Product Overview

Note ● For complete syntax and usage information for the commands used in this chapter, see these publications:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11846/prod_command_reference_list.html

  • For complete information about the supported chassis, modules, and software features, see the Release Notes for Cisco IOS Release 15.2SY :

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/ios/15.1SY/release_notes.html

and see the Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Supervisor Engine Guide:

 

Tip For additional information about Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches (including configuration examples and troubleshooting information), see the documents listed on this page:

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

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Supervisor Engine 6T Ports

USB Type A Port

The USB Type A port is the only external storage interface for this switch. The port is connected to the route processor, which allows the Cisco IOS software to access the port. The port supports Cisco USB flash drives with capacities from 128 MB to 8 GB (USB devices with port densities of 128 MB, 256 MB, 1 GB, 4 GB, and 8 GB are supported). Cisco IOS software provides standard file system access to the flash device: read, write, erase, and copy. The software also provides the ability to format the flash device with a FAT file system (FAT32 and FAT16).
Addressing it : disk0:

Console ports

– EIA/TIA-232 (RS-232) port with RJ-45 connector

– USB port

RJ45: The console port is an RJ-45 port that provides universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) support to access the route processor with a serial console running at 9600 baud rate with 8 bits for data, no parity bit, and 1 stop bit.

USB Type B Port

The USB 2.0 port Type B serves as a second console connection to the route processor. The USB console port connection uses a USB Type A to Type B cable. The USB console interface speeds are the same as the RJ-45 console interface speeds. Windows PCs need a driver for the USB port.

The USB-prefer mode is the default, but it can be overridden using the command-line interface (CLI). When this port is in USB-prefer mode, the RJ-45 console port will be disabled if both ports are connected. For more information on using the CLI to configure the USB console interface, see the Catalyst 6500 software guide.

System Reset Button

This reset access button is used to reset the system. Pressing the button brings down the route processor and all port card modular slots.

Front Panel mode supports

  • 10G*8 and 2*40G (Default mode)
  • 10G*8 - 10Gigabit * 8 ports (Performance Mode)
  • 40G*2 - 40Gigabit * 2 ports (Performance Mode)
  • 10G*16 - 10Gigabit * 16 ports (Port Numbers ranging from: 1 to 8 and 11 to 18)

Management Port

The management port is a 10/100/1000 copper Ethernet port directly connected to the route processor. The switch also has a fiber port that can be used as the Ethernet Management port. It supports TFTP/SCP image downloading, network management, SNMP, Telnet, and SSH connections. The management port is isolated from other ports in the system in a dedicated management VRF; it is not part of the EARL forwarding logic. The management port provides direct access to the CPU, even when the system is heavily loaded.

The management port is a Layer 3 port in host mode, and only accepts traffic that terminates on the router. This port does not route packets between itself and other ports. The port processes only the following packet types and properly enqueues them:

  • Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
  • IPv4 unicast
  • Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)
  • Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)

Management Port Operation Modes

The Ethernet management port (mgmt0) can be operated in the following modes:

  • RJ45 (Default mode)
  • SFP

To change from the default mode to SFP, run the following command:

Router(config)#int mgmt0
Router(config-if)#media-type ?
rj45 Use RJ45 connector
sfp Use SFP connector
 
Router(config-if)#media-type sf
Router(config-if)#media-type sfp
Router(config-if)#
 

If media-type sfp is configured, the rommon variable SFP_MGMT=1 is configured. When the system is in rommon, the SFP operation mode functions.

If no media-type sfp or the default media-type configuration is performed, the rommon variable SFP_MGMT=1 is unconfigured. When the system is in rommon, the RJ45 operation mode functions.

Note By default, mgmt0 port exists in the “no shutdown” mode.

LED Indicators

You can use the switch LEDs to monitor switch activity and performance. You can also monitor the status of the fan tray assembly, and the power supplies.

Status LED

The status LED indicates the status of the system.

Table 1-1 Status LED Indicator

Color/State
Description

Off

System is not operational.

Green

System is operating normally without alarms.

Amber

System has triggered a minor environmental alarm.

Red

System has triggered a major environmental alarm.

System ID LED

The System ID (blue beacon) LED can be provisioned by the operator to indicate that the switch needs attention.

Color/State
Description

Blinking Blue

The system needs attention.

Management Port LED

This table describes the management port LEDs.

Color/State
Description

Off

Port is not provisioned.

Amber

Port is provisioned, but administratively not operational.

Green

Port is linked up.

Alternating Green and Amber

A port fault is detected, or the port beacon has been provisioned by the operator.

Status LED

The status LED indicates the status of the system.

Color/State
Description

Off

System is not operational.

Green

System is operating normally without alarms.

Amber

System has triggered a minor environmental alarm.

Red

System has triggered a major environmental alarm.

System ID LED

The System ID (blue beacon) LED can be provisioned by the operator to indicate that the switch needs attention.

Color/State
Description

Blinking Blue

The system needs attention.

