At Cisco's flagship LAN switching platform, the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch offers the highest level of availability and intergrated security, strongest support for converged applications, protection among Cisco switching products designed for medium-sized business, enterprise, and service provider networks. The flexible range of Catalyst 6500 options makes this platform ideal for network-wide deployments, from the data center to the wiring closet. The Catalyst 6500 Series Switch continues to set the standard for high-end LAN switching with industry-leading innovations, such as: Highest Availability: The Catalyst 6500 Series with Cisco IOS Software Modularity enables subsystem In-Service Software Upgrades (ISSU) and stateful process restarts; Generic Online Diagnostics (GOLD) proactively detect hardware and software faults; Non-Stop Forwarding and Stateful SwitchOver (NSF/SSO) delivers application and service continuity; and redundant system components provide hardware-level resiliency.
Part Number
Chassis
WS-C6503
Cisco Catalyst 6503 chassis (3 slots)
WS-C6503-E
Enhanced Catalyst 6503 chassis (3 slots)
WS-C6506
Catalyst 6506 chassis (6 slots)
WS-C6506-E
Enhanced Catalyst 6506 chassis (6 slots)
WS-C6509
Catalyst 6509 chassis (9 slots)
WS-C6509-E
Enhanced Catalyst 6509 chassis (9 slots)
WS-C6509-NEB-A
Enhanced Catalyst 6509-NEB chassis (9 vertically oriented slots)
WS-C6513
Catalyst 6513 chassis (13 slots)
Product Number
Description
WS-X6K-SUP1A-2GE
Cisco Catalyst 6500 Supervisor Engine1A, 2GE
WS-X6K-SUP1A-PFC
Cisco Catalyst 6500 Supervisor Engine1A, 2GE, plus PFC
WS-X6K-S1A-MSFC2
Cisco Catalyst 6500 Supervisor Engine1A, 2GE, plus MSFC-2 and PFC
WS-X6K-S2-PFC2
Cisco Catalyst 6500 Supervisor Engine 2, 2GE, plus PFC-2
WS-X6K-S2-MSFC2
Cisco Catalyst 6500 Supervisor Engine 2, 2GE, plus MSFC-2/PFC-2
WS-X6K-S2U-MSFC2
Cisco Catalyst 6500 Supervisor Engine2, 2GE, plus MSFC-2/PFC-2 with 512MB for MSFC-2
Supervisor Engine 1A with PFC+MSFC2
WS-X6K-S1A-MSFC2=
Supervisor Engine 1A with PFC+MSFC2=
WS-X6K-S1A-MSFC2/2
Supervisor Engine 1A with PFC+MSFC2/2
WS-F6K-MSFC2
Cisco Catalyst 6500 Multilayer Switch Feature Card 2
MEM-MSFC2-128MB=
Cisco Catalyst 6500 MSFC2 Memory, 128 MB DRAM Spare
MEM-MSFC2-256MB
Cisco Catalyst 6500 MSFC2 Memory, 256 MB DRAM Option
MEM-MSFC2-256MB=
Cisco Catalyst 6500 MSFC2 Memory, 256 MB DRAM Spare
MEM-MSFC2-512MB
Cisco Catalyst 6500 MSFC2 Memory, 512 MB DRAM Option
MEM-MSFC2-512MB=
Cisco Catalyst 6500 MSFC2 Memory, 512 MB DRAM Spare
WS-X6500-SFM
Cisco Catalyst 6500 Switch Fabric Module
WS-X6500-SFM2
Cisco Catalyst 6500 Switch Fabric Module 2
WS-X6148-FE-SFP
Cisco Catalyst 6500 48-port 100BASE-X Classic Interface Module (requires SFPs)
GLC-FE-100FX
100BASE-FX SFP for WS-X6148-FE-SFP, multimode fiber, LC connector
GLC-FE-100LX
100BASE-LX SFP for WS-X6148-FE-SFP, single-mode fiber, LC connector
GLC-FE-100BX-D
100BASE-BX10-D SFP for WS-X6148-FE-SFP, single strand of single-mode fiber, LC connector
GLC-FE-100BX-U
