Cisco Catalyst 6509 -E Switch

6509-E

·         Campus core, distribution / access layer, wan edge,  data center ,metro Ethernet

·         9 slot 15 RU tall

·         Redundant supervisor Engines

·         6500 was introduced in 1999

·         E- series chassis support

o   Virtual Switching SUP-720-10GE

o   Supervisor Engine 720

o   Supervisor Engine 32

·         Back pane of 6509-E support two different technology to connect line card with supervisor engine.

o   Connection directly into integrated fabric on VS sup-720-10GE and Sup 720, this Sup support 40-Gbps per slot, with next generation sup it can scale uptp 80-Gbps .

o    32 Gbps shard bus

o   Supervisors and line cards can use fabric and BUS at same time

o   Sup engine 32 is used for wiring closet and Wan edge and can use only 32Gbps shared bus.

·         130 ports of 10-GE

·         260 port of 10-GE with VSS (Virtual Switching System)

·         Support both IOS and CAT OS ( tool software bider on Cisco.com)

·         Power supply

o   One requires but there are slot of two.

o   two supply can work redundant or combine

o    2500w for standard configuration and  8700w for dense PoE available

o   Available in AC and DC

o   Power calculation tool:  tool.cisco.com/cpc

·         Single fan tray at side of left, it is hot swappable.

·         www.cisco.com/go /6500

·         What's the difference between bootflash and sup-bootflash? 

o    sup-bootflash

§  In cisco IOS the bootflash on the supervisor is refered to as sup-bootflash

§  used by the L3 engine, used by IOS

o    bootflash

§  was the bootflash for the L2 engine, used when you run CatOS. 

§  When running "native" IOS, the it isn't used for booting

§  the bootflash on the MSFC (Multilayer Switch Feature Card) is just  bootflash.  

Note:

In CatOS since the SP and RP are configured seperatly the bootflash on the supervisor is just bootflash and the bootflash on the MSFC is still bootflash.CatOS you can use the sup-bootflash it is just called the bootflash.