Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Installation Manual page 79

Chapter 1 Product Overview
Table 1-10 Cisco IOS Features for the Multilayer Switch Module
Feature
Layer 3 forwarding
Layer 3 routing protocols
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Multilayer Switch Module (WS-X6302-MSM)
Description
Wire speed IP, IP multicast, and IPX routing
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between VLANs
Support for up to 64K entries for IP network
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prefixes, IP unicast and multicast addresses,
IPX network numbers, and MAC addresses
IP precedence-based IP forwarding
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• Forwarding information base (FIB) and
adjacency database support as defined in other
Cisco routers
Destination or destination/source-based load
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sharing among equal cost paths
Static IP routing
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IP routing protocols such as Internet Group
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Management Protocol (IGRP), Enhanced
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP),
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Routing
Information Protocol (RIP), and RIP-2
IP multicast routing protocols such as Protocol
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Independent Multicast (PIM) (sparse and dense
mode) and Distance Vector Multicast Routing
Protocol (DVMRP)
IPX routing protocols such as RIP and EIGRP
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