Supported Platform and Minimum IOS Version:

• Cisco Catalyst 6500 series Switches - 12.2(18)SXF5

This Cisco 8-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet module doubles the 10 Gigabit Ethernet density on the Catalyst 6500 Series. It is ideal for deployment in the data center for aggregating bandwidth from servers and in the LAN distribution layer for consolidating uplinks from the LAN access layer. This 8-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet module complements the existing integrated services on the Catalyst 6500 Series enabling customers to build a scalable resilient and manageable data center to meet their growing business needs to consolidate and virtualize servers and storage to maximize resource utilization and drive down capital expenses.

• Spare Product

Features:

• Contains the WS-X6708-10GE base board and a distributed forwarding card
• DFC provides hardware-based MAC learning and forwards traffic at 48 Mpps
• Consolidating chassis for bandwidth aggregation
• More efficient transmissions for long haul connections
• More efficient handling of bursty traffic
• Storage of larger forwarding table