CATALYST 6500

BOOTCAMP

LINECARDS, DFCs
and POWER OVER
ETHERNET

LINECARDS, DFCs and POWER OVER ETHERNET

AGENDA

Ethernet Linecard Overview

WAN Linecard Overview
Service Module Overview
CFC / DFC Overview
Power Over Ethernet Overview

ETHERNET LINECARD OVERVIEW

There are two parts to the processing functionality of the Switch - the
Control Plane and the Data Plane
SWITCH
SWITCH CONTROL
CONTROL PLANE
PLANE
Switch
Switch Features
Features that
that are
are processed
processed in
in SOFTWARE
SOFTWARE
by
by aa CPU
CPU
ETHERNET
There
There are
are two
two control
control planes
planes
LINECARD
-- the
(SP)
the Switch
Switch Processor
Processor Control
Control Plane
Plane
(SP) which
which
OVERVIEW
processes
processes software
software based
based Layer
Layer 22 features
features
-- the
the Route
Route Processor
Processor Control
Control Plane
Plane (RP)
(RP) which
which
processes
processes software
software based
based Layer
Layer 33 features
features

SWITCH
SWITCH DATA
DATA PLANE
PLANE
Switch
Switch Features
Features that
that are
are processed
processed in
in HARDWARE
HARDWARE
by
by Application
Application Specific
Specific Integrated
Integrated Circuits
Circuits (ASICs)
(ASICs)
Agenda Topics

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

Introduction
There are a multitude of linecards available for the Catalyst 6500 platform - they
essentially fall into one of a number of categories defined below

Classic
Classic
10Mb
10Mb Ethernet
Ethernet
100Mb
100Mb Ethernet
Ethernet
Gig
Gig Ethernet
Ethernet
10Gig
10Gig Ethernet
Ethernet
Copper
Copper (TX)
(TX)
Fiber
Fiber (GBIC)
(GBIC)
Fiber
Fiber (SFP)
(SFP)
Fiber
Fiber (Xenpak)
(Xenpak)
Fiber
Fiber (X2)
(X2)

CEF256
CEF256
CEF720
CEF720
dCEF720
dCEF720
dCEF2T
dCEF2T

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

Classic Linecards
The Classic linecard connects to the 16Gb BUS - typically it has a number of
Port ASICs on board that provide this connection as well as providing the front
facing ports that hosts connect into

Supervisor
Supervisor
16Gb BUS
DBUS
RBUS
EOBC
Linecard

PORT
PORT

PORT
PORT

PORT
PORT

PORT
PORT

The
The BUS
BUS is
is often
often
referred
referred to
to as
as aa
32Gb
32Gb BUS
BUS
ItIt is
is in
in fact
fact aa 16Gb
16Gb
BUS
BUS however,
however, as
as itit
supports
supports Full
Full
Duplex
Duplex
communication
communication is
is
was
was marketed
marketed as
as
32Gb
32Gb (i.e.
(i.e. 16Gb
16Gb
Read
Read ++ 16Gb
16Gb Write)
Write)

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

Classic Linecards - WS-X6196-RJ-21
The WS-X6196-RJ-21 supports the
following
Support up to 48 IEEE Class 3 devices
Support up to 96 IEEE Class 2 devices
Bus connectivity only
Supports strict priority queue
96 ports 10/100 with RJ21 Telco
Receive queue type 1p1q0t
Supports IEEE Inline Power
Transmit queue type 1p3q1t
Daughtercard
Buffers 28K Rx, 1088K Tx
Supports up to 96 Cisco inline powered
ports

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

Classic Linecards - WS-X6148A\B-GE-TX
WS-X6148A\B-GE-TX wiring
closet linecard for 10/100/1000
deployment
- 48 ports of 10/100/1000 RJ-45
- Increased per port buffering
(5.2Mb per port)
- Integrated TDR for cable fault
detection

- Adds support for Jumbo Frames and Qin-Q Tunnelling

- Supports 4 Transmit queues including
one strict priority queue
- Adds support for WRED
- Optional IEEE POE daughtercard (802.3af
for A model, 802.3at for B model)
- 8:1 oversubscribed

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

Classic Linecards - WS-X6148A/B-GE-TX

Like the module on the previous slide, the WS-X6148A-GE-TX also has
oversubscription which MUST be factored into any designs that you put
forward
REMEMBER
REMEMBER -- THIS
THIS LINECARD
LINECARD IS
IS 8:1
8:1 OVERSUBSCRIBED
OVERSUBSCRIBED
8 x 1Gb

8 x 1Gb

8 x 1Gb

8 x 1Gb

8 x 1Gb

8 x 1Gb

Port
Port
ASIC
ASIC

Port
Port
ASIC
ASIC

Port
Port
ASIC
ASIC

Port
Port
ASIC
ASIC

Port
Port
ASIC
ASIC

Port
Port
ASIC
ASIC

1Gb

1Gb

1Gb

1Gb

Port
Port ASIC
ASIC

DBus
RBus
EoBC

1Gb

1Gb

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

Classic Linecards - WS-X6148A-RJ-45
New improved WS-X6148A-RJ-45
wiring closet linecard for 10/100
deployment
Incorporates some of the following
features
- 48 ports of 10/100 RJ-45
- Increased per port buffering (5.2Mb
per port)
- Integrated TDR for cable fault
detection

