Cisco WS-X6K-S2-PFC2 Catalyst 6500 Supervisor Engine 2 WS-X6K-SUP2-2GE

Chassis compatibility

Supported on all Catalyst 6500 series chassis.

Software requirements

(minimum)

12.2(18)SXF

Fan tray requirements

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)
• Ethernet modules not supported include: