Cisco 6506 and Cisco 6506-E

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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).

Supervisor engines

Supported supervisor engines in the Cisco6506 switch

  • Supervisor Engine 2, Supervisor Engine 32 and Supervisor Engine 720, Supervisor Engine 32 and Supervisor Engine 720 require that you install the high-speed fan tray.
    • 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.
    • Supervisor Engine 32 and Supervisor Engine 720 require that you install the high-speed fan tray. You must also install a 2500 W or higher capacity power supply in the chassis to power the high-speed fan tray.


Note: Redundant supervisor engines must be configured identically.

Supported supervisor engines in the Cisco6506-E switch

  • Supervisor Engine 2, Supervisor Engine 32 and Supervisor Engine 720
    • Supervisor Engine 2 is installed in slot 1 and slot 2.
    • Supervisor Engine 32 and Supervisor Engine 720 are installed in slot 5 and slot 6.
    • Supervisor Engine 32 does not support the Switch Fabric Modules.
    • Supervisor Engine 720 has built-in switching fabric. Switch Fabric Modules are not supported by Supervisor Engine 720 and cannot be installed in the same chassis.


Note: Redundant supervisor engines must be configured identically.

Fan trys

Supported Fan trays in the 6506 series

  • Standard fan tray
    • WS-C6K-6SLOT-FAN
  • High- Speed fan tray
    • WS-C6K-6SLOT-FAN2


Supported Fan trys in the 6506 series

  • one hot-swappable fan tray
    • WS-C6506-E-FAN—564 CFM


Power supplies and power entry modules

Both, the Cisco 6503 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.

Supported spower supplies in the Cisco 6506 switch

  • 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


Supported spower supplies in the Cisco 6506-E switch

  • 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