- Supports 4 Transmit queues

including one strict priority queue
- Adds support for WRED
- Supports optional IEEE POE
daughter linecard

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

Classic Linecards - WS-X6148-FE-SFP
New improved WS-X6148-FE-SFP
wiring closet linecard for 100FX to the
desktop
Incorporates some of the following
features
- 48 ports of 100FX Fiber ports
- Increased per port buffering (5.2Mb
per port)

- Supports 4 Transmit queues

including one strict priority
queue
- Adds support for WRED

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

CEF256 Linecards
CEF256 represents the second generation of linecards - supporting a
connection to the Classic Bus in addition to a connection to the Switch
Fabric

FABRIC
FABRIC ASIC
ASIC

A
A CEF256
CEF256 linecard
linecard
supports
supports aa single
single
8Gb
8Gb Fabric
Fabric
channel
channel
connection
connection into
into
the
the Switch
Switch Fabric
Fabric
plus
plus aa connection
connection
into
into the
the 16Gb
16Gb
Classic
Classic BUS
BUS

PORT
PORT ASIC
ASIC PORT
PORT ASIC
ASIC PORT
PORT ASIC
ASIC PORT
PORT ASIC
ASIC

Note
Note the
the CEF256
CEF256
Linecards
Linecards also
also use
use
aa local
local BUS
BUS on
on the
the
linecard
linecard

Supervisor
Supervisor

Switch
Switch Fabric
Fabric

8Gb
Linecard

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

CEF256 Linecards - WS-X6516A-GBIC
The WS-X6516A-GBIC supports the following
16 ports 1000Mb (GE) GBIC
Supports range of GBIC optics
Connection to the Shared Bus
Single 8Gb Connection into the
Switch Fabric

Supports optional DFC

1MB Buffering per port
Egress Multicast Replication
2 receive queues and 3 transmit queues
Supports strict priority RX and TX queue

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

CEF256 Linecard- WS-X6548-GE-TX

The WS-X6548-GE-TX also has oversubscription which MUST be factored into

any designs that you put forward
8 x 1Gb

8 x 1Gb

8 x 1Gb

Port
Port
ASIC
ASIC

Port
Port
ASIC
ASIC

Port
Port
ASIC
ASIC

1Gb

1Gb

1Gb

8 x 1Gb

8 x 1Gb

8 x 1Gb

Port
Port
ASIC
ASIC

Port
Port
ASIC
ASIC

Port
Port
ASIC
ASIC

1Gb

Port
Port ASIC
ASIC

REMEMBER
REMEMBER -- THIS
THIS
LINECARD
LINECARD IS
IS 8:1
8:1
OVERSUBSCRIBED
OVERSUBSCRIBED

8Gb
SUPERVISOR
SUPERVISOR

1Gb

Port
Port ASIC
ASIC

FIRE
FIRE ASIC
ASIC

DBus
RBus
EoBC

1Gb

Switch
Switch Fabric
Fabric

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

CEF256 Linecards - WS-X6548-GE-TX
The WS-X6548-GE-TX supports the
following
48 ports 10/100/1000 RJ45
Connection to the Shared Bus
Single 8Gb Connection into the Switch
Fabric
Support for Cisco and IEEE Inline
Power

Interoperates with all Supervisors

Some caveats
8:1 oversubscription
No Jumbo Frames
No support for ISL VLAN Trunking
No Q-in-Q Trunking

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

CEF720 Linecards
The CEF720 is the third generation of high performance linecards to be
introduced into the Catalyst 6500 linecard family

Supervisor
Supervisor

Switch
Switch Fabric
Fabric

20Gb

CFC
CFC or
or DFC
DFC

Linecard

CEF720
CEF720 Linecards
Linecards
connect
connect into
into the
the
BUS
BUS using
using aa
Centralized
Centralized
Forwarding
Forwarding Card
Card
(CFC)
(CFC)

FIRE
FIRE ASIC
ASIC

PORT
PORT
ASIC
ASIC

PORT
PORT
ASIC
ASIC

20Gb

FIRE
FIRE ASIC
ASIC

PORT
PORT
ASIC
ASIC

PORT
PORT
ASIC
ASIC

They
They connect
connect into
into
the
the Switch
Switch fabric
fabric
via
via dual
dual 20Gb
20Gb
Fabric
Fabric channels
channels
NOTE:
NOTE: The
The BUS
BUS is
is
NOT
NOT used
used for
for data
data
only
only control
control
traffic
traffic

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

CEF720 Linecards - WS-X6748-SFP
The WS-X6748-SFP supports the
following
CEF720 Linecard
48 ports 10/100/1000 RJ45
Connection to the Shared Bus
Two x 20Gb Connections into the
Switch Fabric
Supports optional DFC3 / DFC4

Up to 48Mpps when DFC3 is used

Up to 52Mpps when DFC4 is used
1.2Mb Buffering per port
Egress Multicast Replication
Supports Strict Priority queue on transmit
Supports 2 receive queues per port
Supports 4 transmit queues per port
Supports Weighted Round Robin

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

CEF720 Linecards - WS-X6748-GE-TX
The WS-X6748-GETX supports the
following
CEF720 Linecard
48 ports 10/100/1000 RJ45
Connection to the Shared Bus
Two x 20Gb Connections into the
Switch Fabric
Supports optional DFC3 / DFC4

