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Catalyst 6500 Series Switches Installation Guide
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Chapter 1 Product Overview
Catalyst 6506-E Switch
Catalyst 6506-E Switch
The Catalyst 6506-E switch is a 6-slot horizontal chassis. Table 1-9 lists the features of the
Catalyst 6506-E switch chassis. Table 1-10 lists the specifications of the Catalyst 6506-E switch chassis.
Figure 1-8 shows the Catalyst 6506-E switch.
Table 1-9 Catalyst 6506-E Switch Features
Feature Descriptions
Chassis
• Six horizontal slots. Slots are numbered from 1 (top) to 6 (bottom).
Supervisor Engines
• Supports Supervisor Engine 1, Supervisor Engine 2, Supervisor
Engine 32, and Supervisor Engine 720.
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Supervisor Engine 1 and Supervisor Engine 2 are installed in slot 1
and slot 2.
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Supervisor Engine 32 and Supervisor Engine 720 are installed in
slot 5 and slot 6.
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Supervisor Engine 720 has built-in switching fabric. Switch Fabric
Modules are not supported by Supervisor Engine 720 and cannot be
installed in the same chassis.
• 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 five Catalyst 6500 series modules.
• WS-C6500-SFM and WS-X6500-SFM2 Switch Fabric Modules must be
installed in slot 5 or slot 6.
• 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.
• 256 GBps switch fabric.
• 720 GBps switch fabric.
Clock and VTT Modules
• Two replaceable clock modules (CLK-7600=) provide clocking signals
to the EOBC channel and the switching bus.
• Three replaceable voltage termination (VTT) modules
(WS-C6K-VTT-E=) provide reference voltage for bus signals.
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