Installation guide

Chapter 1 Product Overview
Gigabit Ethernet Switching Modules
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Gigabit Ethernet Switching Modules
This section describes these Gigabit Ethernet switching modules:
• 16-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switching Module (WS-X6316-GE-TX), page 1-38
• 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switching Module (WS-X6408-GBIC), page 1-38
• 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switching Module (WS-X6408A-GBIC), page 1-39
• 16-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switching Module (WS-X6416-GBIC), page 1-40
• 16-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switching Module (WS-X6416-GE-MT), page 1-41
• 1-Port 10-Gigabit Ethernet Module (WS-X6501-10GEX4), page 1-41
• 1-Port 10-Gigabit Ethernet Base Module (WS-X6502-10GE), page 1-42
• 16-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switching Module (WS-X6516-GBIC), page 1-42
• 16-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switching Module (WS-X6516A-GBIC), page 1-43
• 16-Port 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet Switching Module
(WS-X6516-GE-TX), page 1-44
• 4-Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Switching Module (WS-X6704-10GE), page 1-44
• 24-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switching Module (WS-X6724-SFP), page 1-45
• 16-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switching Module (WS-X6816-GBIC), page 1-46
For LED indicators, see the “Ethernet Module LEDs” section on page 1-47.
Table 1-5 summarizes some of the features of the Gigabit Ethernet switching
modules.
Table 1-5 Gigabit and 10-Gigabit Ethernet Switching Modules Features
Product Number
Backplane
Connection Forwarding
Number of
Transmit
Queues/Port
Number of
Receive
Queues/Port
WS-X6316-GE-TX Bus Centralized 3 2
WS-X6408-GBIC Bus Centralized 3 2
WS-X6408A-GBIC Bus Centralized 3 2
WS-X6416-GBIC Bus Centralized 3 2
WS-X6416-GE-MT Bus Centralized 3 2