Up to 48Mpps when DFC3 is used

Up to 52Mpps when DFC4 Is used
1.2Mb Buffering per port
Egress Multicast Replication
Supports Strict Priority queue on transmit
Supports 2 receive queues per port
Supports 4 transmit queues per port
Supports Weighted Round Robin

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

CEF720 Linecards - WS-X6704-10GE
The WS-X6704-10GE supports the following
CEF720 Linecard
4 ports 10GE (Xenpak based)
Connection to the Shared Bus
Two x 20Gb Connections into the
Switch Fabric
Supports optional DFC3/4

Up to 48Mpps when DFC3 is used

Up to 52Mpps when DFC4 is used
16Mb Buffering per port
Egress Multicast Replication
Supports Strict Priority queue on transmit
Supports 2 receive queues per port
Supports 8 transmit queues per port
Supports Weighted Round Robin

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

dCEF720 Linecards WS-X6708-10G-3C/CXL
The dCEF720 linecards are the fourth generation of high performance linecards to be
introduced into the Catalyst 6500 linecard family

Supervisor
Supervisor

Switch
Switch Fabric
Fabric
20Gb

EOBC

FABRIC
FABRIC
INTF
INTF

FIRE
FIRE
ASIC
ASIC

20Gb

BACKPLANE
BACKPLANE INTF
INTF

FPGA
FPGA

FABRIC
FABRIC
INTF
INTF

FIRE
FIRE
ASIC
ASIC

DFC3/4
DFC3/4

FPGA
FPGA MUX
MUX

FPGA
FPGAMUX
MUX
PORT
PORT
55

They
They connect
connect into
into
the
the Switch
Switch fabric
fabric
via
via dual
dual 20Gb
20Gb
Fabric
Fabric channels
channels

FPGA
FPGA

FPGA
FPGA MUX
MUX

PORT
PORT
77

dCEF720
dCEF720
Linecards
Linecards have
have no
no
connection
connection to
to the
the
Data
Data or
or Results
Results
buses
buses

FPGA
FPGAMUX
MUX
PORT
PORT
44

PORT
PORT
11

PORT
PORT
88

PORT
PORT
66

PORT
PORT
33

PORT
PORT
22

They
They come
come with
with aa
DFC3/4
DFC3/4 prepreinstalled
installed with
with no
no
option
option for
for aa CFC
CFC

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

dCEF720 Linecards - WS-X6708-10G-3C / 3CXL
The WS-X6708-10G-3C/3CXL supports the
following
dCEF720 Linecard
8 ports 10GE (X2 based)
No Connection to the Shared Bus
Two x 20Gb Connections into the Switch Fabric
Supports integrated DFC3 / DFC4
Supports VSL on all ports

Up to 48Mpps with DFC3

Up to 60Mpps with DFC4
256MB Buffering per port
Egress Multicast Replication
Supports Strict Priority queue on transmit
Supports 2 receive queues per port
Supports 8 transmit queues per port
Supports Weighted Round Robin and
Shaped Round Robin

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

dCEF720 Linecards WS-X6716-10x-3C/CXL
The dCEF720 linecards are the fourth generation of high performance linecards to be
introduced into the Catalyst 6500 linecard family

Supervisor
Supervisor

Switch
Switch Fabric
Fabric
20Gb

EOBC

FPGA
FPGA

FIRE
FIRE
ASIC
ASIC
PORT
PORT
ASIC
ASIC

20Gb

BACKPLANE
BACKPLANE INTF
INTF

FABRIC
FABRIC
INTF
INTF

FABRIC
FABRIC
INTF
INTF
FIRE
FIRE
ASIC
ASIC

PORT
PORT
ASIC
ASIC

PORT
PORT
ASIC
ASIC

MUX
MUX

MUX
MUX

MUX
MUX

MUX
MUX

MUX
MUX

MUX
MUX

MUX
MUX

11

33

55

77

99 10
10 11
11 12
12

22

44

66

88

They
They connect
connect into
into
the
the Switch
Switch fabric
fabric
via
via dual
dual 20Gb
20Gb
Fabric
Fabric channels
channels

FPGA
FPGA

DFC3/4
DFC3/4

MUX
MUX

dCEF720
dCEF720
Linecards
Linecards have
have no
no
connection
connection to
to the
the
Data
Data or
or Results
Results
buses
buses

MUX
MUX

PORT
PORT
ASIC
ASIC
MUX
MUX

MUX
MUX

MUX
MUX

13
13 14
14 15
15 16
16

They
They come
come with
with aa
DFC3/4
DFC3/4 prepreinstalled
installed with
with no
no
option
option for
for aa CFC
CFC

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

dCEF720 Linecards - WS-X6716-10G-3C / 3CXL
The WS-X6716-10G-3C/3CXL supports the
following
dCEF720 Linecard
16 ports 10GE (X2 based)
No Connection to the Shared Bus
Two x 20Gb Connections into the Switch Fabric
Supports integrated DFC3 or DFC4
Programmable port groups for flexible port
utilization

Up to 48Mpps with DFC3

Up to 60Mpps with DFC4
Up to 256MB Buffering per port
Egress Multicast Replication
Supports Strict Priority queue on transmit
Supports 2 receive queues per port
Supports 8 transmit queues per port
Supports Weighted Round Robin and
Shaped Round Robin

