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

The Catalyst 6506-E switch is a 6-slot horizontal chassis. 

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Catalyst 6506-E switch chassis. 

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Chassis

Six horizontal slots. Slots are numbered from 1 (top) to 6 (bottom).

Supervisor Engines

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

Supervisor Engine 1 and Supervisor Engine 2 are installed in slot 1 
and slot 2.

Supervisor Engine 32 and Supervisor Engine 720 are installed in 
slot 5 and slot 6.

Supervisor Engine 720 has built-in switching fabric. Switch Fabric 
Modules are not supported by Supervisor Engine 720 and cannot be 
installed in the same chassis.

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

Redundant supervisor engines must be configured identically.

Modules

Supports up to five Catalyst 6500 series modules.

WS-C6500-SFM and WS-X6500-SFM2 Switch Fabric Modules must be 
installed in slot 5 or slot 6.

Some Catalyst 6500 series modules may:

Not be supported

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.

256 GBps switch fabric.

720 GBps switch fabric.

Clock and VTT Modules

Two replaceable clock modules (CLK-7600=) provide clocking signals 
to the EOBC channel and the switching bus.

Three replaceable voltage termination (VTT) modules 
(WS-C6K-VTT-E=) provide reference voltage for bus signals.