Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Installation Note

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Cisco Systems, Inc., 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134-1706 USA
Catalyst 6500 Series Distributed Forwarding
Card 4 for WS-X68xx, WS-X69xx, and Select
WS-X67xx Modules Installation Note
Revised: January 2014
Product numbers:
This publication contains the procedures for installing and removing the Distributed Forwarding Card 4
(DFC4) daughter card on the WS-X67xx Ethernet modules that support the DFC4.
Note Throughout this publication, unless otherwise noted, the term DFC4 daughter card refers to the DFC4-A,
DFC4-AXL, DFC4-E, and DFC4-EXL daughter cards.
Contents
This publication contains these sections:
• Overview, page 2
• Required Tools and Parts, page 3
• Safety Overview, page 4
• Removing a CFC or DFC3 Daughter Card, page 10
• Removing a DFC4 Daughter Card, page 18
• Installing a DFC4 Daughter Card, page 23
WS-F6K-DFC4-A(=) WS-F6K-DFC4-AXL(=)
WS-F6K-DFC4-E(=) WS-F6K-DFC4-EXL(=)

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Specifications

General

Product Type	Switch
Switch Type	Modular
Switching Capacity	Up to 720 Gbps
Forwarding Rate	Up to 400 Mpps
Modular	Yes
Uplink Ports	Varies by module
QoS	Yes
Rack-mountable	Yes
Series	Catalyst 6500
Power over Ethernet (PoE)	Available on some models
Operating System	Cisco IOS
Redundancy	Yes (Supervisor engine, power supply)
Form Factor	Chassis-based
Slot Count	3, 6, 9, or 13 slots
Management	CLI, SNMP
Security Features	ACLs, 802.1X, port security
VLAN Support	Yes