Overview of the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches 
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 Catalyst 6500 Series enterprise campus network and the networks of telecom operators to set up a new IP communications and applications support standard, it can not only improve user productivity, enhance operational control, but also provides unparalleled investment protection. As Cisco's intelligent multilayer modular switch, the Catalyst? 6500 Series can provide secure end-to-end integration of network services, the scope of its application from the wiring closet to the core, to the data center, and WAN edge. 

 Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series through a variety of chassis configurations and LAN / WAN / MAN interface provides scalable performance and port density, which can help enterprises and telecom operators to reduce the total cost of ownership. 

 Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series switches provide 3-slot, 6-slot, 9-slot and 13-slot chassis, and a variety of integrated services modules, including multi-gigabit network security, content switching, voice and network analysis module. All models use the Catalyst 6500 Series unified modules and operating system software, able to adapt to the future development of the architecture, and provide operational consistency, and thus can improve the utilization of the IT infrastructure, and increase return on investment. 192 1Gbps or of 32 10Gbps backbone port, capable of supporting from 48 ports to 576 ports of 10/100/1000 Ethernet wiring closets to provide network core processing power of hundreds of millions of packets per second, the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series through a failover between redundant routing and forwarding engines to improve network uptime. 

 Figure 1 Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series chassis 



 Catalyst 6500 Series has many industry-leading features, many of the industry's first "title. It also supports three generations of modules, these modules will not only improve the value of the users of the Catalyst 6500, Cisco also reflects concern for innovation. The new generation of Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 720 modules and switching engine contains Cisco newly developed 11 kinds of application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), it not only extends Cisco's leading position in the network sector, but also to provide an unparalleled investment protection. 

 The advantage of the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series 
 Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series not only for enterprises and telecom operators to provide market-leading services, performance, port density and availability, but also provide unparalleled investment protection capabilities, including: 

 Maximum network uptime - take advantage of the platform, the power, the control engine, switching matrix and integrated network services redundancy provides 1 to 3 seconds stateful failover, application and service continuity unified with converged network environment, reduce the interruption of business-critical data and services. 
 Comprehensive network security - practical multi-gigabit Cisco security solutions integrated into the existing network, including intrusion detection, firewall, VPN, and SSL. 
 Scalable performance - distributed forwarding architecture up to 400Mpps forwarding performance. 
 Architecture to adapt to the future development and protection of investment - in the same chassis supports three generations of interchangeable, hot-swappable modules, in order to improve the utilization of the IT infrastructure, increase the return on investment, and lower total cost of ownership; 
 Operating consistency - 3 slot, 6-slot, 9-slot and 13-slot chassis configuration using the same modules, Cisco IOS Software, Cisco Catalyst Operating System Software, and network management tools can be deployed in the network anywhere. 
 Excellent service integration and flexibility - the senior security and content services, converged network integration, providing 10/100 and 10/100/1000 Ethernet to Gigabit Ethernet from DS0 to OC-48 interface and density, and end-to-end implementation of any deployment project. 
 Operation of consistency in the deployment of end-to-end Cisco Catalyst6500 series 
 3-slot, 6-slot, 9-slot and 13-slot chassis configuration using the same modules, software and network management tools 
 Can be deployed anywhere in the network - from the wiring closet to the core, data center, and WAN edge 
 With Cisco 7xxx router system in order to reduce the cost of spare parts and training, to use the same WAN port adapters (PA) 
 The user can select all the control engine support Cisco IOS Software and Cisco Catalyst Operating System, to ensure the smooth from the Cisco Catalyst 5000 Series, Cisco 7500 Series transplanted to the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series. 
 Improve network uptime, increase network flexibility 
 Provide packet loss protection, fast recovery from network failures 
 1 to 3 seconds between the redundancy control engine to achieve rapid stateful failover 
 Offers an optional high-performance Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series The Supervisor Engine 720, passive backplane, multi-engine redundancy; may use the Cisco EtherChannel? Technology, IEEE 802.3ad link aggregation, IEEE 802.1s / w and Hot Standby Router Protocol / Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (HSRP / VRRP) to achieve high availability 
 Integrated high-performance network security and network management 
 Does not require the deployment of external devices, integrated Gigabit network service module deployed directly in the 6500 chassis to simplify network management, reduce the overall cost of the network. These network services modules including: 

