Chapter 1 Product Overview
Supervisor Engines
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Supervisor Engines
This section describes the features found on Supervisor Engine 1, Supervisor
Engine 2, and Supervisor Engine 720. This section contains the following topics:
• LEDs, page 1-12
• RESET Button, page 1-13
• CONSOLE Port, page 1-13
• CONSOLE PORT MODE Switch, page 1-14
• Switch Load, page 1-15
• PCMCIA Slot, page 1-15
• Uplink Ports, page 1-15
Note The Catalyst 6513 switch requires a Supervisor Engine 2 or Supervisor
Engine 720.
The supervisor engine configurations are listed in Ta ble 1-2 .
Table 1-2 Supervisor Engines
Product Number Description
Supervisor Engine 1
1
WS-X6K-SUP1-2GE • Supervisor Engine 1, dual 1000BASE-X GBIC uplinks
• QoS port architecture (Rx/Tx) is 1q4t/2q2t
WS-X6K-SUP1A-2GE
• Supervisor Engine 1A, dual 1000BASE-X GBIC
uplinks
• QoS port architecture (Rx/Tx) is 1p1q4t/1p2q2t
WS-X6K-S1A-MSFC2
• Supervisor Engine 1A, dual 1000BASE-X GBIC
uplinks, PFC and MSFC2 daughter cards
• QoS port architecture (Rx/Tx) is 1p1q4t/1p2q2t