The Ethernet Routing Switch 4500 Series provides high-performance, resilient Ethernet switching with stacking capabilities. It supports 10/100 and 10/100/1000 switching with Power-over-Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplink options. The switch delivers Layer 2 switching, dynamic Layer 3 routing, advanced convergence features, resilient stacking, distributed trunking, power redundancy, and reduced power consumption. It can automatically configure QoS and VLAN settings for IP phones and supports standards-based 802.1X security and identity management.

1. avaya.com
Ethernet Routing
Switch 4500 Series
The Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 4500
Series is a Stackable system providing high-
Ethernet Routing Switch 4500 Series
performance, convergence-ready, secure and
resilient Ethernet switching connectivity. Available as a range of 11 model variants supporting
10/100 and 10/100/1000 switching and routing, Power-over-Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet
uplink options, the Ethernet Routing Switch 4500 Series is ideally suited for Enterprise wiring
closet and other network edge deployments.
The Ethernet Routing Switch 4500 for each unit, thereby reducing cabling
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE series (ERS 4500) provides genuine and management costs when there are
resilient stacking, Layer 2 switching and adds, moves or changes. Additionally,
ETHERNET ROUTING SWITCH
dynamic Layer 3 RIP and OSPF routing, with Avaya’s auto-discovery and
4500 SERIES and advanced convergence features. This configuration capability (ADAC), the
enables the ERS 4500 series to deliver ERS 4500 can automatically configure
• Resilient — Solid stacking, distributed trunking the scalability and resiliency required the switch to apply the correct Quality-
and power redundancy by today’s application-driven enterprise of-Service (QoS) and VLAN settings,
networks while reducing total operational making mass IP phone deployments
• Efficient — Reduced power consumption,
costs. Indeed, ERS 4500 models are quick and easy. Standards-based
simplified converged deployments through
up to 40% more energy efficient than 802.1AB auto-discovery can also be
PoE, advanced QoS and IP Phone port auto- competitive products, ensuring superior used for non-Avaya devices.
configuration total cost of ownership.
The new suite of advanced QoS
• Powerful — Wire-speed performance, high- enhancements deliver unsurpassed
capacity stacking; 40Gbps per switch and up to Convergence-ready control to those network scenarios that
320Gbps per stack, and up to 400 ports For Businesses looking to bring together require granular and sophisticated
their major forms of communication – capabilities with the management of
• Secure — Comprehensive standards-based
data, voice and video – onto a single egress queue shaping, the mutation
802.1X, advanced filtering and Avaya’s Identity of DiffServ Code Point values on
infrastructure, the ERS 4500 delivers
Engines solution the functionality that makes converging egress, the definition of filter sets
these technologies simple. using both Layer 2 and Layer 3
• Flexible — Mix-and-match best-in-class
(IP) criteria, and the ability to fully
stacking capabilities; Fast Ethernet and Gigabit optimize the schema for queue and
Through support for standards-based
Ethernet in the same stack, and 1GbE and Power-over-Ethernet (IEEE 802.3af buffer management. Collectively these
10GbE uplinks PoE), power can be delivered to new QoS capabilities empower the
IP phones, wireless access points, ERS 4500 Series to deliver the most
networked CCTV cameras and other comprehensive application quality
powered devices. This eliminates the management solution of any product
need to have separate power supplies in this class.
FACT SHEET 1

2. avaya.com
Automatic QoS
With Automatic QoS, an Ethernet Routing
New features with the v5.4 Software
Switch 4500 supporting certain Avaya Unified The following features and enhancements have been added to the ERS 4500 capabilities
Communications solutions automatically with the release of v5.4 Operating System software:
recognizes the special, private Differentiated
Service Code Point (DSCP) values used • Energy Saver
by these applications and optimizes the
• RIP & OSPF Routing with Route Policies
management of egress queues. Without this
automated functionality, operators would need • Advanced QoS with shaping, mutation, multiple criteria filter sets, profiling,
to have detailed knowledge of how QoS works, & queue/buffer management
and also the private DSCP values, to enable
manual configuration for optimized queue • IP Flow Information Export
usage. This feature can help ensure that the • ADAC & 802.1AB MED interoperability with Automatic QoS
process is automated and optimized, and
protects against mis-configuration. With v5.4, • Enterprise Device Manager
Automatic QoS functionality has been further
• Multi-Link Scaling
extended through simultaneous interoperability
with options such as 802.1AB MED and • Time Domain Reflectometer
Avaya’s Auto-Detect & Auto-Configuration.