Determining System Hardware Capacity

You can determine the system hardware capacity by entering the show platform hardware capacity command. This command displays the current system utilization of the hardware resources and displays a list of the currently available hardware capacities, including the following:

  • Hardware forwarding table utilization
  • Switch fabric utilization·
  • CPU(s) utilization
  • Memory device (flash, DRAM, NVRAM) utilization

This example shows how to display EOBC-related statistics for the route processor, the switch processor, and the DFCs:

Router#show platform hardware capacity eobc

EOBC Resources
 
Module Packets/sec Total packets Dropped packets
 
1 Rx: 37 927814 1
 
Tx: 38 937931 0
 
2 Rx: 21 481277 0
 
Tx: 21 491303 0
 
3 RP Rx: 148 3367923 0
 
Tx: 146 3331458 0
 
4 RP Rx: 18 499657 0
 
Tx: 18 497068 0
 
5 Rx: 2 6581834 0
 
Tx: 2 104755 3
 
7 Rx: 54 1275866 0
 
Tx: 54 1285205 0

 

This example shows how to display the current and peak switching utilization:

Router#show platform hardware capacity cpu

CPU Resources
 
CPU utilization: Module 5 seconds 1 minute 5 minutes
 
1 9% / 0% 9% 10%
 
2 6% / 0% 4% 4%
 
3 RP 3% / 0% 4% 4%
 
4 RP 1% / 0% 1% 1%
 
5 1% / 1% 2% 2%
 
7 1% / 0% 2% 2%
 
Processor memory: Module Bytes: Total Used %Used
 
1 1583178372 194864020 12%
 
2 1583178372 179324784 11%
 
3 RP 2369406172 416547644 18%
 
4 RP 2329657520 376045324 16%
 
5 937408864 164029640 17%
 
7 1583178372 147337052 9%
 
I/O memory: Module Bytes: Total Used %Used
 
1 268435456 34353840 13%
 
2 268435456 34353840 13%
 
3 RP 469762048 280646296 60%
 
4 RP 469762048 280646296 60%
 
7 268435456 34353796 13%

 

This example shows how to display information about the total capacity, the bytes used, and the percentage that is used for the flash and NVRAM resources present in the system:

Router#show platform hardware capacity flash

Flash/NVRAM Resources
Usage: Module Device Bytes: Total Used %Used
 
1 dfc#1-bootdisk: 1011761152 14139392 1%
 
2 dfc#2-bootdisk: 1011761152 30588928 3%
 
3 RP nvram: 2702560 36576 1%
 
3 RP const_nvram: 1048556 60576 6%
 
3 RP bootdisk: 3848056832 100683776 3%
 
4 slavenvram: 2702560 36576 1%
 
4 slaveconst_nvram: 1048556 60576 6%
 
4 slavebootdisk: 3848056832 92282880 2%
 
5 dfc#5-bootflash: 15990785 15990784 100%
 
7 dfc#7-bootdisk: 1024557056 53723136 5%
 
 

 

This example shows how to display the capacity and utilization of the PFC and DFCs present in the system:

Router#show platform hardware capacity forwarding

L2 Forwarding Resources
 
MAC Table usage: Module Collisions Total Used %Used
 
 
 
1 (E1) 0 131072 1000 1%
 
 
 
1 (E2) 0 131072 1000 1%
 
 
 
2 0 131072 1000 1%
 
 
 
3 0 131072 1000 1%
 
 
 
4 0 131072 1000 1%
 
 
 
5 0 131072 1000 1%
 
 
 
7 0 131072 1000 1%
 
 
 
L3 Forwarding Resources
 
FIB TCAM usage: Total Used %Used
 
72 bits (IPv4, MPLS, EoM) 262144 18 1%
 
144 bits (IP mcast, IPv6) 131072 7 1%
 
288 bits (IPv6 mcast) 65536 1 1%
 
 
detail: Protocol Used %Used
 
IPv4 16 1%
 
MPLS 1 1%
 
EoM 1 1%
 
 
 
IPv6 1 1%
 
IPv4 mcast 6 1%
 
IPv6 mcast 1 1%
 
 
 
Adjacency usage: Total Used %Used
 
1048576 32009 3%
 
 
Forwarding engine load:
 
Module pps peak-pps peak-time
 
1 (E1) 0 7 02:49:50 UTC Sat Mar 26 2016
 
1 (E2) 0 4 03:31:21 UTC Sat Mar 26 2016
 
2 0 7 02:48:25 UTC Sat Mar 26 2016
 
3 7 10 02:48:51 UTC Sat Mar 26 2016
 
4 0 7 02:48:31 UTC Sat Mar 26 2016
 
5 0 3 02:49:02 UTC Sat Mar 26 2016
 
7 0 10 06:05:41 UTC Sat Mar 26 2016
 
 
 

This example shows how to display the interface resources:

Router#show platform hardware capacity interface

Interface Resources
 
Interface drops:
 
Module Total drops: Tx Rx Highest drop port: Tx Rx
 
no modules reported drops
 
Interface buffer sizes:
 
Mod/Port Bytes: Tx buffer Rx buffer
 
4/1 252695040 960000
 
4/2 252695040 960000
 
4/3 252695040 960000
 
4/4 252695040 960000
 
4/5 252695040 960000
 
4/6 252695040 960000
 
4/7 252695040 960000
 
4/8 252695040 960000
 
4/9 1007952384 3989248
 
4/10 1007952384 3989248