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• The Catalyst 6500 Series with Catalyst OS 8.5 continues to deliver industry-leading high-availability solutions with the introduction of Flex Link.
You can now use an alternative link-redundancy mechanism by turning off the Spanning Tree Protocol on the ports configured as Flex Links.
• Most importantly, the Cisco Catalyst 6500 with Cisco Catalyst OS 8.5 provides more compelling reasons for customers to continue migration
from their Cisco Catalyst 5000 or Cisco Catalyst 5500 to Cisco Catalyst 6500 converged networks.
NEW HARDWARE SUPPORT
Table 1 summarizes the new hardware support offered by Catalyst OS 8.5 with various supervisor engine modules, as well as support continued
from Catalyst OS 8.4. For more details, please refer to the Cisco Catalyst OS Software release notes, available at the links within the “For More
Information” section.
Table 1. New Hardware Support Matrix Summary
Hardware Cisco Supervisor
Engine 1A
Cisco Supervisor
Engine 2
Cisco Supervisor
Engine 32
Cisco Supervisor
Engine 720
Chassis
The same support as
Cisco Catalyst OS 8.4
The same support as
Cisco Catalyst OS 8.4
The same support as
Cisco Catalyst OS 8.4
The same support as
Cisco Catalyst OS 8.4
Policy Features
Cards (PFCs)
The same support as
Cisco Catalyst OS 8.4
The same support as
Cisco Catalyst OS 8.4
The same support as
Cisco Catalyst OS 8.4
The same support as
Cisco Catalyst OS 8.4
Ethernet Switching
Modules
The same support as
Cisco Catalyst OS 8.4
The same support as
Cisco Catalyst OS 8.4
The same support as
Cisco Catalyst OS 8.4
The same support as
Cisco Catalyst OS 8.4
Layers 4–7 Service
Modules
Supports all of the existing
Layer 4–7 service modules
Supports all of the existing
Layer 4–7 service modules
Supports all of the existing
Layer 4–7 service modules
Supports all of the existing
Layer 4–7 service modules
Communications
Media Modules
Supports all of the existing
communication media
modules: WS-X6582-2PA
Supports all of the existing
communication media
modules: WS-X6582-2PA
Supports all of the existing
communication media
modules: WS-X6582-2PA
Supports all of the existing
communication media
modules: WS-X6582-2PA
IEEE Power
Daughter Cards
Supports all of the existing
IEEE power daughter
cards, including the latest:
WS-F6K-GE48-AF/A
Supports all of the existing
IEEE power daughter
cards, including the latest:
WS-F6K-GE48-AF/A
Supports all of the existing
IEEE power daughter
cards, including the latest:
WS-F6K-GE48-AF/A
Supports all of the existing
IEEE power daughter
cards, including the latest:
WS-F6K-GE48-AF/A
Gigabit Interface
Converters (GBICs),
Small Form-Factor
Pluggable (SFP)
Optics, XENPAK
Adds support for:
• GLC-FE-100EX
• GLC-FE-100ZX
• DWDM-XEPAK-xx-xx
• XENPAK-10GE-ZR
Adds support for:
• GLC-FE-100EX
• GLC-FE-100ZX
• DWDM-XEPAK-xx-xx
• XENPAK-10GE-ZR
Adds support for:
• GLC-FE-100EX
• GLC-FE-100ZX
• DWDM-XEPAK-xx-xx
• XENPAK-10GE-ZR
Adds support for:
• GLC-FE-100EX
• GLC-FE-100ZX
• DWDM-XENPAK-xx.xxx
• XENPAK-10GE-ZR
Note: Distributed forwarding with the Catalyst 6500 Series Distributed Forwarding Card (DFC) and DFC3A/3B/3BXL is not supported using
Cisco Catalyst OS Software releases.