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Catalyst 6500 Series Switches Installation Guide
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Chapter 1 Product Overview
Catalyst 6503-E Switch
Catalyst 6503-E Switch
The Catalyst 6503-E switch is a 3-slot horizontal chassis. Table 1-3 lists the features of the
Catalyst 6503-E switch chassis. Table 1-4 lists the specifications of the Catalyst 6503-E switch chassis.
Figure 1-3 shows the front view and Figure 1-4 shows the rear view of the Catalyst 6503-E switch.
Table 1-3 Catalyst 6503-E Switch Features
Feature Description
Chassis
• Three horizontal slots. Slots are numbered from 1 (top) to 3 (bottom).
Supervisor Engine
• Supports Supervisor Engine 1, Supervisor Engine 2, Supervisor
Engine 32, and Supervisor Engine 720.
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Supervisor engines are installed in slot 1 and slot 2.
• The uplink ports are fully functional on the redundant supervisor engine
in standby mode.
Note Redundant supervisor engines must be configured identically.
Modules
• Supports up to two Catalyst 6500 series modules.
• Does not support the WS-C6500-SFM and WS-X6500-SFM2 Switch
Fabric Modules.
• Some Catalyst 6500 series modules may:
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Not be supported
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Require that you install a Supervisor Engine 720
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Have chassis slot restrictions
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Require a specific software release level
Check your software release notes for specific information.
Backplane Bandwidth
• 32 GBps shared bus.
• 720 GBps switch fabric.
Clock and VTT module
• One replaceable clock module (CLK-7600=) provides clocking signals
to the EOBC channel and the switching bus.
• Non-replaceable voltage termination (VTT) module provides reference
voltage for bus signals.
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