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Cisco Catalyst 6500 16-Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Copper Module
PB575203
Cisco announces its first 16-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet copper module (Figure 1) for the Cisco Catalyst
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6500 Series. The Cisco Catalyst 16-Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Copper Module extends the 10 Gigabit
Ethernet portfolio on the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series, providing up to 130 copper ports of 10 Gigabit
Ethernet in a single Cisco Catalyst 6509 Switch chassis. It is ideal for deployment in the data center
access for high-speed server connectivity and also for switch-to-switch connectivity within a 330-foot (100-
meter) distance. The new 16-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet copper module complements the existing modules
and integrated services on the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series, enabling customers to build scalable, resilient,
and manageable data centers and help meet their growing business needs to consolidate and virtualize
servers and storage devices while increasing resource utilization and reducing capital expenses.
Figure 1. Cisco Catalyst 6500 16-Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Copper Module
Product Overview
There are two versions of the Cisco Catalyst 6500 16-Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Copper Module:
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16-Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Copper Module with Distributed Forwarding Card 3C (DFC3C)
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16-Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Copper Module with Distributed Forwarding Card 3CXL (DFC3CXL)
Both modules contain the WS-X6716-10GT base board and a distributed forwarding card. See Table 1 for the
differences between the DFC3C version and the DFC3CXL version. The base module supports up to 16 RJ-45
connectors and has a 40-Gbps connection to the fabric and is therefore 4:1 oversubscribed. The distributed
forwarding card provides hardware-based multicast replication, NetFlow, and MAC-address learning and forwards
traffic at 48 million packets per second (mpps). The 16-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet copper module can operate in a mix
of oversubscription mode and performance mode, providing flexibility for the customer to connect some ports to the
server and some ports to interconnect switches. When operating in performance mode, the 10 Gigabit Ethernet
copper ports can also be used to create a virtual switch link in a Cisco Catalyst 6500 Virtual Switching System
(VSS).
Table 1.
Differences Between DFC3C and DFC3CXL
Feature
DFC3C
DFC3CXL
IPv4 routes
256,000
1,000,000
IPv6 routes
128,000
500,000
NetFlow entries
128,000
256,000