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

dCEF720 Linecards - WS-X6716-10T-3C / 3CXL
The WS-X6716-10T-3C/3CXL supports the
following
dCEF720 Linecard
16 ports 10GE (X2 based)
No Connection to the Shared Bus
Two x 20Gb Connections into the Switch Fabric
Supports integrated DFC3 / DFC4
Programmable port groups for flexible port
utilization

Up to 48Mpps with DFC3

Up to 60Mpps with DFC4
Up to 256MB Buffering per port
Egress Multicast Replication
Supports Strict Priority queue on transmit
Supports 2 receive queues per port
Supports 8 transmit queues per port
Supports Weighted Round Robin and
Shaped Round Robin

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

dCEF2T Linecards WS-X6908-10G / -10G-XL
The dCEF2T linecards are the latest generation of high performance linecards
to be introduced into the Catalyst 6500 linecard family
Supervisor
Supervisor

Switch
Switch Fabric
Fabric

EOBC

40Gb

Linecard

dCEF2T
dCEF2T Linecards
Linecards
have
have no
no
connection
connection to
to the
the
Data
Data or
or Results
Results
buses
buses

40Gb

FABRIC
FABRIC INTERFACE
INTERFACE

DFC4
DFC4

FPGA
FPGA

FIRE
FIRE
ASIC
ASIC

FIRE
FIRE
ASIC
ASIC

They
They connect
connect into
into
the
the Switch
Switch fabric
fabric
via
via dual
dual 40Gb
40Gb
Fabric
Fabric channels
channels

FPGA
FPGA

FIRE
FIRE
ASIC
ASIC

FIRE
FIRE
ASIC
ASIC

PORT
PORT
ASIC
ASIC

PORT
PORT
ASIC
ASIC

PORT
PORT
ASIC
ASIC

PORT
PORT
ASIC
ASIC

PORT
PORT
ASIC
ASIC

PORT
PORT
ASIC
ASIC

PORT
PORT
ASIC
ASIC

PORT
PORT
ASIC
ASIC

CTS
CTS
ASIC
ASIC

CTS
CTS
ASIC
ASIC

CTS
CTS
ASIC
ASIC

CTS
CTS
ASIC
ASIC

CTS
CTS
ASIC
ASIC

CTS
CTS
ASIC
ASIC

CTS
CTS
ASIC
ASIC

CTS
CTS
ASIC
ASIC

They
They come
come with
with aa
DFC4
DFC4 pre-installed
pre-installed
with
with no
no option
option for
for
aa CFC
CFC

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

dCEF2T Linecards - WS-X6908-10G / -10G-XL
The WS-X6908-10G supports the following
dCEF2T Linecard
8 ports 10GE (X2 based)
No Connection to the Shared Bus
Two x 40Gb Connections into the Switch Fabric
Supports integrated DFC4 / DFC4XL
Supports Cisco TrustSec on all ports
Supports VSL on all ports

Up to 60Mpps local forwarding

Up to 256MB Buffering per port
Egress Multicast Replication
Supports Strict Priority queue on transmit
Supports 2 receive queues per port
Supports 8 transmit queues per port
Supports Deficit Weighted Round Robin
and Shaped Round Robin

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

dCEF2T Linecards - WS-X6904-40G / -40G-XL
IEEE 802.3ba Standard Compliant
80Gbps Backplane
CFP Transceiver Form Factor
Earl8 Lite and Heavy Versions
Convertible to 16p 10GbE ports via SFP+ via
FourX Adapter
CTS and L2 Encryption IEEE 802.1ae on all ports
wire speed
Virtual Switch Link supported on all ports

Target Release 1HCY11

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

10G Optics
Xenpak Modular
Optic

X2 Modular
Optic

Transceiver

Cable Type

Distances

CX4

CX4 (Copper)

Up to 15m

SR

MMF

26m to 300m

LRM

MMF

100m to 220m

LX4

MMF

240m to 300m

LR / LR+

SMF

Up to 10km

ER / ER+

SMF

Up to 40km

ZR

SMF

Up to 80km

DWDM

SMF

Up to 80km

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

40G Transceivers

WAN LINECARD OVERVIEW

There are two parts to the processing functionality of the Switch - the
Control Plane and the Data Plane
SWITCH
SWITCH CONTROL
CONTROL PLANE
PLANE
Switch
Switch Features
Features that
that are
are processed
processed in
in SOFTWARE
SOFTWARE
by
by aa CPU
CPU
There
There are
are two
two control
control planes
planes WAN LINECARD
-- the
(SP)
OVERVIEW
the Switch
Switch Processor
Processor Control
Control Plane
Plane
(SP) which
which
processes
processes software
software based
based Layer
Layer 22 features
features
-- the
the Route
Route Processor
Processor Control
Control Plane
Plane (RP)
(RP) which
which
processes
processes software
software based
based Layer
Layer 33 features
features
SWITCH
SWITCH DATA
DATA PLANE
PLANE
Switch
Switch Features
Features that
that are
are processed
processed in
in HARDWARE
HARDWARE
by
by Application
Application Specific
Specific Integrated
Integrated Circuits
Circuits (ASICs)
(ASICs)
Agenda Topics

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

WAN - Enhanced FlexWAN
The WS-X6582-PA supports the
following
Legacy PA Carrier Card
Up to 625Kpps without QoS
Up to 2 x OC3 throughput
Dual 400Mhz SiByte CPUs
Up to 128MB of packet buffer per CPU

