The new enhanced Catalyst 6500 16-port GBIC-based Gigabit Ethernet Module provides a cost-effective and flexible approach to deploying gigabit Ethernet in the backbone of the network as well as server-farms. Supporting the GBIC form factor that can be used with Fiber or Copper installations, this module also offers higher density coarse wave division multiplexing (CWDM) and ZX-based GBIC deployments when used in the Catalyst 6500 multilayer switch series or Cisco 7600 Internet Router Series.

• Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series chassis
• Supervisor engine supported:
• Supervisor Engine 1A (15 Mpps maximum)
• Supervisor Engine 2
• Supervisor Engine 720

• 110 V AC
• 220 V AC

• Primary Applications: Data center and server farm
• Interface Module Class: CEF256
• Performance maximum (Mpps): 30
• Forwarding engine/location: Centralized CEF Engine; located on supervisor engine's PFCx
• DFC modules integrated/upgrade requirements: None integrated; upgrade with WS-F6K-DFC3 for Supervisor Engine 720 or upgrade with WS-F6K-DFC for Supervisor Engine 2-MSFC2
• Fabric connections: Single 8-Gbps channel connection to switch fabric (on Supervisor Engine 720 or Supervisor Engine 2-MSFC2 with SFM) and 32-Gbps shared bus connection
• Scheduler: Weighted Round Robin (WRR)
• Optics: Supports hot-pluggable GBICs
• Supports (SX, LX/LH, and ZX), CWDM or Category 5 RJ-45 copper GBIC interfaces
• Backplane Connections: 256Gbps Switch fabric (CEF256), and 32Gpbs "Classic" Bus
• Optional upgrade to distributed Cisco Express Forwarding (dCEF256) using the DFC/DFC3
• Queues per Port: 3 transmit, 2 receive
• Port Density/Chassis Model:
• 192 ports (Cisco Catalyst 6513)
• 128 ports (Cisco Catalyst 6509)