig module (optional)

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Ethernet Line Cards
Classic E-Series
Over
20 Catalyst 4500
Line Cards
Fast Ethernet GE/10GE Ethernet Fiber Uplinks
 48-port 10/100 (RJ-45 or RJ-21)  6-port 10GE  2-port GE (Supervisor)

with or without PoE  6-port (GBIC)  2-port 10 GbE (Supervisor)
 24-port 10/100 (RJ-45) with or  6-port (SFP or  32-port 10/100 + 2-port GE
without PoE 10/100/1000 PoE)
 24- or 48-port 100-FX  18-port (GBIC)
 48-port 100BX-D (Bidirectional)  24- or 48-port 10/100/1000
 48-port (SFP) (RJ-45) with or without PoE
 48-port (SFP)
Catalyst 4500 E-Series With CenterFlex
Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series Chassis
 Available in 3, 6, 7 (redundant)
and 10 slot (redundant)
 Up to 384 10/100/1000 PoE
ports or 34 10GbE ports
 Enables high performance
E-Series line cards
 Compatible with all shipping
Supervisors, line cards and
power supplies

Cisco Catalyst 4500 E Chassis
 Supports up to 24 Gbps per slot

 Supports E-Series and classic linecards
 Supports classic power supplies
 Improved out-of-band management
 Supervisor slots in middle of redundant
supervisor chassis
 One Gbps Supervisor-to-Supervisor
(S2S) link

Catalyst 4500 Compatibility and Flexibility
Maximizing Investment
Existing Catalyst 4500

Power Supplies
Supervisor 6-E E-Series Line Cards

Classic Supervisors Classic Line Cards
E Series Chassis
Mix and Match E Series and Classic

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Classic Architecture
Centralized Forwarding: 6 Gbps per Slot
Classic
Classic Line Card 10Gig X2 10Gig X2
Supervisor
RJ-45
RJ-45
RJ-45
RJ-45 8:1 SERDES 1
RJ-45 Stub
10GE
RJ-45
6 SERDES = 6 Gig
RJ-45
10GE
RJ-45
PPE FFE NFL
Octal
SERDES
RJ-45
RJ-45 Octal
RJ-45 SERDES
RJ-45 8:1 SERDES 6
RJ-45 Stub
RJ-45 CPU
RJ-45 CPU Bridge
RJ-45

Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series Architecture
Centralized Forwarding: 24 Gbps per Slot
E-Series Line Card Supervisor 6-E
10Gig X2 10Gig X2
RJ-45
RJ-45
2:1 SERDES L2
XGStub SERDES Lookup
4 XGStub = 24 Gig 10GE
RJ-45 L3
2:1 10GE Lookup
RJ-45
XGStub
IPP VFE
Input
2:1 TCAM
RJ-45 XGStub
RJ-45 Output
SERDES TCAM
2:1
XGStub SERDES
CPU
RJ-45 CPU
Bridge
RJ-45

Switching Module Architecture
IEEE 802.3 Flow Control (Blocking GE Ports)
 802.3x is an IEEE standards-based mechanism used to control data flow
 802.3x utilizes pause frames (DA MAC 01-80-C2-00-00-00-0F) to signal flow
control between end station and switch
 Flow control operation steps
1. Data flows to switch
2. Switch congested so ―pause‖ frame sent
3. End station waits required time before sending
 Cisco Catalyst 4500 supervisors support both Tx and Rx pause frames
1. Data Flows
to Switch
3. End Station Waits
Required Time
Si
2. Switch Congested Before Sending
“Pause” Frame Sent
cr7-4507-1# show interface GigabitEtherent 4/7 counters detail

<output skipped>
Port Rx-No-Pkt-Buff RxPauseFrames TxPauseFrames PauseFramesDrop
Gi4/7 0 35648 4854 0

Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series: CenterFlex
Catalyst 4500 Sup 6-E Technical Deep Dive
TCAM Flexibility
Enhanced QoS Flexibility
HA/Management
CenterFlex
Technology Multicast
Investment Enhancement and Protection

Catalyst 4500 Offers Higher
Feature Capacity
Catalyst 4500-E If TCAMs Get Over

Subscribed, Packets Get
Software Processed
256,000 128,000 Competitive Modular Stackable Switches

Forwarding QoS/Security up to 10,000 Entries 1,000 Entries
Entries Entries Forwarding/ Forwarding/
QoS/Security QoS/Security
 Dedicated hardware capacity for forwarding

 Dedicated hardware capacity for features
 Ample headroom for future requirements
 Line rate performance for security and QoS

Scalable and Flexible Services Capacity
Challenge
Classic Supervisors
Increasing Services in the Access—
Security QoS VoIP/Video/Security/Telepresence
32k 32k
Solution
Dedicated Resources
 Two fold services capacity increase
 Flexible TCAM resources
Flexible Resources Benefits
Security  Scale services as needed