Distributed QoS features

cRTP
LFI - ATM, FR, MLPPP
Classification
Policing
Marking
CBWFQ/LLQ and WRED
Per Class Traffic Shaping

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

WAN - SIP200
The 7600-SIP-200 supports the
following
Cisco 7500 Feature Parity
Up to 1.1Mpps without QoS
Up to 622Mbps performance
Dual Core CPUs
4 bays for SPAs
Up to 128MB of packet buffer
per CPU

Distributed HQoS features

cRTP
MLPPP and LFI in hardware
Classification
Policing
Marking
CBWFQ/LLQ and WRED
Per Class Traffic Shaping

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

WAN - SIP200
The 7600-SIP-200 supports the
following Supervisor options

Supported in all 6500 chassis

except 6503

All Sup720 variants

Sup32-8GE
Sup32-10GE

Check the IOS Release Notes for

your particular release to see the
minimum support level

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

WAN - SIP200
SPA Name

Description

SPA-1xCHSTM1/OC3

1-port Channelized STM1/OC3 to DS0 SPA

SPA-8XCHT1/E1

8- port Channelized T1/E1 SPA

SPA-4XT3/E3

4-port T3/E3 SPA

SPA-2XT3/E3

2-port T3/E3 SPA

SPA-4XCT3/DS0

4- port Channelized T3 SPA

SPA-2XCT3/DS0

2- port Channelized T3 SPA

SPA-4XOC3-POS

4- port POS OC3 SPA

SPA-2XOC3-POS

2- port POS OC3 SPA

SPA-4XOC3-ATM

4- port ATM OC3 SPA

SPA-2XOC3-ATM

2- port ATM OC3 SPA

SPA-8X1FE-TX-V2

8-port 10/100 Ethernet SPA TX

SPA-4X1FE-TX-V2

8-port 10/100 Ethernet SPA TX

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

WAN - SIP200 Architecture
A block diagram of the SIP200 linecard is shown below

SIP200

SPA CONNECTION
CONNECTION
SPA

RAM
RAM

DUAL
DUAL
CORE
CORE
CPU
CPU

Boot
Boot
Logic
Logic
Flash
Flash
RAM
RAM
EOS
EOS

RX
RX

I/O
I/O

Multicast Replication
Replication and
and
Multicast
Fabric Interface
Interface
Fabric

EOBC
EOBC

TX
TX

Supervisor
Supervisor

8Gb

Switch
Switch
Fabric
Fabric

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

WAN - SIP400
The 7600-SIP-400 supports the
following
Network Processor based carrier card
Up to 6.2Mpps @ 40 byte packets
Up to 4Gbps performance @ 64 byte
packets
Dual Network Processors
4 bays for SPAs
Replacement for OSM

32,000 Queues
3 level Hierarchical QoS
Dual Rate, 3 Color Policer
CBWFQ + LLQ + WRED
EoMPLS
FRoMPLS
ATM AAL5 over MPLS
ATM Cell Relay over MPLS

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

WAN - SIP400

PAs supported by the SIP400 include the following

SPA

Description

SPA-2XOC3-POS

2-port OC-3c/STM-1c POS SPA (SFP)

SPA-4XOC3-POS

4-port OC-3c/STM-1c POS SPA

SPA-1XOC12-POS

1-port OC-12c/STM-4c POS SPA (SFP)

SPA-2XOC48POS/RPR

2-Port OC-48 POS/RPR SPA (SFP)

SPA-1XOC48POS/RPR

1-Port OC-48 POS/RPR SPA (SFP)

SPA-2XOC3-ATM

2-port OC-3c/STM-1c ATM SPA (SFP)

SPA-4XOC3-ATM

4-port OC-3c/STM-1c ATM SPA (SFP)

SPA-1XOC12-ATM

1-Port OC-12c/STM-4c ATM SPA (SFP)

SPA-1XOC48-ATM

1 port OC-48c/STM-16 ATM SPA

SPA-2X1GE-V2
SPA-2X1GE
SPA-1X10GE-L-V2

2-port Gigabit Ethernet SPA, SFP Optics, Version 2

2-port Gigabit Ethernet SPA, SFP Optics
1-Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet SPA (XFP)

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

WAN - SIP400 Architecture
A block diagram of the SIP400 linecard is shown below

SIP400

Ingress
Ingress
Network
Network
Proc
Proc

SPA
SPA
MUX
MUX
ASIC
ASIC

TCAM
TCAM

Egress
Egress
Network
Network
Proc
Proc
DSRAM
DSRAM

DRAM
DRAM

Switch
Switch
Interface
Interface

SRAM
SRAM

Control
Control
Proc
Proc
Multicast Replication
Replication and
and
Multicast
Fabric Interface
Interface
Fabric

SPA CONNECTION
CONNECTION
SPA

DRAM
DRAM

Supervisor
Supervisor

20Gb

Switch
Switch
Fabric
Fabric

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

WAN - SIP600
The 7600-SIP-600 supports the
following
Integrated DFC3
8000 full duplex queues
Up to 10Gbps performance @ 64 byte
packets
Dual Network Processors
1Gb local Memory
20Gb Switch Fabric Connection
No connection to the Classic BUS

Sup720-3B and Sup720-3BXL only

VPLS/H-VPLS
Security ACLs
Policing
Classification
Marking
CBWFQ/LLQ
Hierarchical Traffic Shaping
Shaping/WRED

