Cisco Systems 6500 manual Information on the Gbic transceivers

Chapter 2 Ethernet Switching Modules

1-Gigabit Ethernet Modules

Table 2-42 WS-X6408A-GBIC Ethernet Module Features (continued)

Feature	Description
Maximum frame size	Up to 9216 bytes per frame
Module oversubscription rate	N/A
Supervisor engine support	Supported on the following supervisor engines:
	•	Supervisor Engine 2
	•	Supervisor Engine 32
	• Supervisor Engine 32 PISA
	•	Supervisor Engine 720
	•	Supervisor Engine 720-10GE
Software support	• With Supervisor Engine 2—12.2(17d)SXB
	• With Supervisor Engine 32—12.2(18)SXF
	• With Supervisor Engine 32 PISA—12.2(18)ZY
	• With Supervisor Engine 720—12.2(14)SX
	• With Supervisor Engine 720-10GE—12.2(33)SXH
	•	Catalyst OS support—6.4(11)
Queues per port	•	Tx—1p2q2t
	•	Rx—1p1q4t
Chassis/slot restrictions	No chassis or slot restrictions; the module can occupy any slot in any
	Catalyst 6500 or Catalyst 6500-E chassis.
Bus connection	32 Gbps shared bus
Module upgrades available
PoE support	Not supported.
Distributed forwarding	Not supported.
support
Pluggable transceivers	GBIC transceivers are supported. Refer to your software release notes
support	to determine which GBIC transceivers are supported. See the “1-GB
	Transceivers” section on page B-3in Appendix B for additional
	information on the GBIC transceivers.

Catalyst 6500 Series Ethernet Modules Installation Guide

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