• Pay-as-you-Grow Software Licensing
• Additional SFP support plus numerous incremental operational features and enhancements
Intelligent stacking
solution delivering
or Gigabit Ethernet users – or a combination traffic flows between switches, can help ensure
scalability, flexibility, of both – deployed or planned. As a single that the most efficient paths are used for
resilience and performance stacked entity, all switches are managed via traffic forwarding. Added to this, the ability to
a single IP Address and offer the same high distribute trunks or aggregations across different
Avaya’s intelligent stacking architecture not
resilience and common feature set, simplifying units in the stack can ensure that even in the
only provides high-bandwidth unit-to-unit
management and deployment across the unlikely event of a switch or link failure, traffic
connections without consuming user ports,
network and the enterprise. continues to flow virtually uninterrupted for the
but it also allows flexible stacking of any
remaining units in the stack.
combination of up to eight switches from The ERS 4500 combines high-resiliency with
within the ERS 4500 range. This creates an high-performance stacking, delivering up to For seamless scalability, the ERS 4500 can
ideal solution for enterprises with fast Ethernet 320Gbps throughput. Intelligent bi-directional deliver up to 400 ports, meeting almost any
AVAYA ENERGY SAVER
The Avaya Energy Saver solution aligns the consumption of energy to the use of devices and building occupancy. It manages the power
that devices consume, “dimming” consumption during off-peak periods – much like a lighting control system – and even turning off low-
priority devices that are no needed after-hours. The energy usage profile of the typical Enterprise means that there is great potential to
deliver further incremental energy efficiencies – up to a further 20% – by intelligently pruning off-peak power consumption, all without
the need for any hardware change or investment overhead. Avaya Energy Saver can be administered directly on individual Switches or,
more commonly, centrally managed by the Enterprise Policy Manager component of Avaya Unified Communications Management.
Looking at the big picture, Avaya offers a complete solution of energy-efficient equipment together with the necessary tools to further
align the energy consumption of the network with its genuine usage requirements. By combining the energy efficiencies embedded with
the ERS 4500 Series products with intelligent management of the network via Energy Saver, Avaya achieves the highest levels of energy-
efficiency on offer.
2

3. avaya.com
wiring closet requirements of scalability and
port speed flexibility, allowing the network
infrastructure to grow as the business
requirements change.
Figure 1. Typical enterprise converged connectivity
Securing access at the edge
The ERS 4500 offers a wide range of flexible a flexible operational environment based
security options that help to ensure that
Secure and simplified
on business requirements. These include:
only authorized personnel gain access to a network management standardized Command Line Interface
company’s LAN. Whether it is through use of Avaya’s Ethernet Switch software is (CLI), Web-based Enterprise Device
an IEEE 802.1X-based EAP Client or through a supported on all ERS 4500 models Manager (EDM), SNMP-based management
device’s MAC Address, network managers can delivering simplified network operations (SNMPv1, v2 & v3), and the evolving
validate that only those who have successfully and management by having a single image Unified Communication Management (UCM)
been authenticated have access to specified operate on any mixture of models in a stack. framework for comprehensive, centralized,
resources. The ERS 4500 can also be used This eliminates the need to worry about and multi-facetted network management.
in conjunction with Avaya’s innovative Identity different software versions and capabilities UCM is based on Common Services –
Engines portfolio solution for advanced, on different products. The software image authentication and access control, audit,
standards-based, policy-based and centralized needs only to be loaded to the base unit of etc – and then a number of integrated
user/device authentication. the stack, which automatically loads it to plug-in AJAX-based applets that deliver
other switches. Even as switches are added seamless task-specific capabilities all with
For further flexibility, the ERS 4500 can a consistent look and feel: Configuration &
to an existing stack, the ERS 4500 software
support the authentication of multiple devices/ Orchestration Management; Visualization,
will help to that the new switch diagnostics
users on a single port. For example, if a user’s Performance, & Fault Management;
and software are appropriately upgraded to
PC connects into the network via an IP phone Enterprise Policy Manager; IP Flow Manager;
the software running on the stack.
