Cisco Catalyst 4500
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Your business needs to be lean and productive, and part of that efficiency is bundled in how you use your online and networking resources today. But many people still have old-fashioned Ethernet firmware systems in place, creating a bottleneck in network resource management and making you unable to fully utilize the powerful possibilities in the new data-based business world.

If you're looking for a reliable solution, you've found it. The Cisco Catalyst 4500 series promises great redundancy, improved options for control, and inline power to customers needing modular midrange intelligent switches for layers 2-4 network architecture. These switches are powerful and make converging and controlling of IP & telephony data, streaming video and other Internet based systems easy to enhance business productivity.

The Cisco Catalyst Switch 4500, the most popular deployed modular Ethernet switch, has been proven as a consolidated, redundant program for supporting an array of services for converged data and voice networks.

With this increased capacity, you'll find that the previously hard-to-serve edges of your network can make much more full use of your networked services. And the stability of the Cisco Switch 4500, like all Cisco products, has been proven over time; its architecture makes even refurbished networking equipment easy to use and compatible with the rest of your system. Cisco networking gear is great for both open and closed systems as well as systems with extensive mixed data types, and it's great for supporting branch office systems.

Features you can expect from the 4500 series include:

• Proven scalable architecture equal to or better than the rest of the Catalyst 4000 series
• 3 chassis: the 7-slot 4507 with integrated supervisor redundance; the 6-slot 4506; and the 3-slot 4503
• 1+1 excessive power support
• Support for integrated inline Power-to-Power, supporting IP communication and wireless access points.
• Wire-speed switching at speeds of 48 Mpps on layer 2,3 and 4; sustained performance no matter how many intelligent services are on, and great classification and prioritization of network traffic
• Hot swappable modules and integrated resilience to minimize network downtime
• Advanced security: IEEE 802.1x, ACL's , DHCP, MAC Address Notification, and Interface Tracker
• CiscoWorks Web based interface for control and management of not only available ports but even users and services that include QoS
• Backward compatibility with the Catalyst 4000 series so you can upgrade and integrate as you need. Catalyst 4000 family line cards are fully supported in 4500 series