Differences between 6500-E and 6500 chassis?

[lbhoang]

Can someone please provide a link to a Cisco url/document describing the differences between the 6500-E and 6500 series chassis? I've heard references to an increase in backplane/switch fabric throughput and also an increase in number of POE devices supported but nothing that can be verified on the Cisco site. Thank you in advance.

[ankbhasi]

Hi Friend,

The new 6500-E chassis offers enhancements to support the 67XX and the 68XX series linecards.

The new 6500-E chassis offer enhancements which increase the overall system power capacity for Power over Ethernet (PoE) port density scalability.

All existing supervisors, line cards, switch fabrics and even software releases are supported in the new E-series chassis.

See is this links help you with something

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/modules/ps4835/products_data_sheet09186a00800ff916.html

HTH

Ankur

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[ajagadee]

Long,

I have not seen a specific document that compares the 6500 and 6500-E Chassis.

The only major difference between the 6500 and 6500-E Chassis is the 6500-E series switches offer enhancements to scale beyond the 4000W power supply. The 6500-E provides higher density PoE deployments that require more power than the original 6500 chassis can deliver. My undertanding is, there is no difference in backplane throughput between the 6500 and 6500-E Chassis.

Cisco Catalyst 6500 and 6500-E Series Switch Data Sheet

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/products_data_sheet09186a00800ff916.html

Let me know if it helps.

Regards,

Arul