Cisco 6509-E Switch

Specifications

Product Specifications

Cisco IOS Software and Cisco Catalyst Operating System Software Shared Features

All Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series supervisor engines, including the new Supervisor Engine 720, take advantage of the industry-leading software and management capabilities of the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series. Customers can apply their knowledge of Cisco Catalyst Operating System Software, Cisco IOS Software, CiscoWorks, and other graphical and Web-based network management tools without the need to learn a new command-line interface (CLI) or management system.

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Chassis

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series chassis can be deployed in the wiring closet, the distribution and core layers, the data center, and the WAN edge, providing the power and features required for end-to-end deployment for the enterprise campus, the ISP network, and metro and research computing networks.

Chassis Applications

The Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series provides 3-, 6-, 9-, and 13-slot chassis models with slots arranged horizontally, and a 9-slot model with slots arranged vertically, with front-to-back airflow. Typical applications for Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series chassis include:

• 3-Slot Chassis: Low-density, wiring-closet chassis sharing interface modules and supervisor engines with larger chassis for common sparing; low-density, high-performance specialized services module chassis for network security and management; and low-density, high-end chassis providing connectivity to the WAN edge

• 6- and 9-Slot Chassis: Traditional chassis for the wiring closet, distribution and core layers, data center, and WAN edge. The Cisco Catalyst 6506-E and Catalyst 6509-E support more than 4000 watts (W) power and higher per slot.

• 13-Slot Chassis: Highest-capacity chassis for Ethernet connectivity, with slots to spare for services modules, providing network security and management.

Features and Benefits

The Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series provides market-leading services, performance, port densities, and availability with investment protection for enterprise and service provider markets, including:

• Maximum Network Uptime: With Cisco IOS Software Modularity and platform, power supply, supervisor engine, switch fabric, and integrated network services redundancy provides one- to three-second stateful failover and delivers application and services continuity in a converged network, minimizing disruption of mission-critical data and services

• Comprehensive Network Security: Integrates proven, multi-gigabit Cisco security solutions, including intrusion detection, firewall, VPN, and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) into existing networks

• Scalable Performance: Provides up to 400-mpps performance with distributed forwarding architecture

• Forward-Thinking Architecture with Investment Protection: Supports three generations of interchangeable, hot-swappable modules in the same chassis, optimizing IT infrastructure usage, maximizing ROI, and reducing TCO

• Operational Consistency: Features 3-, 6-, 9-, and 13-slot chassis configurations sharing a common set of modules, Cisco IOS® Software, Cisco Catalyst Operating System Software, and network management tools that can be deployed anywhere in the network

• Unparalleled Services Integration and Flexibility: Integrates advanced services such as security, wireless LAN services, and content with converged networks; provides the widest range of interfaces and densities, from 10/100 and 10/100/1000 Ethernet to 10 Gigabit, and from DS-0 to OC-48; and performs in any deployment from end to end

Operational Consistency in End-to-End Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Deployments

• Features 3-, 6-, 9-, and 13-slot chassis configurations that share a common set of modules, software, and network management tools

• Deploys anywhere in the network-from the wiring closet to the core network, to the data center, to the WAN edge

• Shares WAN port adapters with Cisco 7xxx Series routers for reduced sparing and training costs

• Offers choice of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco Catalyst Operating System Software supported on all supervisor engines, providing smooth migration from Cisco Catalyst 5000 Series and Cisco 7500 Series deployments

 Maximum Network Uptime and Network Resiliency

• Provides packet-loss protection and the fastest recovery from network disruption

• Features fast, one- to three-second stateful failover between redundant supervisor engines

• Offers optional, redundant, high-performance Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 720

passive backplane, multimodule Cisco EtherChannel® technology, IEEE 802.3ad link aggregation, IEEE 802.1s only, and Hot Standby Router Protocol/Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (HSRP/VRRP) high-availability features

• The Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series with Cisco IOS Software Modularity boosts operational efficiency and minimizes downtime through evolutionary software infrastructure advancements. By enabling modular Cisco IOS subsystems to run in independent processes, this innovation:

– Minimizes unplanned downtime through self-healing processes

– Simplifies software changes through subsystem In-Service Software Upgrades (ISSU)

– Enables process-level, automated policy control by integrating Embedded Event Manager (EEM).