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Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine Guide
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Chapter 2 Supervisor Engines
Supervisor Engine 2
Figure 2-1 Supervisor Engine 2 Front Panel Features
Table 2-2 lists and describes Supervisor Engine 2 features
WS-X6K-S2-MSFC2 Supervisor Engine 2 (WS-X6K-S2-MSFC2) comes with a
factory-installed PFC2 daughter card (WS-F6K-PFC2) and
a factory-installed MSFC2 daughter card
(WS-F6K-MSFC2). It has two 1000BASE-X uplink ports
that require the installation of GBIC transceivers.
WS-X6K-S2U-MSFC2 Supervisor Engine 2 (WS-X6K-S2U-MSFC2) comes with
a factory-installed PFC2 daughter card (WS-F6K-PFC2)
and a factory-installed MSFC2 daughter card
(WS-F6K-MSFC2). Supervisor Engine
2 has two
1000BASE-X uplink ports that require the installation of
GBIC transceivers. The MSFC2 comes equipped with
512
MB of memory.
Table 2-1 Supervisor Engine 2 Versions (continued)
Supervisor Engine 2 Product
Number
Description
44312
SUPERVISOR2
WS-X6K-SUP2-2GE
STATUS
SYSTEM
CONSOLE
PWR MGMT
RESET
CONSOLE
CONSOLE
PORT
MODE
PCMCIA EJECT
PORT 1 PORT 2
Switch Load
100%
1%
LINK
LINK
PCMCIA LED
LINK LEDs
Status
LEDs
RESET button
CONSOLE port
CONSOLE PORT
MODE switch
PCMCIA slot
1000BASE-X GBIC
Uplink Ports
Switch load
display
Table 2-2 Supervisor Engine 2 Features
Feature Description
Chassis compatibility Supported on all Catalyst 6500 series chassis except the Catalyst 6509-V-E
chassis.
Software requirements
(minimum)
12.2(17d)SXB
Fan tray requirements All three versions of Supervisor Engine 2 are designed to operate with the
low-speed fan trays; they do not require that a high-speed fan tray (either a
fan tray
2 or Catalyst 6500-E series fan tray) be installed in the chassis.
Low-speed fan trays provide sufficient cooling for Supervisor Engine
2.
Slot installation restrictions Slots 1 and 2 in any Catalyst 6500 series chassis
Backplane 32-Gbps shared bus. 256 Gbps when a Switch Fabric Module
(WS-C6500-SFM or WS-X6500-SFM2) is installed in the chassis.
Hardware restrictions There are no additional hardware restrictions for Supervisor Engine 2.