Catalyst 5000 - Switching Fabric Only Supervisors

Feature	Supervisor III	Supervisor III F	Supervisor III G
Chassis Support	All but 5002 with 155W Power	All	All
Redundant Supervisors	Yes	Yes	Yes
Processor	150MHz R4700 RISC	IDT RISC (Similar to SupII)	37.5MHz Motorola MCF5102
Modular NFFC-II	Yes (A and II-A)*	Yes	Integrated
Modular RSFC	No	No	Yes
Fixed Uplinks	None	(2)1000BaseSX (2)1000BaseLX	(2)GBIC
Modular Uplinks No No	(2/4)100BaseTX, (2/4)100BaseFX, (2)1000BaseSX, (2)1000BaseLX	No	No
Backplane Connection	3.6 Gbps	3.6 Gbps	3.6 Gbps
PCMCIA Flash	Yes	No	No
Default Flash	8 MB	8 MB	8 MB
Default DRAM	64 MB	32 MB	32 MB
NVRAM	512 KB	512 KB	512 KB
Console Port	RJ-45	RJ-45	RJ-45
Auxiliary Port	RJ-45	RJ-45	RJ-45
FE Management Interface	Yes	Yes	Yes
EtherChannel on Uplinks FEC No No	FEC	No	No
Max # of MAC Addresses	16000	16000	16000
Max VLANs	1024	1024	1024
Dimensions	1.2 x 14.4 x 16 in. (3 x 35.6 x 40.6 cm)	1.2 x 14.4 x 16 in. (3 x 35.6 x 40.6 cm)	1.2 x 14.4 x 16 in. (3 x 35.6 x 40.6 cm)
Operating Temperature Range	32 to 104 Deg. F (0 to 40 Deg. C)	32 to 104 Deg. F (0 to 40 Deg. C)	32 to 104 Deg. F (0 to 40 Deg. C)
Storage Temperature Range	-40 to 167 Deg. F (-40 to 75 Deg. C)	-40 to 167 Deg. F (-40 to 75 Deg. C)	-40 to 167 Deg. F (-40 to 75 Deg. C)
Relative Humidity	10% to 90%, noncondensing	10% to 90%, noncondensing	10% to 90%, noncondensing

Note: Older versions of the Supervisor III came with NFFC's or NFFC-II's, instead of the newer NFFC-A and NFFC-IIA's. Some even older ones even came without a NFFC at all, and these models were quickly EOS'd.

Part Number	Description	Software Req'd
WS-X5005	Supervisor I (100BaseFX, Singlemode)	1.1
WS-X5006	Supervisor I (100BaseFX, Multimode)	1.1
WS-X5009	Supervisor I (100BaseTX)	1.1
WS-X5505	Supervisor II (100BaseFX, Singlemode)	2.2 (1)
WS-X5506	Supervisor II (100BaseFX, Multimode)	2.2 (1)
WS-X5509	Supervisor II (100BaseTX)	2.2 (1)
WS-X5530-E1	Supervisor III	3.1(1)
WS-X5530-E2	Supervisor III with NFFC	4.1(1)
WS-X5530-E2A	Supervisor III with NFFC-A	4.5(4)
WS-X5530-E3	Supervisor III with NFFC II	4.3(1)
WS-X5530-E3A	Supervisor III with NFFC II-A	4.5(4)
WS-X5534-E1-GESX	Supervisor III F (1000BaseSX)	4.3(1a)
WS-X5534-E1-GELX	Supervisor III F (1000BaseLX)	4.3(1a)
WS-X5540	Supervisor II G	5.1(1a)
WS-X5550	Supervisor III G	5.1(1a)

Supervisor Redundancy

Supervisor Redundancy requires a 5500 series chassis (5505, 5509, 5500) and one of the following

combinations:

Two Supervisor Engine IIs

Two Supervisor Engine IIIs with EARL 1

Two Supervisor Engine IIIs with the NFFC/NFFC-A

Two Supervisor Engine IIIs with the NFFC II/II-A

Two Supervisor Engine III Fs with EARL 1

Two Supervisor Engine III Fs with NFFC/NFFC-A

Two Supervisor Engine III Fs with NFFC II/II-A

Two Supervisor Engine II Gs without the RSFC

Two Supervisor Engine II Gs with RSFC

Two Supervisor Engine III Gs without the RSFC

Two Supervisor Engine III Gs with RSFC

One Supervisor Engine II G with the RSFC and one Supervisor Engine II G without the RSFC

One Supervisor Engine III G with the RSFC and one Supervisor Engine III G without the RSFC

The following redundant configurations are supported, but with the caveat that MLS is not supported for traffic on the redundant supervisor engine ports when the supervisor engine in standby mode has the NFFC or NFFCII. MLS is supported for traffic on the redundant supervisor engine ports when the supervisor engine in standby mode has the NFFC-A or NFFCII-A.

Supervisor Engine III with NFFC and Supervisor Engine III with NFFC-A

Supervisor Engine III with NFFC II and Supervisor Engine III with NFFC II-A

Supervisor Engine III F with NFFC and Supervisor Engine III F with NFFC-A

Supervisor Engine III F with NFFC II and Supervisor Engine III F with NFFC II-A