Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Hardware Installation Guide

CHAPTER
2-1
Catalyst 6500 Series Switch SIP, SSC, and SPA Hardware Installation Guide
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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch SIPs and SSCs
Overview
This chapter describes the SPA interface processors (SIPs) and SPA services cards (SSCs) that are
supported on the Catalyst
6500 Series switch and contains the following sections:
• SIP and SSC Support, page 2-1
• Identifying Slots and Subslots for SIPs, SSCs, and SPAs, page 2-2
• Cisco 7600 SIP-200 Overview, page 2-4
• Cisco 7600 SIP-400 Overview, page 2-8
• Cisco 7600-SIP-600 Overview, page 2-9
• Cisco 7600-SSC-400 Overview, page 2-11
SIP and SSC Support
Table 2-1 lists the SIPs and SSCs that are supported on the Catalyst 6500 Series switch.
Note The Description column indicates the aggregate bandwidth supported by the SIP across all subslots, not
per SPA subslot.
Ta b l e 2-1 SIP Support
SIP Product Number Description
Maximum
Number of
SPAs
Minimum Cisco
IOS Release
Cisco 7600 SIP-200 7600-SIP-200 622-Mbps SPA interface
processor
4 12.2(18)SXE
Cisco 7600 SIP-400 7600-SIP-400 2.5-Gbps SPA interface
processor
4 12.2(18)SXE
Cisco 7600 SIP-600 7600-SIP-600 1 x 10-Gbps SPA Interface
Processor
1 12.2(18)SXF
1
1. Support for the Cisco 7600 SIP-600 was removed in Cisco IOS Release 12.2(33)SXH and restored in Cisco IOS Release 12.2(33)SXI
and later releases.
Cisco 7600 SSC-400 7600-SSC-400 SPA services carrier 2 12.2(18)SXE2

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Cisco
Model	Catalyst 6500 Series
Category	Switch
Language	English