Catalyst 6500 - Cisco Catalyst 2000 Configuration Handbook

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Catalyst 4948 offers 48 ports of 10/100/1000 and two X2 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplinks;
the 4900M offers eight fixed wire-speed 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports, and two half-slots
that you can fill with any combination of the following: (please remember that only the
8-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet expansion module supports the Cisco TwinGig converter):
■ 20-port wire-speed 10/100/1000 (RJ-45) half-card
8-port (2:1) 10 Gigabit Ethernet (X2) half-card (Cisco TwinGig Converter Module-
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compatible)
■ 4-port wire-speed 10 Gigabit Ethernet (X2) half-card
The Catalyst 4500 also has a 7-slot and a 10-slot "R" chassis that allows for redundant
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supervisor modules.
Here is the performance for the Catalyst 45xx supervisor modules switches:
Supervisor 6-E 320: Gbps/250 Mpps
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■ Supervisor V-10GE: 136 Gbps/102 Mpps
Supervisor V: 96 Gbps/72 Mpps
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Supervisor IV: 64 Gbps/48 Mpps
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■ Supervisor II-Plus-10GE: 108 Gbps/81 Mpps
Supervisor II-Plus 64: Gbps/48 Mpps
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Supervisor II-Plus-TS: 64 Gbps/48 Mpps
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Catalyst 6500

The Catalyst 6500 series switch is the flagship of the Catalyst product lines. It is the most
robust, has the highest backplane support, and is the most flexible of any of the Catalyst
products. This modular switch can act as a high-port-density access switch, as a Layer 2
or Layer 3 distribution switch, and as a wire-speed Layer 2 or Layer 3 core switch. In
addition to its high-speed Ethernet switching capabilities, it offers a variety of cards to
support advanced features such as voice services, content switching, intrusion detection,
network analysis, optical services, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, firewall support, and encryption
services. All these features function at wire speeds. In addition to these services, the
6500 chassis supports connectivity for the fabric module (CEF256), Cross-Bar (CEF720)
to interconnect the cards rather than the 32 classic Gbps bus. With this fabric module, a
6500-E chassis fully populated with fabric-enabled cards has a total of 720 Gbps of fab-
ric connectivity. The switch also offers support for redundancy and high-availability fea-
tures. The Catalyst 6500 series switches continue to evolve as new products provide more
flexibility and functionality. For example, Cisco introduced Virtual Switching System
(VSS) on the Catalyst 6500 with the announcement of the Supervisor 720-10GE-PFC3c.
This allows for two Cisco Catalyst 6500 series switches with this supervisor engine to