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

WAN SIP600
SPAs supported by the SIP600 include the following

SPA
SPA-1XTENGE-XFP

Description

1-port 10-Gigabit Ethernet SPA (XFP)

SPA-10X1GE

10-port Gigabit Ethernet SPA, SFP Optics

SPA-5X1GE

5-port Gigabit Ethernet SPA, SFP Optics

SPA-OC192POS-VSR

1-port OC-192c/STM-64 POS/RPR SPA, VSR-1

SPA-OC192POS-LR

1-port OC-192c/STM-64 POS/RPR SPA, SM-LR

SPA-OC192POS-XFP

SPA-OC192POS-XFP

SPA-OC192POS-VSR

1-port OC-192c/STM-64 POS/RPR SPA, VSR-1

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

WAN - SIP600 Architecture
A block diagram of the SIP600 linecard is shown below

SIP600

SPA
SPA
INTF
INTF
ASIC
ASIC

Fabric
Fabric
ASIC
ASIC

TCAM
TCAM

High
High
Speed
Speed
Queuing
Queuing
Shaping
Shaping
ASIC
ASIC
SPA
SPA
Control
Control
ASIC
ASIC

CPU
CPU

Multicast Replication
Replication and
and
Multicast
Fabric Interface
Interface
Fabric

10GE SPA
SPA
10GE

DFC3
DFC3

Supervisor
Supervisor

20Gb

Switch
Switch
Fabric
Fabric

SERVICE MODULE OVERVIEW

There are two parts to the processing functionality of the Switch - the
Control Plane and the Data Plane
SWITCH
SWITCH CONTROL
CONTROL PLANE
PLANE
Switch
Switch Features
Features that
that are
are processed
processed in
in SOFTWARE
SOFTWARE
by
by aa CPU
CPU
There
There are
are two
two control
control planes
planesSERVICE MODULE
-- the
(SP)
OVERVIEW
the Switch
Switch Processor
Processor Control
Control Plane
Plane
(SP) which
which
processes
processes software
software based
based Layer
Layer 22 features
features
-- the
the Route
Route Processor
Processor Control
Control Plane
Plane (RP)
(RP) which
which
processes
processes software
software based
based Layer
Layer 33 features
features
SWITCH
SWITCH DATA
DATA PLANE
PLANE
Switch
Switch Features
Features that
that are
are processed
processed in
in HARDWARE
HARDWARE
by
by Application
Application Specific
Specific Integrated
Integrated Circuits
Circuits (ASICs)
(ASICs)
Agenda Topics

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

Services Modules

JUST A QUICK NOTE: Services Modules are not directly supported by the ISBU
- rather they are supported by the respective BU that developed them
Services
Services Modules
Modules

WiSM
WiSM

NAM-1,
NAM-1, NAM-2
NAM-2

Supported
Supported by
by the
the
Wireless
Wireless BU
BU (WNBU)
(WNBU)

Supported
Supported by
by the
the Network
Network
Management
Management BU
BU (NMBU)
(NMBU)

FWSM,
FWSM, VPNSM,
VPNSM,
IDSM,
IDSM, VPN
VPN SPA,
SPA,
CSM,
CSM, SSL,
SSL, ACE,
ACE,
Anomaly
Anomaly Detector,
Detector,
Anomaly
Anomaly Guard
Guard
Supported
Supported by
by the
the
Security
Technology
Security Technology
Group
Group (STG)
(STG)

MWAM,
MWAM, CSG,
CSG, PSD
PSD
Supported
Supported by
by the
the Routing
Routing and
and
Service
Service Provider
Provider TG
TG (RSPTG)
(RSPTG)

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

Services Modules - ACE
Virtual partitioning (up to 250 Contexts)
Up to 16Gbps performance
6.5Mpps
350,000 SYSLOGs per second
4 Million concurrent connections
16K Real or Virtual Servers

Multiple probes (ICMP, TCP, UDP, etc)

HTTP deep packet inspection
Bi-Directional NAT/PAT
TCP Connection State Tracking
TCP Header validation and window size
checking
URPF check at session establishment

ACE

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

Services Modules - FWSM
Virtual partitioning (up to 250 Contexts)
Routed and Transparent Firewall
Up to 5Gbps of Performance
Bi-Directional NAT
Policy Based NAT

URL Filtering
OSPF Routing Protocol Support
Object Grouping
Active-Standby Inter/Intra Failover
ARP Inspection

FWSM

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

Services Modules - IDSM
Up to 600Mbps performance (passive)
Up to 500Mbps (inline)
Advanced false positive reduction
Supports multiple capture techniques
Single device management using CLI
or
IPS device manager

Up to 6000 HTTP transactions per second

Up to 6000 TCP connections pe second
Up to 60,000 concurrent connections
Hot swap module
Standard code base 100% compatible with
Cisco standalone IPS devices

IDSM

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

Services Modules - NAM
Application Monitoring
Performance Management
Fault Isolation
Troubleshooting
Trend Analysis
Capacity planning
VOIP Monitoring

QoS and DSCP monitoring

MIB II RFC1213
RMON (RFC2819) All groups
RMON2 (RFC2021) All groups
SMON (RFC2613)
DSMON (Rmon extensions for Diffserv)
ART MIB
HCRMON
Get latest nam

Overviw from Joan

NAM

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

Services Modules - WiSM
CEF720 based module
IEEE 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11d,
802.11h
Intelligent RF Control plane supporting
self-configuration, self-healing and
self-optimization
Intrusion Detection / Mobility Management

