Chapter 2 Ethernet Switching Modules

10-Gigabit Ethernet Modules

Table 2-54 WS-X6704-10GE Ethernet Module Features (continued)

Feature

Description

 

 

Supervisor engine support

Supported on the following supervisor engines:

 

•

Supervisor Engine 720

 

•

Supervisor Engine 720-10GE

 

• Supervisor Engine 2T (module must be equipped with a CFC

 

 

daughter card or either a DFC4-A or DFC4-AXL daughter card)

 

 

Software support

• With Supervisor Engine 720—12.2(17a)SX

 

• With Supervisor Engine 720 and DFC3C or

 

 

DFC3CXL—12.2(33)SXH

 

• With Supervisor Engine 720-10GE—12.2(33)SXH

 

• With Supervisor Engine 2T (module equipped with either CFC,

 

 

DFC4-A, or DFC4-AXL daughter card)—12.2(50)SY

 

 

Queues per port

• With CFC daughter card:

 

 

–

Tx—1p7q8t

 

 

–

Rx—1q8t

 

• With DFC daughter card:

 

 

–

Tx—1p7q8t

 

 

–

Rx—8q8t

 

 

Chassis/slot restrictions

• Not supported in the Catalyst 6503 chassis.

 

• Supported only in slots 9–13 in the Catalyst 6513 chassis. The

 

 

module does not power up if it is installed in slots 1–8.

 

 

 

Switch fabric connection

•

Dual switch-fabric connections:

 

 

– Fabric channel 1—Ports 3 and 4

 

 

– Fabric channel 2—Ports 1 and 2

 

 

Fabric channel speed

20 Gb/sec

 

 

 

 

Module upgrades available

 

 

 

PoE support

Not supported.

Distributed forwarding

Ships with the WS-F6700-CFC daughter card factory-installed. Can be

support

upgraded in the field with a DFC daughter card (WS-F6700-DFC3A,

 

WS-F6700-DFC3B, WS-F6700-DFC3B, WS-F6700-DFC3C,

 

WS-F6700-DFC3CXL, WS-)F6K-DFC4-A, or WS-F6K-DFC4-AXL.

 

 

Pluggable transceivers

XENPAK transceivers are supported. Refer to your software release

support

notes to determine which XENPAK transceivers are supported. See the

 

“10-GB Transceivers” section on page B-8in Appendix B for

 

additional information on the XENPAK transceivers.

 

 

 

 

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