Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Installation Guide

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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Module Installation Guide
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Chapter 1 Product Overview
Multilayer Switch Module (WS-X6302-MSM)
Table 1-10 Cisco IOS Features for the Multilayer Switch Module
Feature Description
Layer 3 forwarding
• Wire speed IP, IP multicast, and IPX routing
between VLANs
• Support for up to 64K entries for IP network
prefixes, IP unicast and multicast addresses,
IPX network numbers, and MAC addresses
• IP precedence-based IP forwarding
• Forwarding information base (FIB) and
adjacency database support as defined in other
Cisco routers
• Destination or destination/source-based load
sharing among equal cost paths
Layer 3 routing protocols
• Static IP routing
• IP routing protocols such as Internet Group
Management Protocol (IGRP), Enhanced
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP),
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Routing
Information Protocol (RIP), and RIP-2
• IP multicast routing protocols such as Protocol
Independent Multicast (PIM) (sparse and dense
mode) and Distance Vector Multicast Routing
Protocol (DVMRP)
• IPX routing protocols such as RIP and EIGRP

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Cisco
Model	Catalyst 6500 Series
Category	Switch
Language	English