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Catalyst 6500 Series DFC, DFC3A, DFC3B, and DFC3BXL Installation Note
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Safety Overview
DFC3A, DFC3B, DFC3BXL Hardware and Software Requirements
To install and use the DFC3A, DFC3B, or DFC3BXL, you need the following:
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Catalyst 6500 series switch (Catalyst 6503, 6506, 6509, 6509-NEB, or 6513) or Cisco 7600 series
router (Cisco 7603, 7606, 7609, or 7613)
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Supervisor Engine 720 with MSFC3 running Cisco IOS software on the Supervisor Engine 720 and
MSFC3
Note
You cannot have a DFC3A, DFC3B, or DFC3BXL in a system with a Supervisor Engine 2.
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Fabric-enabled module
Note
Supervisor Engine 720 supports a DFC3A, DFC3B, or DFC3BXL on these WS-X6516-GBIC hardware
revisions:
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Lower than 5.0
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5.4 and higher
Supervisor Engine 720 does not support a DFC3A, DFC3B, or DFC3BXL on WS-X6516-GBIC
hardware revisions 5.0 through 5.3. With a Supervisor Engine 720 and with a DFC3A, DFC3B, or
DFC3BXL installed, WS-X6516-GBIC hardware revisions 5.0 through 5.3 do not power up.
Without a DFC3A, DFC3B, or DFC3BXL, WS-X6516-GBIC hardware revisions 5.0 through 5.3 operate
in bus mode.
Safety Overview
Safety warnings appear throughout this publication in procedures that, if performed incorrectly, may
harm you. A warning symbol precedes each warning statement.
