Cisco Catalyst 6500-E Chassis

Cisco 6500 Chassis Configurations and Details

Model	Slots	Form Factor	Ethernet Ports
Cisco Catalyst 6509-V-E Chassis (WS-C6509-V-E)	9	21U	385
Cisco Catalyst 6509-E Chassis (WS-C6509-E)	9	15U	385
Cisco Catalyst 6506-E Chassis (WS-C6506-E)	6	12U	241
Cisco Catalyst 6504-E Chassis (WS-C6504-E)	4	5U	145
Cisco Catalyst 6503-E Chassis (WS-C6503-E)	3	4U	97

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Overview
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Cisco Catalyst 6500 Chassis

Catalyst 6509-V-E Chassis

• 80 Gbps per slot, up to 1440 Gbps
• NEBS-compliant with front-to-back cooling
• Modules for: 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 10/100/1000 Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Flex WAN
• Shared Port Adapters
• Multi-Gigabit service modules like: Application Control Engine Firewall, Intrusion detection, IPsec, network analysis, and wireless
• Stateful failover
• 128 Gigabit Ethernet GBIC density
• 384 SFP density
• 32 10GbE XENPAK density
• 130 10GbE X2 density
• ability to configure two chassis as a Virtual Switching System
• 768 10/100 Ethernet density
• 384 100BASE-FX density

Catalyst 6509-E Chassis

• Modules for: 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 10/100/1000 Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Flex WAN
• Multi-Gigabit service modules like: Content Services, Firewall, Intrusion detection, IPsec, VPN, network analysis, and SSL acceleration
• Stateful failover
• 128 Gigabit Ethernet GBIC density
• 386 SFP density
• 32 10GbE XENPAK density
• 130 10GbE X2 density
• ability to configure two chassis as a Virtual Switching System
• 768 10/100 Ethernet density
• 384 100BASE-FX density

Catalyst 6506-E Chassis

• 80 Gbps per slot, up to 1440 Gbps
• NEBS-compliant with front-to-back cooling
• Modules for: 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 10/100/1000 Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Flex WAN
• Multi-Gigabit service modules like: Content Services, Firewall, Intrusion detection, IPsec, VPN, network analysis, and SSL acceleration
• Stateful failover
• 80 Gigabit Ethernet GBIC density
• 242 SFP density
• 20 10GbE XENPAK density
• 82 10GbE X2 density
• ability to configure two chassis as Virtual Switching System
• 480 10/100 Ethernet density
• 240 100BASE-FX density

Catalyst 6504-E Chassis

• Modules for: 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 10/100/1000 Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Flex WAN
• Multi-Gigabit service modules like: Content Services, Firewall, Intrusion detection, IPsec, VPN, network analysis, and SSL acceleration
• Stateful failover
• 48 Gigabit Ethernet GBIC density
• 144 SFP density
• 12 10GbE XENPAK density
• 50 10GbE X2 density
• ability to configure two chassis as Virtual Switching System
• 288 10/100 Ethernet density
• 144 100BASE-FX density

Catalyst 6503-E Chassis

• Modules for: 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 10/100/1000 Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Flex WAN
• Multi-Gigabit service modules like: Content Services, Firewall, Intrusion detection, IPsec, VPN, network analysis, and SSL acceleration
• Stateful failover
• 32 Gigabit Ethernet GBIC density
• 98 SFP density
• 8 10GbE XENPAK density
• 34 10GbE X2 density
• ability to configure two chassis as Virtual Switching System
• 192 10/100 Ethernet density
• 96 100BASE-FX density

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