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CATALYST 4500 E-SERIES SUPERVISOR 8L-E
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WS-X45-SUP8L-E= is a high-performance supervisor module designed to optimize the management and control of network systems. It offers a robust modular form factor that integrates smoothly into Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series environments, ensuring reliable operation in demanding data center settings.
Engineered for efficient installation and long-term scalability, WS-X45-SUP8L-E= provides built-in support for redundancy and high availability. Its design makes it an ideal choice for enterprises looking to upgrade network infrastructure and expand data center capacity without compromise.
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Deploy the WS-X45-SUP8L-E Supervisor Engine 8L-E as the central node in a university or corporate campus core to enable nonstop connectivity for critical lecture streaming, VoIP and administrative applications. Benefit: Achieves sub-second Stateful Switchover and sustained multi-gigabit forwarding capacity, ensuring 24/7 business continuity.
Use the WS-X45-SUP8L-E Supervisor 8L-E to converge LAN, SAN and IP telephony traffic in a distributed data center, enforcing hardware-accelerated QoS, security policies and NetFlow analytics. Benefit: Delivers unified 10GbE uplinks, granular traffic management and reduced operational overhead, guaranteeing consistent application performance.
Leverage the WS-X45-SUP8L-E in a service provider edge environment to host multiple VRFs and deliver MPLS L3VPN services with strict segmentation. Benefit: Scales to thousands of routes, enforces SLA-grade isolation and provides high-capacity forwarding, enabling secure, multi-tenant networks.
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| WS-X45-SUP8L-E= |  WS-X4712-SFP+E |  WS-X45-SUP7L-E |  WS-X4748-SFP-E |  WS-X4516 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Type | Supervisor Module | Network Module | Supervisor Module | Network Module | Network Module |
| Module Type | Supervisor Module | SFP+ | N/A | Ethernet | Ethernet |
| Data Rate | N/A | 10Gbps | 10Gbps | 1Gbps | 10G |
| Connector Type | N/A | SFP+ | SFP+ | SFP | SFP+ |
| Supported Protocols | N/A | TCP/IP | TCP/IP | TCP/IP | TCP/IP |
| Form Factor | Modular | Modular | Modular | Modular | Modular |
| Operating Temperature | 0 to 70°C | 0 to 70°C | 0 to 70°C | 0 to 70°C | 0 to 70°C |
| Storage Temperature | -40 to 85°C | -40 to 85°C | -40 to 85°C | -40 to 85°C | -40 to 85°C |
| Input Voltage | 3.3V | 3.3V | 3.3V | 3.3V | 3.3V |
| Compatibility | Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Dell, HP |
| Max Speed | N/A | 10Gbps | 10Gbps | 1Gbps | 10Gbps |
| Supported Features | Redundancy, High Availability, Modular Integration | Auto-negotiation, Jumbo Frames, QoS | Auto-negotiation / Jumbo Frames / QoS | Auto-negotiation, Jumbo Frames, QoS | Auto-negotiation, Wake-on-LAN, Jumbo Frames, QoS |
| Power Consumption | N/A | 12W | 15W | 60W | 15W |
| Interface Ports | N/A | SFP+ | SFP+ | SFP | Ethernet |
| Expansion Slots | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Product Name | WS-X45-SUP8L-E= | WS-X4712-SFP+E 10GbE SFP+ Ethernet Module | WS-X45-SUP7L-E | WS-X4748-SFP-E | WS-X4516 10G Ethernet Module |
| Height | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1.5 inches |
| Width | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3.5 inches |
| Depth | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 7.0 inches |
| Weight | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.8 lbs |
The WS-X45-SUP8L-E is a powerful supervisor engine. It provides fast, reliable performance, ensuring seamless network operation even during high-traffic periods.
The WS-X45-SUP8L-E has been essential for our network's growth. It offers excellent performance and easily supports our high-bandwidth needs.
This supervisor engine is incredibly reliable. The WS-X45-SUP8L-E handles our network's demand with ease, providing consistent and fast performance.
The WS-X45-SUP8L-E is easy to set up and offers excellent stability. It manages our growing network effortlessly, ensuring smooth and uninterrupted service.
The WS-X45-SUP8L-E offers excellent processing power and reliability. It integrates well into our infrastructure and provides fast performance under heavy loads.
The Supervisor 8L-E is a high-performance supervisor engine for the Cisco Catalyst 4500E series that delivers up to 160 Gbps switching capacity, advanced services, and six built-in 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplinks.
It provides up to 160 Gbps of forwarding capacity and supports up to 60 million packets per second (Mpps), ensuring low latency and high throughput for enterprise traffic.
The Supervisor 8L-E includes six fixed 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ uplink ports and supports up to 72 Gigabit or 24 10-Gigabit ports when combined with compatible line cards.
It runs Cisco IOS XE Software 3.6S or later, delivering enhanced security, programmability, and advanced routing features.
The Supervisor 8L-E is compatible with all Catalyst 4500E series line cards, including WS-X4748-GPB, WS-X4648-BG, and WS-X4548-TSV, for flexible port densities.
It offers control-plane policing, DHCP snooping, dynamic ARP inspection, IP Source Guard, and TrustSec integration for comprehensive network protection.
It supports Stateful Switchover (SSO) and Nonstop Forwarding (NSF), enabling hitless failover and uninterrupted traffic forwarding during supervisor switchover.
The Supervisor 8L-E draws up to 200W and is designed for Catalyst 4500E chassis with redundant front-to-back or back-to-front airflow, complying with NEBS and ETSI standards.
Combined with high-density line cards, it scales to 336 Gigabit Ethernet or 112 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports and supports modular service expansion.
It delivers customizable QoS with policy maps, traffic shaping, policing, WRED, and hierarchical queuing for optimized voice, video, and data performance.
Yes, it supports Cisco TrustSec, VRF-Lite, VLANs, and MPLS, enabling multi-tenant segmentation and secure network virtualization.
It offers Cisco DNA Center integration, NETCONF/YANG, RESTCONF, CLI, SNMPv3, and embedded Python for automated provisioning and monitoring.
Ideal for enterprise campus cores, data center aggregation, and service provider edge deployments requiring high throughput, advanced security, and modular growth.
Power down the Catalyst 4500E chassis, remove the existing supervisor module, slide in the 8L-E module, secure it, and power the chassis back on to auto-discover the new engine.
Cisco offers a limited lifetime hardware warranty, plus optional SMARTnet service for 24×7 technical support, software updates, and advance hardware replacement.