What cisco catalyst 6500 & catalyst 6500 e series deliver

1. What Cisco Catalyst 6500&Catalyst 6500 E-Series Deliver?
The Catalyst 6500Switchis a modular chassis network switch manufactured by Cisco
Systems since 1999, capable of delivering speeds of up to 400 million packets per
second.
A Cisco 6500 comprises a chassis, power supplies, one or two supervisors, line cards
and service modules. A chassis can have 3, 4, 6, 9 or 13 slots each (Catalyst model
6503, 6504, 6506, 6509, or 6513, respectively) with the option of one or two
modular power supplies.
The supervisor engine provides centralized forwarding information and processing;
up to two of these cards can be installed in a chassis to provide active/standby or
stateful failover. The line cards provide port connectivity and service modules to
allow for devices such as firewalls to be integrated within the switch.
To support Borderless Networks, the Cisco 6500 switches deliver high performance
and a broad feature set suitable for campus, data center, WAN, and Metro Ethernet
deployments.
About Cisco 6500E Series Switches
The Cisco Catalyst 6500-E Series sets the new standard for IP Communications and
application delivery in enterprise campus and service provider networks by
maximizing user productivity and enhancing operational control. As the premier
intelligent, multi-layer modular Cisco switch, the Cisco 6500E Series delivers secure,
converged, end-to-end services, from the wiring closet to the core network, the data
center, and the WAN edge. The Cisco 6500-Eswitches offer enhancements to scale
beyond the 4000W power supply.
Figure 1.Cisco Virtual Switching Supervisor Engine 720 Features
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2. What the Cisco Catalyst 6500 E-Series delivers?
Catalyst 6500 E-Series Switches support modular Cisco IOS Software to decrease
unplanned downtime and simplify software changes through in-service software
upgrades.
Security
The Cisco Catalyst 6500 E-Series switch integrates the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series
Supervisor Engine 720 and the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Adaptive Security Service
Module to take advantage of the existing infrastructure and deliver integrated
security services with increased VPN session counts and efficient power consumption
in a single blade.
Mobility
Catalyst 6500 E-Series Wireless Service Module 2 easily integrates wired and wireless
networks and provides security, mobility, and redundancy for business-critical
WLANs.
Network Management
The Cisco Catalyst 6500 E-Series Network Analysis Module 3, optimized for 10 Gb
performance, improves resource utilization, troubleshooting, and the end-user
experience.
Application Performance
Cisco 6500 E-Series Application Control Engine 30 increases availability, accelerates
performance, and enhances security.
Price and Hot Models
WS-C6506-E: Enclosure TypeDesktop - 15U
FeaturesHot swap module replacement
Price:List price:US$5,500.00 / Wholesale Price: US$2,915.00
WS-C6509-E: Enclosure TypeDesktop - 15U
FeaturesHot swap module replacement
Dimensions (WxDxH)44.5 cm x 46 cm x 62.2 cm
Price: List price:US$9,500.00 / Wholesale Price: US$5,035.00
More Related: Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switches…
Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches
Efficiently scale, virtualize, secure, and manage your network remotely with Cisco
Catalyst 6500 Series Switches. Offering a high-performance, feature-rich platform
suitable for deployment in campus, data center, WAN, and Metro Ethernet networks,
the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series provides a strong foundation for Borderless Networks,
so you can connect anyone, anywhere, at any time.
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3. Scale Performance and Network Services
2 terabits per second (Tbps) fabric delivers 80 Gbps switching capacity per
slot and scales to 4 Tbps system capacity with Cisco Catalyst Virtual Switching
System (VSS)
40G-capable system supports up to 360 10G ports and 1068 1G ports per VSS
system
Supervisor Engine 2T supports up to 720 mpps of IPv4 and 390 mpps of IPv6
Provides large table sizes for scalable deployment with protected control
plane.
Virtual Switching System
Activates all available bandwidth across redundant Catalyst 6500 systems and
eliminates assymmetric routing
Supports interchassis stateful failover and provides deterministic subsecond
recovery
Provides single point of management
Eliminates need for First-Hop Resiliency Protocol (FHRP), supports simplified
loop-free topologies
Network Virtualization
Offers infrastructure consolidation by providing segmentation, path isolation,
privacy, limited fate sharing, membership definition, and address space
separation technologies
Delivers end-to-end network virtualization using IP/MPLS technologies.
Security
Identifies (802.1x suite) , tags (SGT), encrypts (MacSec), and enforces
(Security Group Access Control List) with Cisco TrustSec
Supports network device admission control (NDAC) and endpoint admission
control (EAC)
Provides investment protection with ingress/egress TrustSec Reflector
Integrates Services and Operational Efficiency
Helps unify, simplify, and economize your network with next-generation
integrated services modules
Facilitates multiple generations of components on one chassis through a
modular design
Monitors switches across the network with Switched Port Analyzer
(SPAN)/Remote Switched Port Analyzer (RSPAN) and virtually connects an
analyzer to almost any port on the network with Encapsulated Remote SPAN
(ERSPAN)
Provides application visibility through flexible, egress, sampled Netflow, and
CPU Preserving Netflow Export
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4. Offers image recovery and console logging through the Connectivity
Management Processor (CMP)
Delivers onboard packet capture with Mini Port Analyzer
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