 Multi-gigabit firewall module - provides access protection 
 High-performance intrusion detection system (IDS) module - provides intrusion detection protection 
 Gigabit Network Analysis Module - provides greater manageability infrastructure and comprehensive remote super (RMON) support 
 The end of the high-performance SSL module - provide secure, high-performance e-commerce traffic 
 Gigabit VPN and IP Security (IPSec) standard-based module - reducing the cost of Internet and internal private network connection. 
 2 to Layer 7 switching service aware network content and network applications 
 Integrated Content Switching Module (CSM) for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series offers a feature-rich, high-performance server and firewall network load balancing connections to improve the security of the network infrastructure, manageability and powerful control 
 Integrated multi-gigabit SSL acceleration module with CSM together, can provide high-performance e-commerce solutions 
 Integrated multi-gigabit firewall and CSM can provide a secure, high-performance data center solutions 
 The software features based network application recognition (NBAR) to provide enhanced network management and QoS control mechanisms. 
 Scalable performance 
 Distributed Cisco Express Forwarding dCEF720 platform provides the industry's highest switch performance - 400Mpps of 
 Implementations support a variety of Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF) switching matrix rate. In the wiring closet, core, data center, WAN edge deployments, as well as telecom operators network can provide the optimal configuration. 
 Layer 3 network services 
 Multi-protocol Layer 3 routing support to meet the traditional requirements of network, and be able to provide a smooth transition for the enterprise network mechanism 
 Hardware support from enterprise to carrier-class large-scale routing table 
 Hardware support for IPv6, and provides high-performance IPv6 services 
 Provide MPLS and MPLS / VPN support in hardware, and can be applied in the network core and Metro Ethernet for high-speed telecom operators to provide rich MPLS services. 
 Enhanced data, voice and video services 
 All Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series platforms provide integrated IP communications 
 10/100 and 10/100/1000 interface modules can let these interface modules provide line power, provide support for IEEE 802.3af power daughter card, with the increase in the interface module to protect today's investment 
 Provide high density T1/E1 and FXS VoIP Gateway interface with the public switched telephone network (PSTN), traditional phone, fax, and PBX connections, VoIP services. 
 To support high-performance IP Multicast video and audio applications 
 Provides a unified management, economic, scalable network. 
 Maximum interface flexibility, scalability and port density 
 Port density and interface types to meet the needs of large-scale business-critical wiring closets, enterprise core and distribution layers 
 Each device can provide 576 support voice, online power 10/100/1000M copper interfaces 
 192 GBIC Gigabit Ethernet interface 
 Pioneered the industry's first Gigabit Ethernet interface, and provides high-density OC-3 POS interface channelized OC-48 interface. 
 Cisco 7xxx Series port adapter (PA), the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series FlexWAN module supports T1/E1 ~ OC-48 WAN interface, a high degree of investment protection 
 Chassis from 3 slot (6503), 6 slots (6506), the slots 9 (6509) to 13 slots (6513). 
 High-speed WAN interface 
 Provide high-speed WAN compatible with other core routers, ATM and SONET interfaces 
 A single platform for WAN aggregation, and campus network and metro connection management 
 Maximum investment protection 
 Highly flexible, modular architecture to support multiple generations of modules in the same chassis interoperability 
 All engine support Cisco IOS Software and Cisco Catalyst Operating System Software 
 10/100Mbps and 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet module can be upgraded in the field with the line power module allows the user needed to upgrade to IP telephony and wireless LAN connectivity 
 May be added in a variety of applications the continuous introduction of the network services module 
 Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series network security, content switching and voice capabilities 
 Future modules will further improve the performance, port density, and the introduction of other services 
 Applicable to the Metro Ethernet WAN services 
 802.1Q and 802.1Q tunneling (QinQ) to provide point-to-point and point-to-multipoint Ethernet services 
 EoMPLS functionality VLAN transparent transmission function significantly enhance the scalability of MPLS backbone Ethernet services 
 Metro Ethernet services provide Layer 2 and Layer 3 QoS features provide rate limiting and traffic shaping, grading bandwidth services 
 Enhanced Spanning Tree Protocol, IEEE 802.1s, IEEE 802.1w, and the Cisco EtherChannel IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation feature provides ultra-high availability of the network.