Installation guide

Chapter 1 Product Overview
Catalyst 6500 Series Switches
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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Module Installation Guide
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Catalyst 6500 Series Switches
The Catalyst 6500 series switches consist of the following six chassis:
• Catalyst 6503 (3 slots)
• Catalyst 6506 (6 slots)
• Catalyst 6509 (9 slots)
• Catalyst 6509-NEB (9 slots, vertical)
• Catalyst 6509-NEB-A (9 slots, vertical)
• Catalyst 6513 (13 slots)
The Catalyst 6506, Catalyst 6509, Catalyst 6509-NEB, Catalyst 6509-NEB-A,
and Catalyst 6513 switches can support a backplane architecture that scales from
32 Gbps to 256 Gbps. The Catalyst 6503 switch backplane architecture is limited
to 32 Gbps.
The Catalyst 6500 series switches support the following hardware:
• A supervisor engine with two gigabit interface uplinks and an optional
redundant supervisor engine.
Note The Supervisor Engine 720 also has a 10/100/1000 Mbps uplink port.
Both supervisor engines in a single chassis must be completely identical. You
can configure the redundant supervisor engines in a Catalyst 6500 series
switch in one of three configurations:
– Two supervisor engines, each with no Multilayer Switch Feature Card
(MSFC) and no Policy Feature Card (PFC)
– Two supervisor engines, each configured with a PFC daughter card
– Two supervisor engines, each configured with both an MSFC and a PFC
daughter card
Note The Catalyst 6513 switch requires either the Supervisor Engine 2
or Supervisor Engine 720.
• Additional switching modules in any combination: