Cisco Catalyst 4500 series Administration Manual page 226

Understanding Virtual Switching Systems
Table 5-1
Hardware
Supervisor Engines
Linecard
1. With IOS XE 3.6.0E and IOS 15.2(2)E -E chassis are supported on Supervisor Engine 7-E and 7L-E alone. Support for
VSL Hardware Requirements
The VSL EtherChannel supports both 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports and 1- Gigabit Ethernet ports.
We recommend that you use at least two of the 10-Gigabit/1-Gigabit Ethernet ports to create the VSL
between the two switches. You cannot combine 10-Gigabit and 1-Gigabit Ethernet ports in a VSL
port-channel.
Be aware of the following:
•
Software Configuration Guide—Release IOS XE 3.6.0E and IOS 15.2(2)SG
5-10
VSS Hardware Requirements
Count
2
1
0 to as many
linecard slots are
available in a
chassis.
Supervisor Engine 8-E will be available in a later release.
You can add additional physical links to the VSL EtherChannel with the 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports
on any supported supervisor engine or linecard.
Chapter 5
Requirements
VSS is available on Supervisor Engine 7-E, Supervisor
Engine 7L-E, Supervisor Engine 8-E, and on the Catalyst
4500-X switch series.
All supervisor engines or systems in a VSS must match
precisely.
WS-X4712-SFP-E
WS-X4724-SFP-E
WS-X4748-SFP-E
WS-X4748-RJ45V+E
WS-X4712-SFP+E
WS-X4640-CSFP-E
WS-X4748-UPOE+E
WS-X4748-RJ45-E
WS-X4606-X2-E
WS-X4648-RJ45V-E
WS-X4648-RJ45V+E
WS-X4648-RJ45-E
WS-X4624-SFP-E
WS-X4612-SFP-E
WS-X4548-RJ45V+
WS-X4448-GB-SFP
WS-X4306-GB
WS-X4248-RJ45V
WS-X4248-FE-SFP
WS-X4148-RJ
WS-X4148-FX-MT
Configuring Virtual Switching Systems
OL-30933-01