{"id":3111,"date":"2014-02-11T13:11:15","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T17:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maximummidrange.com\/blog\/?p=3111"},"modified":"2014-02-11T13:11:15","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T17:11:15","slug":"cisco-4500-classic-vs-4500e-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maximummidrange.com\/blog\/cisco-4500-classic-vs-4500e-series\/3111","title":{"rendered":"Cisco 4500 Classic VS 4500E Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cisco Catalyst 4500 series<\/p>\n<p><em>Cisco 4000\/4500 Classic Series vs 4500E Series.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Recently we had a client looking for an affordably priced switch that had all SFP+ with 10Gbase uplinks.<\/p>\n<p>On a regular basis with other vendors, we have seen the Cisco 4500E become the recommended path. The Cisco 4500E is a great option and would certainly cover these needs, but they can be expensive.<\/p>\n<p>An alternative and cheaper compromise could be the 4000\/4500 Classic series.<br \/> The concern with this route becomes \u201cWhy do I want to put 48 GBPS of ports in a slot that will max out at 6 GBPS?\u201d<br \/> The answer is that most non-server ports really don\u2019t end up using that much bandwidth and 6 GBPS for each blade is often sufficient, and was so in the case of this client.<\/p>\n<p>To future-proof this solution, if this turns out not to be enough bandwidth in the future, it\u2019s a pretty painless upgrade to the E chassis. You\u2019ll need a newer supervisor, but the old power supplies will likely be re-usable.<\/p>\n<p>In this situation, we went with the 4507R a WS-X4448-GB-SFP blade and a redundant pair of Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine IVs.<\/p>\n<p>The customer has the bandwidth she needed and she saved some money in the process with a full path to upgradability.<\/p>\n<p>Maximum Midrange Computer Specialists<br \/><a href=\"mailto:blog@maximummidrange.com\">blog@maximummidrange.com<\/a><br \/><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maximummidrange.com\/contact-us.html\" target=\"_blank\">855-932-6627<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"description\" content=\"Do you need the bandwidth of the 4500E?\" \/><\/p>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/110858700317380882971\" rel=\"author\" \/> <link href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/10588136763736\" rel=\"publisher\" \/>\n<p><meta content=\"Cisco 4500 Classic VS 4500E Series\" \/><meta content=\"Do you need the bandwidth of the 4500E?\" \/><meta content=\"https:\/\/www.maximummidrange.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/t-4500.jpg\" \/><meta content=\"Cisco 4500 Classic VS 4500E Series: Do you need the bandwidth of the 4500E?\" \/><meta content=\"James.Venhuizen\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.maximummidrange.com\/blog\/cisco-4500-classic-vs-4500e-series\/3111\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@maximummidrange\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@maximummidrange\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Cisco 4500 Classic VS 4500E Series\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Do you need the bandwidth of the 4500E?\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.maximummidrange.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/t-4500.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cisco 4500 Classic VS 4500E Series: How much bandwidth do you need now [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-case-studies","category-miscellaneous"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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