HTTP, HTTPS, CLI, Telnet, SSH

management interface options
Encryption options include
WEP and TKIP-MIC: RC4 40, 104 and
128 bits (both static and shared keys)
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and TLS:
RC4 128-bit and RSA 1024- and
2048-bit
AES: CCM, CCMP

WiSM

CFC / DFC OVERVIEW

There are two parts to the processing functionality of the Switch - the
Control Plane and the Data Plane
SWITCH
SWITCH CONTROL
CONTROL PLANE
PLANE
Switch
Switch Features
Features that
that are
are processed
processed in
in SOFTWARE
SOFTWARE
by
by aa CPU
CPU
There
There are
are two
two control
control planes
planes
CFC / DFC
-- the
(SP)
OVERVIEW
the Switch
Switch Processor
Processor Control
Control Plane
Plane
(SP) which
which
processes
processes software
software based
based Layer
Layer 22 features
features
-- the
the Route
Route Processor
Processor Control
Control Plane
Plane (RP)
(RP) which
which
processes
processes software
software based
based Layer
Layer 33 features
features
SWITCH
SWITCH DATA
DATA PLANE
PLANE
Switch
Switch Features
Features that
that are
are processed
processed in
in HARDWARE
HARDWARE
by
by Application
Application Specific
Specific Integrated
Integrated Circuits
Circuits (ASICs)
(ASICs)
Agenda Topics

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

Centralized Forwarding Cards (CFC)
The Centralized Forwarding Card (CFC) provides BUS connectivity for the
CEF720 linecards

The
The CFC
CFC is
is
available
available on
on
CEF720
CEF720 linecards
linecards
and
and provides
provides the
the
connection
connection to
to the
the
Classic
Classic BUS
BUS
CFC
CFC is
is used
used to
to
communicate
communicate with
with
the
the Supervisor
Supervisor
when
when centralized
centralized
forwarding
forwarding is
is used
used

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

Distributed
Forwarding
4 (DFC4)
The DFC4 is an option
for CEF720 linecards
- it is usedCard
to provide
local forwarding
lookups for the linecard to incrementally boost overall switch performance - if installed
on a CEF720 linecard, it takes the place of the CFC
The
The DFC4
DFC4 supports
supports forwarding
forwarding
rates
rates up
up to
to 60Mpps
60Mpps
The
The DFC4
DFC4 also
also stores
stores aa local
local
copy
copy of
of the
the forwarding
forwarding tables,
tables, as
as
well
well as
as Security
Security and
and QoS
QoS ACLs
ACLs
that
that are
are centrally
centrally defined
defined
The
The DFC4
DFC4 is
is located
located underneath
underneath
aa protective
protective cover
cover that
that protects
protects
the
the daughtercard
daughtercard from
from getting
getting
damaged
damaged when
when the
the linecard
linecard is
is
inserted
inserted or
or removed
removed from
from aa
chassis
chassis
The
The DFC4
DFC4 will
will NOT
NOT be
be field
field
upgradable
upgradable

Two
Two different
different versions
versions of
of the
the DFC
DFC
are
are supported
supported
DFC4
DFC4
DFC4XL
DFC4XL

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

Distributed Forwarding Card 3 (DFC3)
The DFC3 is an option- it is used to provide local forwarding lookups for the
linecard to incrementally boost overall switch performance - if installed on a
CEF720 linecard, it takes the place of the CFC

The
The DFC3
DFC3 supports
supports
forwarding
forwarding rates
rates up
up to
to
48Mpps
48Mpps
The
The DFC3
DFC3 also
also stores
stores aa local
local
copy
copy of
of the
the forwarding
forwarding
tables,
tables, as
as well
well as
as Security
Security
and
and QoS
QoS ACLs
ACLs that
that are
are
centrally
centrally defined
defined

Three
Three different
different versions
versions of
of
the
the DFC3
DFC3 are
are supported
supported
DFC3a
DFC3a
DFC3B/DFC3BXL
DFC3B/DFC3BXL
DFC3C/DFC3CXL
DFC3C/DFC3CXL

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

DFC3/4 Interoperability with PFC3/4
PFC3A
DFC3A
DFC3B

Operate as
DFC3A

DFC3BXL

Operate as
DFC3A

PFC3B

PFC3BXL

PFC3C

PFC3CXL

PFC4

PFC4XL

Operate as
PFC3A

Operate as
PFC3A

Operate as
PFC3A

Operate as
PFC3A

Operate as
PFC3B

Operate as
PFC3B

Operate as
PFC3B

Operate as
PFC3B and
DFC3B

Operate as
PFC3BXL

Operate as
DFC3B

DFC3C

Operate as
DFC3A

Operate as
DFC3B

Operate as
PFC3B
and
DFC3B

DFC3CXL

Operate as
DFC3A

Operate as
DFC3B

Operate as
DFC3BXL

Operate as
DFC3C

DFC4

DFC4XL

Operate as
PFC3C

Operates as
PFC4
Operates
as DFC4

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

Mixing Different Linecards Architectures
When transferring data between linecards, the backplane will operate in one of three
modes these modes are determined by the combination of linecards installed in the
chassis and which module the traffic sourced from and destined to

