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

Temperature, operating

Certified for operation: 32° to 104°F (0° to 40°C)

Designed and tested for operation: 32° to 130°F (0° to 55°C)

The Catalyst 6500 series switches are equipped with internal air 
temperature sensors that are triggered at 40°C (104°F) generating a 
minor alarm and at 55°C (131°F) generating a major alarm.

Temperature, nonoperating 
and storage

–4° to 149°F (–20° to 65°C)

Thermal transition

0.5°C per minute (hot to cold)

0.33°C per minute (cold to hot)

Humidity (RH), ambient 
(noncondensing) operating 

Operating: 5% to 90%

Nonoperating and storage: 5% to 95%

Altitude, operating

Certified for operation: 0 to 6500 feet (0 to 2000 m)

Designed and tested for operation: –200 to 10,000 feet (–60 to 3000 m)

This switch was complies with Network Equipment Building Systems 
(NEBS) (Zone 4 per GR-63-Core) in the following areas:

Earthquake environment and criteria

Office vibration and criteria

Transportation vibration and criteria

Operational—5 G 30 ms, half-sine (IEC 68-2-27)

Non-operational—20 G, 7.5 ms, trapezoidal

Operational—3 Hz to 500 Hz, 
Power Spectral Density (PSD)-0.0005 G

2

/Hz at 10 Hz and 200 Hz. 

5 dB/octave roll off at each end. 0.5 hours per axis (1.12 Grms).

64 to 76 dB. International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 7779: 
Bystander position operating to an ambient temperature of 86°F (30°C).