Chapter 2 Supervisor Engines

Supervisor Engine 720

Table 2-14lists and describes Supervisor Engine 720 features.

Table 2-14 Supervisor Engine 720 Features

Feature

Description

 

 

Chassis compatibility

Supported on all Catalyst 6500 series chassis.

 

 

 

Software requirements

Supervisor Engine 720—12.2(14)SX

(minimum)

Supervisor Engine 720-3B—12.2(17d)SXB1

 

 

Supervisor Engine 720-3BXL—12.2(17b)SXA

 

 

Fan tray requirements

All versions of Supervisor Engine 720 require that a high-speed fan tray

 

(either a fan tray 2 or Catalyst 6500-E series fan tray) be installed in the

 

chassis.

 

Note Low-speed fan trays do not provide sufficient cooling for Supervisor

 

 

Engine 720.

 

 

Slot installation restrictions

Supervisor Engine 720 must be installed in:

 

Slots 1 and 2 in a 3-slot or a 4-slot chassis

 

Slots 5 and 6 in a 6-slot or a 9-slot chassis

 

Slots 7 and 8 in a 13-slot chassis

 

Note The primary supervisor engine can be installed in either slot.

 

 

Backplane

32-Gbps shared bus

 

Integrated 720-Gbps Switch Fabric

 

 

Hardware restrictions

There are no additional hardware restrictions for Supervisor Engine 720.

 

 

 

Memory

 

 

Switch Processor DRAM

512 MB (WS-SUP720)

 

512 MB (WS-SUP720-3B)

 

1 GB (WS-SUP720-3BXL)

Route Processor DRAM

512 MB (WS-SUP720)

 

512 MB (WS-SUP720-3B)

 

1 GB (WS-SUP720-3BXL)

Switch Processor

For all three Supervisor Engine 720 models:

Bootflash/Bootdisk

64 MB (before May 5, 2006)

 

512 MB (after May 5, 2006)

 

Note Use upgrade kit WS-CF-UPG= to upgrade the bootflash from 64 MB

 

 

to 512 MB.

Route Processor Bootflash

For all three Supervisor Engine 720 models—64 MB

CompactFlash (disk0)

Compact flash Type 2 (supports 64, 128, 256, 512 MB, and 1 GB

 

 

 

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