
Model Number: |
WS-C4506-E Cisco 4500 Switch |
Detail: |
Catalyst 4500 E-Series 6-Slot Chassis, fan, no ps |
WS-C4506-E Overview
Cisco Catalyst 4506-E chassis offers 6 slots with Fan, 5 line-card slots and 1 supervisor engine slot with supporting up to 244 ports and up to 1500W POE power per slot. The solution provides centralized network architecture for enterprises-level, small and medium-size business through simplified operations. The highly intelligence performance offers non-blocking layer 2 – 4 switching with Secure, flexible communications. Any two Cisco Catalyst 4500E series Switches with Supervisor Engine 7L-E/7-E/8-E can be pooled together into a VSS, which doubles the system bandwidth, improves resiliency of the system and delivers the highest centralized reliable performance.
Quick Specs
Product Code | WS-C4506-E |
Supervisor engine slot | Slot 1 |
Line-card slots | 5 |
Redundant power supplies | 2 |
Backplane | 48 Gbps full duplex per slot (240 Gbps) |
Dimensions (H x W x D) | 44.13 x 43.97 x 31.70 cm |
Rack Units (RU) | 10RU |
Weight | 46 kg |
Airflow | Chassis fan tray: Right to left.Power supply fan: Front to back |
Product Details
The front panel.

① | Redundant power supplies |
② | Supervisor engine (slot 1) |
③ | Switching modules (slots 2 to 6) |
④ | Fan tray assembly |
Cisco Catalyst 4506-E Switch Features.
Feature | Description |
Chassis | Three horizontal slots. Slots are numbered from 1 (top) to 6 (bottom). |
Supervisor engines | Supports the following supervisor engines: Supervisor Engine 8-E Supervisor Engine 7L-E Supervisor Engine 7-E |
Modules | Supports up to 5 Catalyst 4500 series modules. |
Backplane | 48 Gbps full duplex per slot (240 Gbps) |
Fan tray | The chassis supports a single hot-swappable fan tray. |
Power supply | Supports one or two power supplies.All Catalyst 4500 series AC-input power supplies require single-phase source AC. |
Compare to Similar Items
the comparison of WS-C4503-E and WS-C4506-E.
Model | WS-C4503-E | WS-C4506-E |
Supervisor engine slot | 1 | 1 |
Line-card slots | 2 | 5 |
Redundant power supplies | 2 | 2 |
Supervisor engines | Supervisor Engine 8-ESupervisor Engine 7L-ESupervisor Engine 7-E | Supervisor Engine 8-ESupervisor Engine 7L-ESupervisor Engine 7-E |
Backplane | 48 Gbps full duplex per slot (96 Gbps) | 48 Gbps full duplex per slot (240 Gbps) |