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Catalyst 6500 Series Ethernet Modules Installation Guide
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Chapter 1 Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Chassis Overview
Catalyst 6503 Switch
Supervisor engines
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Supports Supervisor Engine 2, Supervisor Engine 32, Supervisor
Engine 32 PISA, and Supervisor Engine 720.
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Supervisor engines are installed in slot 1 and slot 2.
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Supervisor Engine 720 with 10-GB uplink ports (VS-S720-10G-3C
and VS-S720-10G-3CXL) is not supported on the Catalyst 6503
chassis.
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Supervisor Engine 32, Supervisor Engine 32 PISA, or Supervisor
Engine 720 requires that the optional high-speed fan tray
(FAN-MOD-3HS) be installed in the chassis.
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Supervisor Engine 720 has built-in switching fabric. Switch Fabric
Modules (WS-C6500-SFM and WS-X6500-SFM2) are not
supported by Supervisor Engine 720 and cannot be installed in the
same chassis.
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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
while it is 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 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.
Table 1-1
Catalyst 6503 Switch Features (continued)
Feature
Description
