Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches
Deploy a comprehensive enterprise backbone
Get resiliency, security, and more. Catalyst 6500 Series Switches are widely deployed campus backbone switches. They are optimized for Multigigabit Ethernet services to help you protect your network investment.
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Models
Choose from 5 different chassis and 8 supervisors.
Cisco Catalyst 6513-E Switch
- 13 slots, 19 RU
- 44 x 40 GE ports
- 180 x 10 GE ports
- 534 x 1 GE ports
- 529 x 10/100/1000 ports
- Forwarding capacity up to 720 Mpps
Cisco Catalyst 6509-E Switch
- 9 slots, 14 RU
- 32 x 40 GE ports
- 130 x 10 GE ports
- 387 x 1 GE ports
- 385 x 10/100/1000 ports
- Forwarding capacity up to 510 Mpps
Cisco Catalyst 6506-E Switch
- 6 slots, 11 RU
- 20 x 40 GE ports
- 82 x 10 GE ports
- 243 x 1 GE ports
- 241 x 10/100/1000 ports
- Forwarding capacity up to 330 Mpps
Cisco Catalyst 6504-E Switch
- 4 slots, 5 RU
- 12 x 40 GE ports
- 50 x 10 GE ports
- 147 x 1 GE ports
- 145 x 10/100/1000 ports
- Forwarding capacity up to 210 Mpps
Cisco Catalyst 6503-E Switch
- 3 slots, 4 RU
- 8 x 40 GE ports
- 34 x 10 GE ports
- 99 x 1 GE ports
- 97 x 10/100/1000 ports
- Forwarding capacity up to 150 Mpps
Features
Cisco Digital Network Architecture
Only Cisco delivers a digital-ready approach that starts at the edge and extends to where applications reside.
Simple
The Catalyst 6500 is powered by Smart Operations and Catalyst Instant Access. Now you can extend backbone features to the access layer to simplify configuration and management.
Smart
Integrated service modules support wireless, network analysis, automated operations, and pervasive security. Virtual Switching System supports resiliency and high availability.
Secure
Cisco TrustSec and IOS Flexible NetFlow protect Catalyst 6500 switches for secure, scalable, dynamic, role-based access control and network visibility.
Scalable
Catalyst 6500 Series Switches are optimized for secure 1-10 Gb services. They offer forwarding performance of up to 720 Mpps.
Services
Manage your network proactively, avoid migration risks, and optimize your business architecture.
It's easy to buy and manage software
Use our software to manage your entire switching structure as one converged component.
Network design best practices
Use tested and validated designs to improve application performance and build resilience.
Helping ensure safe and reliable BYOD
"We wanted a flexible platform that would support growth, along with bandwidth-hungry new business areas such as multimedia."
Markus Stangl, technical coordinator and deputy head of the technical division at Radio Max.
Resources
- At-a-Glance
- Pervasive Embedded Application Intelligence and Security Cisco Catalyst 6500 Supervisor Engine 32 PISA (PDF - 477 KB) 07/Jan/2014
- Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series: Optimized for Wiring Closet Deployments (PDF - 355 KB) 07/Jan/2014
- Brochures
- Cisco Switch Guide 07/Sep/2011
- Cisco 7500 Series End of Sale (PDF - 584 KB) 14/Mar/2007
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- Case Studies
- Medical Center Supports Network-Based Care Case Study (PDF - 1 MB) 29/May/2018
- African Bank Halves Data Center Size (PDF - 1022 KB) 05/Aug/2014
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- End-of-Life and End-of-Sale Notices
- EOS/EOL for 64MB Compact Flash for Cisco Catalyst 6500 Supervisor Engine 720/32 27/Jul/2017
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Catalyst 6816 10 GE Line Card and Select Accessories 13/Feb/2017
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- White Papers
- Cisco Catalyst 6500/6800 Supervisor 6T Architecture White Paper 20/Jun/2018
- Catalyst 6500 Sup2T System QOS Architecture White Paper 14/Feb/2017
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