Feature and Description |
Supervisor Engine IV |
Supervisor Engine V |
Supervisor Engine V-10GE |
Layer 2-4 Performance |
48 mpps and 64 Gbps |
72 mpps and 96 Gbps |
102 mpps and 136 Gbps |
Chassis Support |
Cisco Catalyst 4006, Catalyst 4503, Catalyst 4506, and Catalyst 4507R |
Cisco Catalyst 4006, Catalyst 4503, Catalyst 4506, Catalyst 4507R, and Catalyst 4510R |
Cisco Catalyst 4503, Catalyst 4506, Catalyst 4507R, and Catalyst 4510R |
Redundant Capable |
Yes (Cisco Catalyst 4507R only) |
Yes (Cisco Catalyst 4507R
and Catalyst 4510R only) |
Yes (Cisco Catalyst 4507R and Catalyst 4510R only) |
Active Supervisor Uplinks
in Redundant Mode |
2 Gigabit Ethernet |
4 Gigabit Ethernet |
4 Gigabit Ethernet and 2 10-Gigabit Ethernet |
Active Supervisor Engine Uplinks (Nonredundant Mode) |
2 Gigabit Ethernet |
4 Gigabit Ethernet |
4 Gigabit Ethernet and 2 10-Gigabit Ethernet1 |
Uplink Optic Types |
GBIC |
GBIC |
SFP (Gigabit Ethernet) or X2 optics (10-Gigabit Ethernet ports) |
Switching Capacity |
64 Gbps |
96 Gbps |
136 Gbps |
Throughput |
48 mpps |
72 mpps |
102 mpps |
Multilayer Switching |
Full Layer 2-4 services and routing |
Full Layer 2-4 services
and routing |
Full Layer 2-4 services and routing |
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IGRP), Enhanced IGRP (EIGRP), Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Intermediate System-to Intermediate System (IS-IS) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Dynamic Buffer Limiting (DBL): Congestion-Avoidance Feature |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
QoS Sharing |
Support only on nonblocking
Gigabit Ethernet ports |
Supported on all ports |
Supported on all ports |
Broadcast Suppression |
Software |
Hardware |
Hardware3 |
Multicast Suppression |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Q in Q |
Pass-through |
In hardware |
In hardware |
Netflow Support |
Yes (requires daughter card) |
Yes (requires daughter card) |
Yes (integrated on baseboard with additional features; no daughter card required) |
Minimum Software Requirement |
Cisco IOS® Software Release 12.1(12c)EW or later |
Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(18)EW or later |
Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(25)EW or later |
CPU |
333 MHz |
400 MHz |
800 MHz |
Synchronous Dynamic
RAM (SDRAM) |
512 MB |
512 MB |
512 MB |
Active VLANs |
4000 |
4000 |
4000 |
Multicast Entries |
28,000 (Layer 3) 16,000 (Layer 2) |
28,000 (Layer 3) 16,000
(Layer 2) |
128,000 |
STP Instance |
3000 |
3000 |
3000 |
Switched Virtual Interfaces (SVIS) |
4000 |
4000 |
4000 |
NVRAM |
Yes (512 KB) |
Yes (512 KB) |
Yes (512 KB) |
Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) Snooping |
Yes (16 KB |
Yes (16 KB) |
Yes (16 KB) |