About Catalyst 4500 Series

The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series features a high performance centralized architecture that delivers high services capacity, operational simplicity, backward and forward compatibility delivering exceptional investment protection and enhancement, maximizing return on investment (ROI).
The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series delivers:

* Maximum Investment protection: Backward compatibility with easy supervisor upgrades to enhance feature on all ports
* High availability: Hardware and software based resiliency help minimize planned and unplanned network downtime
* Ease of use and manageability: Web-based management offers centralized configuration for operational simplicity
* Comprehensive security: Advanced security capabilities mitigate information theft and limit damage from worms and viruses
* Power over Ethernet: Up to 30 watts per port PoE enable evolving high powered end devices
* Scalability: Offers up to 250Mpps non-blocking performance independent of the number of advanced services enabled
* Deployment flexibility: Offers a broad selection of high-performance supervisors, line cards, chassis and power supplies