The cat4500es8 component indicates this image is specifically built for the Cisco Catalyst 4500‑E chassis line when equipped with Supervisor Engine 8‑E or 8L‑E modules. According to Cisco’s official release notes, IOS‑XE release 3.11.xE supports Supervisor Engines 9‑E, 8L‑E, 8‑E, 7L‑E, and 7‑E on Catalyst 4500E Series switches. The hardware compatibility includes chassis models such as the 4503‑E, 4506‑E, 4507R+E, and 4510R+E.
If you have issued license right-to-use activate ipservices on 15.2(7)E5, to 12.2(xx) images. The license state data structure is incompatible. A downgrade will result in a switch that only boots IP Base, regardless of your previous entitlements. cat4500es8-universalk9.spa.03.11.05.e.152-7.e5.bin
Before deployment, always verify the MD5 or SHA256 checksum provided by Cisco: If you have issued license right-to-use activate ipservices
If your switch reverts to the old image after a reload, the configuration register likely remains set to 0x2101 . This value instructs the switch to ignore the boot variable and instead load the first valid image found in bootflash. Verify your setting with show version and change it to 0x2102 using config-register 0x2102 followed by a write memory and reload. Before deployment, always verify the MD5 or SHA256