Mode
FLOW THROUGH

Description
Used for traffic between non fabric (classic) enabled
modules and for traffic between a non fabric and a
fabric enabled linecardcentralized performance to
15Mpps (not used for Sup2T)

COMPACT

Used when only ALL fabric enabled linecards used in a

chassis this mode uses a compact from of DBus
header which optimizes centralized performance to
30Mpps

TRUNCATED

Used for traffic between fabric enabled linecards when

a non fabric enabled linecard is installed in the chassis.
In this mode, centralized forwarding reverts back to
15Mpps. (used with Sup2T and FWSM, NAM)

POWER OVER ETHERNET OVERVIEW

There are two parts to the processing functionality of the Switch - the
Control Plane and the Data Plane
SWITCH
SWITCH CONTROL
CONTROL PLANE
PLANE
Switch
Switch Features
Features that
that are
are processed
processed in
in SOFTWARE
SOFTWARE
by
by aa CPU
CPU
There
There are
are two
two control
control planes
planes POWER OVER
ETHERNET
-- the
(SP)
the Switch
Switch Processor
Processor Control
Control Plane
Plane
(SP) which
which
OVERVIEW
processes
processes software
software based
based Layer
Layer 22 features
features
-- the
the Route
Route Processor
Processor Control
Control Plane
Plane (RP)
(RP) which
which
processes
processes software
software based
based Layer
Layer 33 features
features
SWITCH
SWITCH DATA
DATA PLANE
PLANE
Switch
Switch Features
Features that
that are
are processed
processed in
in HARDWARE
HARDWARE
by
by Application
Application Specific
Specific Integrated
Integrated Circuits
Circuits (ASICs)
(ASICs)
Agenda Topics

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

Inline Power
WS-F6K-FE48-AF for WS-X6148-RJ45
WS-F6K-GE48-AF for WS-X6148-GETX
WS-F6K-GE48-AF also for WS-X6548-GETX
WS-F6K-FE48X2-AF for WS-X6148X2-RJ45
WS-F6K-48-AF (supports fixed power)
Maximum number of Inline Devices supported in AC power mode and DC power mode
Chassis

AC - Class 2

AC - Class 3

DC - Class 2

DC - Class 3

Catalyst 6503-E

70

48

70

48

Catalyst 6504-E

227

110

227

110

Catalyst 6506-E

480

284

381

173

Catalyst 6509-E, 6509-V-E

587

288

374

184

Catalyst 6513

574

281

357

176

** Numbers derived from running the CCO power calculator against the largest
available single power supply for a given chassis
Class 2 7W (4ma-5ma, and 19V to 21V)
Class 3 15.4W (6ma-7ma, and 19V to 21V)

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

Understanding IP Phone Support
There are three main areas where the switch interacts with the Cisco IP Phone
they are in the areas of delivery of inline power ,VLAN tagging, and extended
trust settings.
Segregated VLANs for Voice and Data traffic
Auxiliary (Voice) VLAN

Inline power delivery to power the Phone

Primary VLAN

Re-tagging packets from

downstream device to a value predetermined by the administrator

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

Inline Device Discovery
When a switchport configured for inline power comes online, the switch will send a Fast
Link Pulse (FLP) to the attached device in the Cisco IP phone, it will loop the FLP back
to the switch, indicating its inline power capable - at this point the switch is ready to
deliver inline power
IP Phone Switch Port

FLP

RX
FLP

Its an inline device

TX

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

Default Inline Allocation
When a switch port is enabled for inline power, upon discovery of an attached inline
device, it will deliver a default amount of power to the attached device Switch Port

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Each UTP cable contains 8

wires On the Catalyst 6500
Inline powered capable line
cards, inline power is delivered
over pins 1, 2, 3 and 6

The default inline power allocation is 15 Watts once the

inline device is enabled, it will use CDP to adjust its power
to the actual requirement of the inline device

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

Adjusting the Default Inline Allocation
After the phone is powered up, it will use Cisco Device Protocol (CDP) to instruct the
switch to adjust the delivered power to a specific value non IEEE and IEEE based Cisco
phones will negotiate the default allocation of 15.4 Watts down to their required power
value. This allows the switch to avoid wasting unnecessary power

Here is the default allocation of 15.4W

Can you adjust the power down to 12W

Sure power now delivered at 12W

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

WS-F6K-48-AF Power Daughter Card

Provides up to 15.4W (IEEE Class 3) for up to 48 ports

Provides up to 16.8W (Cisco Enhanced PoE) for up to 45 ports
Supported in linecards for both 6500 and 6500-E chassis
Supports bi-directional CDP support for negotiation of power
Supports power shut down if port draws more power than configured

Catalyst 6500 Linecards

WS-F6K-48-AT Power Daughter Card

Provides up to 30W (IEEE Class 4) for up to 48 ports of the WS-X6148B-GE-45AT linecard

Requires E-Series Chassis and 8700W Power Supply to support 48 ports at 30W
Supported in linecards for both 6500 and 6500-E chassis
Supports bi-directional CDP support for negotiation of power
Supports port prioritization should system resources become limited

Additional Information

CSSTG TME Wiki

http://bock-bock.cisco.com/wiki/CSSTG_TechMarketing:6500_Linecards

Linecard Cheat Sheets

http://bock-bock.cisco.com/~tme6500/cgi-bin/lc_cheatsheet.pl

Linecard Comparison Spreadsheet

http://bock-bock.cisco.com/~csolder/tools/linecard-com.xls