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Catalyst 6500 Series Switches Installation Guide
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Chapter 1 Product Overview
Catalyst 6506-E Switch
Table 1-9
Catalyst 6506-E Switch Features
Feature
Descriptions
Chassis
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Six horizontal slots. Slots are numbered from 1 (top) to 6 (bottom).
Supervisor engines
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Supports Supervisor Engine 2, Supervisor Engine 32, Supervisor
Engine 32 PISA, Supervisor Engine 720, Supervisor Engine 720-10GE,
and Supervisor Engine 2T.
Note
Refer to your software release notes for the minimum software
release versions required to support the supervisor engines.
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Supervisor Engine 2 must be installed in slot 1 and slot 2.
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Supervisor Engine 32, Supervisor Engine 32 PISA, Supervisor
Engine 720, Supervisor Engine 720-10GE, and Supervisor
Engine 2T must be installed in slot 5 and slot 6.
Note
Slots not occupied by supervisor engines can be used for modules.
Check your software release notes for any restrictions on the type of
module that can be installed.
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Supervisor Engine 720, Supervisor Engine 720-10GE, and Supervisor
Engine 2T have a built-in switching fabric. Switch Fabric Modules
(WS-C6500-SFM and WS-X6500-SFM2) are not supported.
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Supervisor Engine 32 and Supervisor Engine 32 PISA do not support
the Switch Fabric Modules (WS-C6500-SFM and WS-X6500-SFM2).
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The uplink ports are fully functional on the redundant supervisor engine
in standby mode.
Note
In systems with redundant supervisor engines, both supervisor
engines must be the same model and have the same daughter card
configurations. Each supervisor engine must have the resources to
run the switch on its own, which means that all supervisor engine
resources are duplicated. Identical supervisor engine memory
configurations are recommended, but are not required as long as the
supervisor engine with the smaller memory configuration is
sufficient to run the configured features of the switch. Additionally,
each supervisor engine must have its own flash device and console
port connections.