(Figure 1), the PC and the IP phone can both and Network Resource Manager.
be independently authenticated on that port. The on-board USB port enables network
Additionally, if your company frequently has administrators to quickly and easily upload or Provision Wizards and other labor-saving
visiting users, support for a guest VLAN allows download a configuration file via a USB stick. tools ensures faster service activation and
these non-authenticated users to still use This allows the same configuration to either more consistent approach to configuration;
the network but to only have access to those be deployed across several switches, making this has the added benefit of reducing
resources that have been predefined for the configuration of new switches seamless or human-error as templates are pre-populated
guests, such as Internet access. serving as a backup in case a switch were to fail. with best-practice recommendations or
The USB port also allows for quick upload of new mandatory values. The entire framework is
Advanced security services also enable the context-based which enables a faster, more
software images or quick staging of new units
ERS 4500 to actively protect the network accurate and highly-intelligent approach to
through a simplified configuration capability.
against malicious network attacks by protecting delivering both device-centric and network-
DHCP services (DHCP snooping), verifying and For added security, both the USB and wide management services.
filtering ARP traffic via in-hardware processing consoles ports can be locked to prevent
(Dynamic ARP inspection), restricting IP traffic unauthorized intrusion.
to registered end devices (IP Source Guard) as Redundant power support
well as controlling the flow of Spanning Tree The ERS 4500 supports secure management Adding Avaya’s Redundant Power Supply
BPDUs within the network (BPDU Filtering). through access control lists, Simple Network 15 (RPS 15) allows the ERS 4500 to
Management Protocol (SNMPv3), Secure deliver the stable, redundant power support
The ERS 4500 supports advanced packet Shell (SSHv2), and RADIUS and TACACS+ crucial for today’s high-availability, mission-
classification and deep packet filtering of up to authentication when connecting to the critical environments. The RPS 15 chassis
128 bytes. These powerful filtering capabilities switch or stack. can support up to three 600 watt power
can block unwanted network traffic while
supply modules. Each module can provide
ensuring that mission-critical traffic is forwarded The ERS 4500 Series can be managed by redundant power support to one ERS 4500
with minimum delay. a variety of management tools, creating PoE switch or up to four non-PoE models.1
1
A DC connecting cable is required to connect from an ERS 4500 to an RPS 15 power supply; for non-PWR models, a DC-DC converter is
also required. 3

4. avaya.com
Deployments in converged networks are greatly – including fans and power supplies – for the The Ethernet Routing Switch 4500 series,
simplified through dynamic power management full life of the product; all countries will receive along with other Avaya products, can
of the PoE ports, with the load sharing and next-business-day shipping to replace failed increase profitability, streamline business
redundant power offered by Avaya’s RPS 15. hardware. Avaya also offers complimentary operations, increase productivity, lower costs
Combined, these features are designed to allow basic technical support: Level 1 the supported and help gain a competitive edge.
that devices requiring PoE can be added to the lifecycle of the product and up to Level 3 for
network without power ever becoming an issue. the first days after purchase. This includes
support for the shipped software version, with Learn more
an optional Software Release Service available To learn more about the Ethernet Routing
Lifetime warranty to provide access to new feature releases. Switch 4500 series, please contact your
Avaya includes Industry-leading warranty Avaya Account Manager or Avaya Authorized
services for the portfolio of Stackable Ethernet Partner. Or, visit us online at avaya.com.
Routing Switches, including the ERS 4500 Summary
Series products. We provide complimentary Avaya is uniquely positioned to provide an
next-business-day shipment of failed hardware end-to-end solution for converged networks.
Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 4500 Series
Model Link and Uplink Ports2
ERS 4526FX 24 x 100BASE-FX plus 2 x Combo 10/100/1000BASE-T or 100/1000BASE-SFP
ERS 4526T 24 x 10/100BASE-TX plus 2 x Combo 10/100/1000BASE-T or 100/1000BASE-SFP
ERS 4526T-PWR 24 x 10/100BASE-TX PoE plus 2 x Combo 10/100/1000BASE-T or 100/1000BASE-SFP
ERS 4550T 48 x 10/100BASE-TX plus 2 x Combo 10/100/1000BASE-T or 100/1000BASE-SFP
ERS 4550T-PWR 48 x 10/100BASE-TX PoE plus 2 x Combo 10/100/1000BASE-T or 100/1000BASE-SFP
ERS 4524GT 24 x 10/100/1000BASE-T, including 4 x Combo 10/100/1000BASE-T or 100/1000BASE-SFP
ERS 4524GT-PWR 24 x 10/100/1000BASE-T PoE, including 4 x Combo 10/100/1000BASE-T or 100/1000BASE-SFP
ERS 4548GT 48 x 10/100/1000BASE-T, including 4 x Combo 10/100/1000BASE-T or 1000BASE-SFP
ERS 4548GT-PWR 48 x 10/100/1000BASE-T PoE, including 4 x Combo 10/100/1000BASE-T or 1000BASE-SFP
ERS 4526GTX 24 x 10/100/1000BASE-T, including 4 x Combo 10/100/1000BASE-T & 1000BASE-SFP, plus 2 x 10GBASE-XFP
ERS 4526GTX-PWR 24 x 10/100/1000BASE-T PoE, including 4 x Combo 10/100/1000BASE-T or 1000BASE-SFP, plus 2 x
10GBASE-XFP
2
ERS 4500 Series models that support the 100/1000BASE-X SFP capability, namely 4526FX, 4526T, 4526T-PWR, 4550T, 4550T-PWR, 4524GT, 4524GT-PWR, also support the
T1 Ethernet over TDM Pluggable Transceiver.
4

5. avaya.com
Specifications
General & Performance
• Switch Fabric performance: 48.8 to 184 Gbps
• Frame forwarding rate: 6.6 to 72 Mpps
• Latency: 9 µsec
• Jitter: 12-14 µsec
• Frame length: 64 to 1518 Bytes
(802.1Q Untagged), 64 to 1522 bytes
(802.1Q Tagged)
• Jumbo Frame support: up to 9,000 Bytes
(802.1Q Tagged)
• Multi-Link Trunks: up to 32 Groups, with
8 Links per Group
• VLANs: up to 256 Port/Protocol/802.1Q-based
• Multiple Spanning Tree Groups: 8
• MAC Address: up to 8k
• DHCP Snooping: up to 1,024 table entries
• ARP Entries: up to 1,792
• 100BASE-FX up to 2km reach over MMF • IEEE 802.1X EAPoL
• IP Interfaces: up to 64 (Duplex LC)*
• IEEE 802.1ab Link Layer Discovery Protocol
• IPv4 Routes: up to 512 • Ethernet-over-T1 up to 2,874m reach
• IEEE 802.3 Ethernet
over 22AWG Cable (RJ-48C)*
• OSPF Instances: up to 4
• IEEE 802.3u Fast Ethernet
• 10GBASE-SR up to 300m reach over
• OSPF Adjacencies: up to 16
MMF (Duplex LC) • IEEE 802.3x Flow Control
• 10GBASE-LRM up to 220m over FDDI- • IEEE 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet
Pluggable Interfaces
grade MMF (Duplex LC) • IEEE 802.3ab Gigabit Ethernet over Copper
• 1000BASE-T up to 100m over CAT5E or
better UTP Cable (RJ-45) • 10GBASE-LR/LW up to 10km reach over • IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation
SMF (Duplex LC)
• 1000BASE-SX up to 550m reach on • RFC 768 UDP
MMF (Duplex LC) • 10GBASE-ZR/ZW up to 80km reach over
SMF (Duplex LC) • RFC 791 IP
• 1000-BASE-LX up to 550m reach on MMF,
• RFC 792 ICMP
and up to 10 km on SMF (Duplex LC) Note: Pluggables thus denoted “*” are supported on
the ERS 4526FX, 4526T, 4526T-PWR, 4524GT, & • RFC 793 TCP
• 1000BASE-XD CDWM up to 40 km reach 4524GT-PWR models only.
