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- DATA SHEET
- CISCO CATALYST 6500 SERIES 10/100 AND 10/100/1000 ETHERNET INTERFACE MODULES- IP TELEPHONY AND USER-MOBILITY SUPPORT WITH CISCO CATALYST 6500 SERIES 10/100 AND 10/100/1000 ETHERNET INTERFACE MODULES
- CISCO CATALYST PRESTANDARD INLINE POWER AND IEEE 802.3AF POE
- POWERED DEVICE DISCOVERY
- AUXILIARY VLAN
- AutoQoS
- CISCO IBNS
- ENHANCED OPERATIONAL CONTROL FOR ENHANCED MANAGEABILITY
- CISCO CATALYST 6500 SERIES 10/100 AND 10/100/1000 MODULES
- CISCO CATALYST 6500 SERIES CISCO EXPRESS FORWARDING 720 10-, 100-, AND 1000-MBPS ETHERNET-OVER-COPPER MODULES
- CISCO CATALYST 6500 SERIES CISCO EXPRESS FORWARDING 256 10/100 AND 10/100/1000 INTERFACE MODULES
- CISCO CATALYST 6500 SERIES POE, CLASSIC 10/100, AND 10/100/1000 INTERFACE MODULES
- CISCO CATALYST 6500 SERIES DATA-ONLY CLASSIC GIGABIT ETHERNET-OVER-COPPER INTERFACE MODULE
- ORDERING INFORMATION
- ORDERING INFORMATIONÅ DFC DAUGHTER CARDS
- SPECIFICATIONS
- SERVICE AND SUPPORT
- FOR MORE INFORMATION
 

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Product Number  Primary 
Application 
Ports, Connector, 
Maximum 
Distance, and 
Cable Type 
PoE Support  Maximum Frame 
Size (jumbo 
frame) Support 
Queues per Port 
(Tx = Transmit, 
Rx = Receive)* 
Buffer 
Size 
per Port 
and IEEE 802.3af  Rx-1p2t (per port) 
WS-X6548-GE-45AF  Premier wiring 
closet 
48, RJ-45, 100m, 
Category 5 cable 
Yes (both IEEE 
802.3af and Cisco 
Prestandard) 
Up to 1518 bytes 
per frame 
Tx-1p2q2t 
(per 8 ports) 
Rx-1p2t (per port) 
1 MB per 
8 ports 
WS-X6548V-GE-TX  Premier wiring 
closet 
48, RJ-45, 100m, 
Category 5 cable 
Yes, only Cisco 
Prestandard 
Up to 1518 bytes 
per frame 
Tx-1p2q2t 
(per 8 ports) 
Rx-1p2t (per port) 
1 MB per 
8 ports 
WS-X6516-GE-TX  Data center and 
server farm 
16, RJ-45, 100m, 
Category 5 cable 
No  Up to 9216 bytes 
per frame 
Tx-1p2q2t 
Rx-1p1q4t 
512 KB 
WS-X6548-RJ-45  Server 
Farmfarm 
48, RJ-45, 100m, 
Category 5 cable 
No  Up to 1518 bytes 
per frame 
Tx-1p3q1t 
Rx-1p1q 
1.2 MB 
WS-X6548-RJ-21  Server farm  48, RJ-21, 100m, 
Category 5 cable 
No  Up to 1518 bytes 
per frame 
Tx-1p3q1t 
Rx-1p1q 
1.2 MB 
*  Queues legend: 1p3q1t = 1 priority queue, 3 round-robin queues, and 1 threshold 
Figure 2.  Cisco Express Forwarding 256 10100/1000 Interface Module (part number WS-X6548-GE-TX) 
Figure 3.  Cisco Express Forwarding 256 Copper 10/100 Interface Module (part number WS-X6548-RJ-45) 










