The Supervisor Engine II-Plus-10GE supports CLI and SNMP management but doesn't support Web management of a useful sort. However, Cisco's Network Assistant will work with the Supervisor Engine II-Plus-10GE and provide SNMP-driven GUI management for most common functions, such as VLAN port changes and general switch management.

So, given a solid fiber plant, pushing 20Gbps each way to closets or other buildings on a campus or within a MAN (metropolitan area network) is easily possible with this switch. Cisco's Supervisor Engine II-Plus-10GE and the 4506 chassis are meant to perform some heavy lifting, and together they stand as another nail in the coffin for ATM as an enterprise interconnect.

BOTTOM LINE: Cisco Catalyst 4506 with Supervisor Engine II-Plus-10GE

Company: Cisco Systems,http://www.cisco.com/

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