Cisco 6506 and Cisco 6506-E
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