Cisco WS-C6503-E Catalyst 6503 Enhanced Chassis

Scalability

3-slot modular chassis

Allows flexibility and room for future growth

Delivers up to 2 terabits per second of system bandwidth capacity and 80 Gbps per-slot for all slots. A system configured for VSS has a system capacity of 4 terabits per second.

Capable of delivering up to 4 terabits per second of system bandwidth and 180Gbps of per-slot bandwidth. A system configured for VSS will be capable of delivering up to 8 Tbps of system capacity.

Scales the system capacity for future needs

High interface capacity

Scales to high-density 40 Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet configurations

Increased resiliency

Standby fabric hot sync

Decreases the supervisor engine switchover time of Supervisor Engine 720 and Supervisor Engine 2T based systems to between 50 and 200 ms, depending on the modules being used

Redundant control channel

Increases resiliency to protect against backplane control channel failures

Redundant supervisor engine option

Increases availability with redundant supervisor engine options

Redundant power supply option

Supports redundant power supplies for increased availability

Fan tray

Supports hot-swappable fan tray

The 6509-V-E provides for redundant, hot-swappable fan trays

Environmental

Side-to-side airflow (except Cisco Catalyst 6509-V-E)

Allows ease of access to ports and cables

6509-V-E has front-to-back air flow to support hot aisle or cold aisle designs

AC and DC power supply

Supports both AC and DC power supply options, including AC and DC mixing

Network Equipment Building Standards Layer 3 (NEBS L3) compliant

Supports NEBS L3 compliance for deployment in demanding environments

Supervisor Compatibility

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 32

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 720-3B

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 720-3BXL

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 720-10G-3C

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 720-10G-3CXL

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 2T

Power Supply Compatibility

AC: 1400W, 950W

DC: 950W

Software Compatibility (Minimum Software Version)

With Supervisor Engine 32

12.2(18)SXF

With Supervisor Engine 720

12.2(14)SX

With Supervisor Engine 720-10 GE

12.2(33)SXH

With Supervisor Engine 2T-10 GE

15.0(1)SY

Reliability and Availability

Calculated Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF)

860,868

MIBS

Check the corresponding supervisor engine data sheet

Network Management

Check the corresponding supervisor engine data sheet

Physical Dimensions

100 to 240 VAC

-48 to -60 VDC