Cisco Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series VPN Services Port Adapter Data Sheet
Data Sheet
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Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Services SPA Carrier-600
Product Overview
The Cisco
®
Catalyst
®
6500 Series Services SPA Carrier-600 helps enable high-performance IP
Security (IPsec) VPN services for secure transport of mission-critical data across the network. It
provides enterprises and service providers tremendous flexibility and density as they scale their
network infrastructure and expand secure, remote services to branch offices and offsite users.
Figure 1. Cisco Services SPA Carrier-600 with Two Cisco VPN Services Port Adapters
Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches offer innovative, next-generation converged services for
enterprises and service providers. The Cisco Services SPA Carrier-600 and Cisco Catalyst 6500
Series VPN Services Port Adapter (VSPA) form the cornerstone of the IPsec VPN technology, and
they help enable tremendous cost savings and new revenue streams.
Features and Benefits
Table 1 gives the primary features of the Cisco Services SPA Carrier-600.
Table 1.
Features and Benefits of Cisco Services SPA Carrier-600
Feature
Cisco Services SPA Carrier-600
Benefit
Modularity
Up to 2 Cisco VSPAs per Cisco Services
SPA Carrier-600
SPA Carrier-600
Creates investment protection and offers flexibility
for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches
for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches
Scalability
Up to 10 Cisco Services SPA Carrier-600
modules and 10 Cisco VSPAs in a Cisco
Catalyst 6500 chassis
modules and 10 Cisco VSPAs in a Cisco
Catalyst 6500 chassis
Offers high-density, high-performance IPSec VPN
services while maintaining attractive footprint and
tremendous scalability
services while maintaining attractive footprint and
tremendous scalability
Switch fabric
connectivity
connectivity
Supported
Enables the use of 720-Gbps switch fabric
modules for data forwarding
modules for data forwarding
Online insertion and
removal (OIR)
removal (OIR)
Supports OIR of both the Cisco Services
SPA Carrier-600 and the Cisco VSPA
SPA Carrier-600 and the Cisco VSPA
Increases high availability and provides
operational ease of use
operational ease of use
Product Specifications
Table 2 gives specifications of the Cisco Services SPA Carrier-600.
Table 2.
Product Specifications
Features
Descriptions
Compatibility
Compatibility Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 32, 720 Series, or VSS-10G
Minimum software
compatibility
compatibility
Cisco IOS
®
Software Release 12.2 SXI or later native or modular Cisco IOS Software releases