Cisco CATALYST 6509E 9 SLOT 15U CHASSIS NO POWER SUPPLY NO FAN TRAY Specification Guide

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Catalyst 6500 Series Switches Installation Guide

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Chapter 1 Product Overview

Catalyst 6503 Switch

The Catalyst 6503 switch is a 3-slot horizontal chassis.

Table 1-1

lists the features of the Catalyst 6503

switch chassis.

Table 1-2

lists the specifications of the Catalyst 6503 switch chassis.

Figure 1-1

shows

the front view and

Figure 1-2

shows the rear view of the Catalyst 6503 switch.

Table 1-1

Catalyst 6503 Switch Features

Feature

Description

Chassis

•

Three horizontal slots. Slots are numbered from 1 (top) to 3 (bottom).

Supervisor Engine

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Supports Supervisor Engine 1, Supervisor Engine 2, Supervisor
Engine 32, and Supervisor Engine 720.

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Supervisor engines are installed in slot 1 and slot 2.

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Using a Supervisor Engine 32 or a Supervisor Engine 720 requires
that you install the optional high-speed fan tray.

•

The uplink ports are fully functional on the redundant supervisor engine
in standby mode.

Note

Redundant supervisor engines must be configured identically.

Modules

•

Supports up to two Catalyst 6500 series modules.

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Does not support the WS-C6500-SFM and WS-X6500-SFM2 Switch
Fabric Modules.

•

Does not support the WS-X67xx modules.

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Some Catalyst 6500 series modules may:

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Not be supported

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Require that you install a Supervisor Engine 720

–

Have chassis slot restrictions

–

Require a specific software release level

Check your software release notes for specific information.

Backplane Bandwidth

•

32 GBps shared bus.

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720 GBps switch fabric.

Clock and VTT modules

•

One replaceable clock module (CLK-7600=) provides clocking signals
to the EOBC channel and the switching bus.

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Non-replaceable voltage termination (VTT) module provides reference
voltage for bus signals.