Cisco Catalyst 6503 Product Bulletin

Announcing New
Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series—Broadening Options for Wiring Closet, Core, and Security Services Deployment
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Products
New Products:
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• Cisco Catalyst
• 48-port 10/100 modules that can be upgraded in the field to Cisco Inline Power and IEEE 802.af
standard, RJ-45 or RJ-21 interfaces
New Value-Priced Gigabit Ethernet Core Bundles:
• 16-port Gigabit Ethernet bundle with switch fabric
• 32-port Gigabit Ethernet bundle with switch fabric
Pricing Updates:
• Supervisor Engine II with Policy Feature Card 2 (PFC2)
• Supervisor Engine II with Multilayer Switch Feature Card 2 (MSFC2)
• 48-port 10/100 Cisco Inline Power modules
• 16-port fabric-enabled Gigabit Ethernet module
Refer to Product Bulletin "New Product Offerings for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series" for
additional service module product offerings in the Catalyst 6500 Series for security and content
services solutions.
New Products
Cisco Catalyst 6503 Chassis
Cisco Systems announces the availability of
the Cisco Catalyst 6503 chassis—the latest
addition to the award-winning Cisco Catalyst
6500 Series of modular switches. A three-slot
chassis in a compact size, the Cisco Catalyst
6503 is ideally suited for multi-Gbps secure
data centers, remote access, e-commerce, and
converged network solutions.
With the addition of the Cisco Catalyst 6503,
the Cisco Catalyst 6500 chassis family is now
available in 3, 6, 9, and 13 slots, offering the
most scalable switching platform with an
unparalleled range of interfaces and port
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6503 chassis
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densities, from 10/100 Mbps to 10 Gbps and
DS0 to OC-48, for a comprehensive,
end-to-end, converged solution.
Using the same supervisor modules and line
cards from the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series, the
Cisco Catalyst 6503 offers maximum
investment protection and broadens the
deployment options of the Cisco Catalyst 6500
in the wiring closet, distribution, core, data
center, and WAN edge.
48-Port 10/100 Ethernet Modules
To expand the range of the Cisco Catalyst 6500
Series wiring closet deployments, Cisco is also
announcing two new 48-port 10/100 Ethernet
modules (RJ-45 and RJ-21 interfaces) with
IEEE 802.3af inline power upgrade
capabilities.