Chapter 2
Supervisor Engines
Table 2-6
Supervisor Engine 32 Features (continued)
Feature
Uplink ports (PORT 1
through PORT 9)
Universal Serial Bus (USB)
port
Uplink port queue structure
(Tx/Rx)
Buffer size
Pluggable transceivers
supported
Hardware-based forwarding
engine (Policy Feature Card)
Multilayer Switch Feature Card
(MSFC) daughter card version
installed
OL-7397-03
Description
The WS-SUP32-GE-3B has nine uplink ports: Eight 1000BASE-X SFP
•
ports and one 10/100/1000BASE RJ-45 port. All nine uplink ports can
be used at one time.
Note
The eight 1000BASE-T or 1000BASE-X uplink ports require SFP
transceivers to be installed.
The WS-SUP32-10GE-3B has three uplink ports: two 10-Gigabit
•
XENPAK ports and one 10/100/1000BASE RJ-45 port. All three ports
can be used at one time
The two 10-Gigabit uplink ports require XENPAK transceivers to be
Note
installed.
In chassis configurations where there are redundant supervisor
Note
engines installed, the uplink ports on the supervisor engine that is in
standby mode are fully functional.
Each uplink port has a LINK LED associated with it.
Two USB 2.0 ports are provided. Currently, they are not enabled.
1p3q8t/2q8t
WS-SUP32-GE-3B:
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Total buffer size—10 MB
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–
Rx/Tx buffer size—5 MB/5 MB
Sup32-10GE-3B:
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–
Total buffer size—17.7 MB
Rx/Tx buffer size—9.6 MB/8.1 MB
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WS-SUP32-GE-3B—1-GB SFP transceivers are supported in eight
•
uplink ports.
WS-SUP32-10GE-3B—10-GB XENPAK transceivers are supported in
•
the two uplink ports.
Note
See Appendix A for a list and a description of the SFP and XENPAK
transceivers that are supported.
The PFC3B is installed on all versions of Supervisor Engine 32
The WS-F6K-PFC3A Policy Feature Card 3A (PFC3A) and the
Note
WS-F6K-PFC3BXL Policy Feature Card 3BXL (PFC3BXL) are not
supported.
MSFC2A
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