All versions of Supervisor Engine 32 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 do not provide sufficient cooling for Supervisor Engine 32.
Note The high-speed fan trays require that you install a 2500 W or higher capacity power supply in the chassis to power the fan tray.
Slot installation restrictions
Supervisor Engine 32 must be installed in:
Slots 1 and 2 in a 3-slot or a 4-slot chassis
Slots 5 and 6 in a 6-slot or a 9-slot chassis
Slots 7 and 8 in a 13-slot chassis
Note The primary supervisor engine can be installed in either slot.
Backplane
32-Gbps shared bus.
Note Supervisor Engine 32 does not include and does not support switch fabric.
Hardware restrictions
Supervisor Engine 32 does not support:
WS-F6K-PFC3A Policy Feature Card 3A (PFC3A)
WS-F6K-PFC3BXL Policy Feature Card 3BXL (PFC3BXL)
Distributed Forwarding Cards (DFCs).
Note Installed DFCs do not power up with Supervisor Engine 32.
Switch Fabric Modules (WS-C6500-SFM and WS-X6500-SFM2)