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Both, The Cisco Catalyst 6506 switch and the Cisco Catalyst 6506-E switch have 6-slot horizontal slots and being nummbered from 1 (botton) to 6 (top).
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==Video Datasheet==
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXfDuNUCLlQ Cisco Catalyst 6506-E Datasheet ]
==Supervisor engines==
'''Supported supervisor engines in the Cisco  WS-C6506 switch'''
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'''Note:''' Supervisor Engine 2 is installed in slot 1 or slot 2. Supervisor Engine 32 and Supervisor Engine 720 are installed in slot 5 or slot 6.
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*Supports Supervisor Engine 2
** [[Cisco catalyst 6000 / 6500 series supervisor engines | WS-X6K-S2-PFC2]]<br/>
** [[Cisco catalyst 6000 / 6500 series supervisor engines | WS-X6K-S2-MSFC2]] <br/>
** [[Cisco catalyst 6000 / 6500 series supervisor engines | WS-X6K-S2U-MSFC2]] <br/>

*Supervisor Engine 32 
**[[Cisco catalyst 6000 / 6500 series supervisor engines | WS-SUP32-GE-3B]]
**[[Cisco catalyst 6000 / 6500 series supervisor engines | WS-SUP32-10GE-3B]]
**[[Cisco catalyst 6000 / 6500 series supervisor engines | WS-S32-GE-PISA]]
**[[Cisco catalyst 6000 / 6500 series supervisor engines | WS-S32P-10GE-PISA]]

*Supervisor Engine 720
** [[Cisco catalyst 6000 / 6500 series supervisor engines | WS-SUP720]] <br/>
** [[Cisco catalyst 6000 / 6500 series supervisor engines | WS-SUP720-3B]] <br/>
** [[Cisco catalyst 6000 / 6500 series supervisor engines | WS-SUP720-3BXL]] <br/>
** VS-S720-10G-3C
** VS-S720-10G-3CXL
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'''''Note:''''' Redundant supervisor engines must be configured identically.
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'''Supported supervisor engines in the Cisco WS-C6506-E switch'''
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*Supports Supervisor Engine 2
** [[Cisco catalyst 6000 / 6500 series supervisor engines | WS-X6K-S2-PFC2]]<br/>
** [[Cisco catalyst 6000 / 6500 series supervisor engines | WS-X6K-S2-MSFC2]] <br/>
** [[Cisco catalyst 6000 / 6500 series supervisor engines | WS-X6K-S2U-MSFC2]] <br/>

*Supervisor Engine 32 
**[[Cisco catalyst 6000 / 6500 series supervisor engines | WS-SUP32-GE-3B ]]
**[[Cisco catalyst 6000 / 6500 series supervisor engines | WS-SUP32-10GE-3B]] 
**[[Cisco catalyst 6000 / 6500 series supervisor engines | WS-S32-GE-PISA]]
**[[Cisco catalyst 6000 / 6500 series supervisor engines | WS-S32P-10GE-PISA]]

*Supervisor Engine 720
** [[Cisco catalyst 6000 / 6500 series supervisor engines | WS-SUP720]] <br/>
** [[Cisco catalyst 6000 / 6500 series supervisor engines | WS-SUP720-3B]] <br/>
** [[Cisco catalyst 6000 / 6500 series supervisor engines | WS-SUP720-3BXL]] <br/>
** VS-S720-10G-3C
** VS-S720-10G-3CXL
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'''''Note:''''' Redundant supervisor engines must be configured identically.
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==Fan trays ==
'''Supported Fan trays in the WS-C6506 series'''
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* Standard fan tray
** WS-C6K-6SLOT-FAN
* High- Speed fan tray
** WS-C6K-6SLOT-FAN2
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'''''Note''''' The standard fan tray will only support WS-X6K-S2-PFC2, WS-X6K-S2-MSFC2 and WS-X6K-S2U-MSFC2. Supervisor Engin 32 and 720 will need a high-speed fan tray
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'''Supported Fan trys in the WS-C6506-E series'''
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*one hot-swappable fan tray
**WS-C6506-E-FAN
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'''''Note:''''' The WS-C6506-E-Fan ist a high-speed fan tray.

==Power supplies==
Both, the Cisco WS-C6506 and the Cisco 6506-E switch have two power supply slots on the back of the chassis, with the power supply 1 being installed on the bottom and the optional redundant power supply 2 being installed in the upper of the two slots.<br/>
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'''Supported spower supplies in the Cisco WS-C6506 switch'''
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* 1000 W AC-input power supply
** WS-CAC-1000W 
* 1300 W AC-input power supply
** WS-CAC-1300W 
* 1300 W DC-input power supply
** WS-CDC-1300W 
* 2500 W AC-input power supply
** WS-CAC-2500W 
* 2500 W DC-input power supply
** WS-CDC-2500W 
* 3000 W AC-input power supply
** WS-CAC-3000W 
* 4000 W AC-input power supply
** WS-CAC-4000W-US 
* 4000 W AC-input power supply
** WS-CAC-4000W-INT 
* 4000 W DC-input power supply
** PWR-4000-DC 
* 6000 W AC-input power supply
** WS-CAC-6000W
* 8700 W AC-input power supply
** WS-CAC-8700W
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'''Supported spower supplies in the Cisco WS-C6506-E switch'''
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* 2500 W AC-input power supply
** WS-CAC-2500W
* 2500 W DC-input power supply
** WS-CDC-2500W 
* 3000 W AC-input power supply
** WS-CAC-3000W 
* 4000 W AC-input power supply
** WS-CAC-4000W-US 
* 4000 W AC-input power supply
** WS-CAC-4000W-INT 
* 4000 W DC-input power supply
** PWR-4000-DC
* 6000 W AC-input power supply
** WS-CAC-6000W 
* 8700 W AC-input power supply
** WS-CAC-8700W-E