Cisco Catalyst 6506-E

Product Overview

The Cisco Catalyst 6506-E is an enhanced 6-slot, horizontal chassis that is part of the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series. It is designed to provide greater power capacity per slot than the original Catalyst 6506 chassis, supporting higher Power over Ethernet (PoE) port-density scalability . It supports redundant supervisor engines and power supplies for high availability .

Key Specifications & Features

Chassis & Physical Specifications

• Device Type: Switch .

• Enclosure Type: Desktop, rack-mountable – 12U .

• Dimensions (H x W x D): 48.8 cm x 44.5 cm x 46.0 cm (approx. 19.2 x 17.5 x 18.1 inches) .

• Weight: 22.7 kg (50.0 lbs) .

• MTBF: 7 years .

Slot & Module Support

• Expansion Slots: 6 (total/modular) .

• Supervisor Engine Support: Supports Supervisor Engine 2, 32, 32 PISA, 720, 720-10GE, and 2T.

  • Supervisor Engine 2 must be installed in slot 1 or 2 .

  • Supervisor Engine 720 and 2T must be installed in slot 5 or 6 .

• Switching Fabric: Supervisor Engines 720, 720-10GE, and 2T have a built-in switching fabric. The separate Switch Fabric Modules (WS-C6500-SFM and WS-X6500-SFM2) are not supported with these engines .

Performance

• Backplane Bandwidth: 480 Gbps .

• Forwarding Rate: 243 Mpps .

• MAC Address Table: 64K entries .

Power

• Maximum Power: Supports up to 6000W power supply configurations (AC or DC) .

• Minimum Power Supply Requirement: 2500W or higher (AC or DC) .

Environmental & Standards

• Operating Temperature: 0°C to 40°C .

• Storage Temperature: -20°C to 65°C .

• Operating Humidity: 10% to 90% (non-condensing) .

• Regulatory Compliance: NEBS Level 3, FCC Class A, VCCI, EN 60950, UL 1950, IEC 60950, CISPR 22, CSA 22.2 No. 60950 .