QoS
 Service deployment flexibility
128k
 Optimization for QoS/security policies
Supervisor 6-E with CenterFlex  Investment enhancement and protection

CenterFlex Enabled TCAM 4 Flexibility
Security
Input Classification CAM (ICC)
64K
QoS
Security
Output Classification CAM (OCC)
64K
QoS

Security
64K
QoS
Security
64K
QoS

Security
64K
QoS
Security
64K
QoS

Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series
IPv4 and IPv6 Support
Classic IPv4/IPv6 Allocations
 Centralized architecture allows
for easier upgrades
Address IPv4  Example: TCAM 4-based
Table
(TCAMS)
and IPv6 hardware lookups provide
320 Bit Wide dynamic table sizing for IPv4
160 Bit Wide
to IPv6 migration
 Upgrade the supervisor in
a classic 4500 chassis to
Dynamic Allocation
get IPv6 in HW and other
IPv4 capabilities
160 Bit Wide
Address
Table IPv6
(TCAMS)
320 Bit Wide
Supervisor 6-E with CenterFlex

CenterFlex Enabled Dynamic
Configuration
IP FIB Entries TCAM Model Entries/Block

80-Bit Wide
Block 0 Unicast IPv4 80-Bit Mode 4000
uRPF IPv4 80-Bit Mode 4000
Multicast IPv4 160-Bit Mode 2000
Unicast IPv6 160-Bit Mode 2000
.
. uRPF IPv6 160-Bit Mode 2000
.
Multicast IPv6 320-Bit Mode 1000
160-Bit Wide
Block 30
.
.
.
Block 31 320-Bit Wide
Optimized Space Allocation for IPv4 and IPv6 Configurations!

Hardware Support for IPv6
Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series: CenterFlex
TCAM Flexibility
HA/Management
CenterFlex

How Many Classes Does
the Campus Need?
Expanding the Number of Classes of Service over Time
4/5 Class Model
Real Time
Call Signaling
Critical Data
Best Effort
Scavenger
Time
the Campus Need?
4/5 Class Model 8-Class Model
Voice
Real Time
Video
Call Signaling Call Signaling
Network Control
Critical Data
Critical Data
Bulk Data
Best Effort Best Effort
Scavenger Scavenger
Time
the Campus Need?
4/5 Class Model 8-Class Model 11-Class Model
Voice Voice
Real Time Interactive-Video
Video
Streaming Video
Call Signaling Call Signaling Call Signaling
IP Routing
Network Control
Network Management
Critical Data Mission-Critical Data
Critical Data
Transactional Data
Bulk Data Bulk Data
Best Effort Best Effort Best Effort
Scavenger Scavenger Scavenger
Time
Catalyst 4500 Sup 6-E Sup 6-E
MQC Compliant
Enhanced Queuing
Classic Supervisors
Supervisor II+, II+10GE, IV, V, V-
10GE
 Four queues (1P3Q1T)
Four Static Tx Queues
per Port  Fixed queue size
 Q3 is priority queue
Flexible Resources Supervisor 6-E

 Configurable up to eight queues
(1P7Q2T) with configurable thresholds
 Queue size configurable up to 8184
Eight User Configurable
packets per queue (100K pool)
Tx Queues per Port  Class-based queuing
Supervisor 6-E with CenterFlex
 User configurable priority queue
Sup 6-E Classification
Sequential Classification:
Allows All Values Marked or Remarked Upon Ingress to be Matched
Based on the Marked or Remarked Value at Egress
Ingress Ingress Egress

CoS 5 CoS 0 CoS 0
Classification Marking Classification
Default
Match CoS 0 for
Match CoS 5 Mark to CoS 0 Class
Default Class Queue
Ingress QoS Egress QoS

Actions Actions
Ingress Egress Egress

Ingress
Marking Marking
Policing Conditional Policing Conditional
Ingress Egress
RX TX
Classification Classification
Ingress Egress
Marking Marking
Unconditional Unconditional

Sup 6-E Policing
 16K single rate two color policer

 8K single rate three color policer
 8K two rate three color policer
 Policer accuracy ± 0.75%
 Entire packet length including L2 header and tag are
counted as packet length
Note: Policers in Previous Supervisors Were Allocated as 8k Ingress

and 8k Egress; The Sup6-E Allows You to Configure Policers
in 2k Allotments as Either Ingress or Egress

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series
TCAM Flexibility
HA/Management
CenterFlex