on SMF (Duplex LC) • RFC 826 ARP
• 1000BASE-ZX CDWM up to 70 km reach IEEE & IETF Standards • RFC 854 Telnet
on SMF (Duplex LC)
Compatibility • RFC 894 IP over Ethernet
• 1000BASE-EX up to 120 km reach on • IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol • RFC 951 BootP
SMF (Duplex LC)
• IEEE 802.1p Prioritizing • RFC 1058 RIP v1
• 1000BASE-BX up to 10 and 40 km reach
• IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Tagging • RFC 1112 IGMPv1
variants on SMF (LC)
5

6. avaya.com
• RFC 1157 SNMP • RFC 2674 Q-BRIDGE-MIB • RFC 3954 NetFlow Services Export v9
• RFC 1213 MIB-II • RFC 2737 Entity MIBv2 • RFC 4022 TCP MIB
• RFC 1271 RMON • RFC 2819 RMON MIB • RFC 4113 UDP MIB
• RFC 1350 TFTP • RFC 2863 Interfaces Group MIB • RFC 4293 IPv6
• RFC 1493 Bridge MIB • RFC 2865 RADIUS • RFC 4673 RADIUS Dynamic
Authorization Server MIB
• RFC 1583 OSPF v2 • RFC 2866 RADIUS Accounting
• RFC 1757 RMON • RFC 3046 DHCP Relay Agent
Information Option Weights & Dimensions
• RFC 1850 OSPF v2 MIB • Height: 4.45 cm (1.75 in) – 1RU
• RFC 3410 SNMPv3
• RFC 1945 HTTP v1.0 • Width: 43.82 cm (17.25 in)
• RFC 3411 SNMP Frameworks
• RFC 2131 BootP/DHCP Relay Agent • Depth: 36.9 cm (14.53 in)
• RFC 3412 SNMP Message Processing
• RFC 2236 IGMPv2 • Weight: 5.0 to 6.4 kg (11 to 14 lb)
• RFC 3413 SNMPv3 Applications
• RFC 2328 OSPF v2
• RFC 3414 SNMPv3 USM
Power Specifications
• RFC 2453 RIP v2
• RFC 3415 SNMPv3 VACM • Input Voltage: 100-240 VAC
• RFC 2474 DiffServ • RFC 3576 RADIUS • Input Current
• RFC 2475 DiffServ • RFC 3917 IP Flow Information Export – 3 to 6.5 A @ 100-120 VAC
• RFC 2665 Ethernet MIB • RFC 3993 DHCP Subscriber-ID sub-option – 1.5 to 3.3 A @ 200-240 VAC
• Power Consumption: 150 to 470 W
• Thermal Rating: 188 to 788 Btu/h
6

7. avaya.com
Environmental Specifications Electromagnetic Emissions Redundant Power
• Operating temperature: 0°C to 50°C & Immunity • Redundant Power Supply 15 Chassis
(32°F to 104°F) • Global basis for certification: CISPR • Redundant Power Supply 15 600W
• Storage temperature: -40°C to 85°C 22-1997 Class A & CISPR 24:1997 Power Supplies
(-13°F to 158°F) • US: complies with FCC CFR47 Part 15 • DC-to-DC Converter & Non-PoE
• Operating humidity: 0 to 95% maximum • Canada: complies with ICES Class A Connecting Cable for use with
relative humidity, non-condensing non-PoE Switches
• Europe: complies with EN 55022 Class A;
• Storage humidity: 10 to 90% maximum EN 55024; EN 300386 V1.3.3 Class A • PoE Connecting Cable for use with
relative humidity, non-condensing PoE Switches
• European Union & EFTA: complies with
• Operating altitude: 0 to 3,048 m EN 55022; EN 55024; EN 61000-3-2;
(0 to 10,000 ft) maximum EN 61000-3-3 MTBF Values
• Storage altitude: 0 to 12,192 m • 214,542 to 311,104 hours
• Japan/Nippon: complies with VCCI
(0 to 40,000 ft) maximum (24.49 to 35.31 years)
• Taiwan: complies with BSMI CNS 13428
• Acoustic Noise: less than 45 db at 35°C & 14336, Class A
• Korea: complies with MIC Class A
Safety Agency Approvals
• Global basis for certification: IEC 60950
current edition with all CB member deviations
• Europe: EN60950 (CE Marking)
• Mexico: complies with NOM
7

8. About Avaya
Avaya is a global leader in enterprise communications systems. The company
provides unified communications, contact centers, and related services directly
and through its channel partners to leading businesses and organizations
around the world. Enterprises of all sizes depend on Avaya for state-of-the-art
communications that improve efficiency, collaboration, customer service and
competitiveness. For more information please visit www.avaya.com.
© 2010 Avaya Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Avaya and the Avaya Logo are trademarks of Avaya Inc. and are registered in the United States and other countries.
All trademarks identified by ®, TM or SM are registered marks, trademarks, and service marks, respectively, of Avaya Inc. avaya.com
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Avaya may also have trademark rights in other terms used herein.
References to Avaya include the Nortel Enterprise business, which was acquired as of December 18, 2009.
05/10 • DN5097-01