100BASE-BX10-U SFP for WS-X6148-FE-SFP, single strand of single-mode fiber, LC connector
WS-X6524-100FX-MM
Cisco Catalyst 6500 24-port, CEF256 100BASE-FX Interface Module, multimode fiber, MT-RJ; field-upgradable to support distributed forwarding with the addition of the distributed forwarding daughter card (part number WS-F6K-DFC= or WS-F6K-DFC3A= or WS-F6K-DFC3B= or WS-F6K-DFC3BXL=)
WS-X6324-100FX-MM
Cisco Catalyst 6500 24-port 100BASE-FX Classic Interface Module, multimode fiber, MT-RJ
WS-X6324-100FX-SM
Cisco Catalyst 6500 24-port, 100BASE-FX Classic Interface Module, single-mode fiber, MT-RJ
WS-X6024-10FL-MT
Cisco Catalyst 6500 24-port 10BASE-FL Classic Interface Module, multimode fiber, MT-RJ
WS-X6748-SFP
48 port High Performance Mixed Media Gigabit Ethernet interface module, Requires SFP; CEF720
WS-X6724-SFP
24 port High Performance Mixed Media Gigabit Ethernet interface module, Requires SFP; CEF720
WS-F6700-DFC3BXL
Distributed Forwarding Card-3BXL Upgrade for WS-X67xx linecards using WS-SUP720-3BXL
WS-F6700-DFC3B
Distributed Forwarding Card-3B Upgrade for WS-X67xx linecards using WS-SUP720-3B
WS-F6700-DFC3A
Distributed Forwarding Card-3A Upgrade for WS-X67xx linecards using WS-SUP720
WS-X6816-GBIC
16 port dCEF256 Gigabit Ethernet interface module for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series switches with dual fabric channel interfaces and distributed forwarding; requires GBICs and distributed forwarding card
WS-X6516A-GBIC
16 port CEF256 Gigabit Ethernet interface module for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series switches with single fabric channel interface; requires GBICs; upgradeable to support distributed forwarding. Buffer Size of 1M per port
WS-X6516-GBIC
16 port CEF256 Gigabit Ethernet interface module for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series switches with single fabric channel interface; requires GBICs; upgradeable to support distributed forwarding. Buffer Size of 512K per port
WS-F6K-DFC3A
Distributed forwarding Card-3A for 65xx, 6816 Modules used with SUP720
WS-F6K-DFC
Distributed forwarding Card for 65xx, 6816 Modules used with SUP2
WS-X6416-GBIC
16 port Classic Gigabit Ethernet interface module for the Cisco Catalyst 6000 Series switches; requires GBICs
WS-X6408A-GBIC
8 port Classic Gigabit Ethernet interface module for the Cisco Catalyst 6000 Series switches with enhanced QoS; requires GBICs
GLC-SX-MM
1000BASE-SX SFP (multimode only) Dual LC connector
GLC-ZX-SM
1000BASE-ZX SFP (single mode only) Dual LC connector
GLC-LH-SM
1000BASE-LX SFP (single mode only) Dual LC connector
GLC-T
1000BASE-T SFP (copper twisted pair) RJ-45 connector
WS-G5487
1000BASE-ZX GBIC (single mode only)
WS-G5486
1000BASE-LX/LH GBIC (single mode or multimode)
WS-G5484
1000BASE-SX GBIC (multimode only)
WS-G5483=
1000BASE-T GBIC
CWDM-SFP-1470=*
Cisco CWDM SFP 1470 nm; Gigabit Ethernet and 1G/2G FC
CWDM-GBIC-1470=**
Cisco 1000BASE-CWDM GBIC 1470 nm
DWDM-GBIC-60.61***
1000BASE-DWDM 1560.61 Nm GBIC (100 GHz ITU grid)