Delivering Seamless Software Upgrade
Full Image In Service Software Upgrade (ISSU)
ISSU Allows Full IOS Image Upgrade Without
Taking Switch Out of Service
 Comprehensive upgrade
solution
PSIRT
deployment of new features, Security
hardware, services and Fixes
maintenance fixes
 Virtually eliminate network Add New
All Types of
disruption for software Power
Supply
Bug-Fixes
upgrade
Eliminate planned downtime
windows New IoS
Software Features
 Seamless to end users Three Releases
per Year
Upgrades can be scheduled at New Line Card

anytime—don‘t have to plan an
outage

GLBP Classic Sups
and Sup 6-E
 Each member of a GLBP redundancy group owns a unique

virtual MAC address for a common IP address/default gateway
 Benefits:
Equal bandwidth usage
Only half of the users fail over during fault
Load balancing
GLBP 1 ip 10.88.1.10 vIP 10.88.1.10 GLBP 1 ip 10.88.1.10

vMAC 0000.0000.0001 R1 R2 vMAC 0000.0000.0002
.1 ARP Reply .2
10.88.1.0/24
.4 .5
ARPs for 10.88.1.10 A B ARPs for 10.88.1.10

Gets MAC 0000.0000.0001 Gets MAC 0000.0000.0002

Supervisor 6-E: FAT File System
New Supervisors Will Support FAT Filesystem on Storage

Devices (Bootflash, Compact Flash, USB*); It Means:
 CF cards won‘t be interchangeable between Sup6-E and
classic supervisors
 Since FAT is understood by PCs and other computing devices,
CF and USB flash devices will be compatible with PC so it would
be easier to move files around
* Not supported in first release of Sup6-E software

Supervisor 6-E: FAT File System
usb0:
usb0:
13163624 Jun 23 2006 cat4500-entservicesk9-mz.122-31.SG.bin

TCAM Flexibility
HA/Management
CenterFlex

Multicast Capabilities All Done in
Hardware
Comprehensive L3 Multicast
SupIV,V,V-10GE Sup6-E
IPv4 IPv4 IPv6
OSPFv3 OSPFv3 OSPFv3
EIGRP EIGRP EIGRP
MSDP MSDP MLDv1/MLDv2
IGMP v1,2,3 IGMP v1,2,3 PIM-SSM
IGMP Snooping IGMP Snooping PIM-SM
PIM-SSM PIM-SSM
Note: Most Operating Systems Use MLDv1, Microsoft Vista Now

Uses MLDv2. SSM Is Supported in IPv6/IPv4.
TCAM Flexibility
HA/Management
CenterFlex

Evolutionary Centralized Architecture
E-Series
250Mpps
18Mpps 48Mpps 102Mpps
1999 2002 2004 2007 2012
Continued Innovation
CISF Services and Performance
Layer 2 10/100/ 10 GbE ISSU
1000 SSO
PoE L2/3/4 NAC/NSF
Same Line Cards

Why Invest in the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series?

 Strategic Cisco Platform
 Evolutionary Architecture
 Backward Compatibility
 Continued R&D
 Extended Lifecycle
Most Widely Deployed

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Dave Dhillon—Product Marketing Manager

© 2007 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

Dave Dhillon Richard Licon

© 2007 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

 Catalyst 4500 Centralized Architecture

© 2007 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

© 2007 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

Low Latency Low Power

© 2007 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series High Performance Extension

Supervisor 6-E with

E-Series Line Cards

© 2007 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

Innovations Enabled by Supervisor 6-E Centralized ASICs

© 2007 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

 Centralized 320 Gbps, 250 Mpps, L2/3/4

© 2007 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

Basic Layer 3 Supervisors Enhanced Layer 3 Supervisors

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Catalyst 4506 with Catalyst 4506 with Classic

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48-Port 10/100/1000 Premium PoE

6-Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet

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Fast Ethernet GE/10GE Ethernet Fiber Uplinks

 48-port 10/100 (RJ-45 or RJ-21)  6-port 10GE  2-port GE (Supervisor)

© 2007 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

 Supports up to 24 Gbps per slot

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Existing Catalyst 4500

Supervisor 6-E E-Series Line Cards

Mix and Match E Series and Classic

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© 2007 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

cr7-4507-1# show interface GigabitEtherent 4/7 counters detail

© 2007 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

Catalyst 4500 Sup 6-E Technical Deep Dive

Enhanced QoS Flexibility

Investment Enhancement and Protection

Catalyst 4500-E If TCAMs Get Over

256,000 128,000 Competitive Modular Stackable Switches

 Dedicated hardware capacity for forwarding

© 2007 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

Flexible Resources Benefits

Security  Scale services as needed

© 2007 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

© 2007 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

© 2007 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

© 2007 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

Supervisor 6-E with CenterFlex

© 2007 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

IP FIB Entries TCAM Model Entries/Block

Optimized Space Allocation for IPv4 and IPv6 Configurations!

Catalyst 4500 Sup 6-E Technical Deep Dive

Enhanced QoS Flexibility

Investment Enhancement and Protection

Call Signaling Call Signaling

Best Effort Best Effort

Best Effort Best Effort Best Effort

Scavenger Scavenger Scavenger

Flexible Resources Supervisor 6-E