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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide—Release 12.1 E
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Product Overview
The Cisco IOS on the Catalyst 6500 Series Switches product supports the following hardware and
software:
• Supervisor Engine 2, Policy Feature Card 2 (PFC2), and Multilayer Switch Feature Card 2
(MSFC2); and in Catalyst 6500 series switches:
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Switch Fabric Module
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Fabric-enabled switching modules
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Fabric-enabled switching modules with a distributed forwarding card (DFC)
• Supervisor Engine 1, PFC, and MSFC or MSFC2
• All Layer 2 and Layer 3 configuration from the same user interface
• Except for VLANs, Layer 2 and Layer 3 configuration is stored in a standard IOS configuration file
Refer to the Release Notes for Cisco IOS Release 12.1 E on the Catalyst 6500 and Cisco 7600
Supervisor Engine and MSFC publication for complete information about the chassis, modules,
and software features supported by the Catalyst 6500 series switches:
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/cat6000/12_1e/ol_2310.htm
The Cisco IOS on the Catalyst 6500 Series Switches product supports configuration using:
• CLI—See Chapter 2, “Command-Line Interfaces”
• SNMP—Refer to the IOS Configuration Fundamentals Configuration Guide and Command
Reference at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios121/121cgcr/index.htm
• IOS web browser interface—Refer to “Using the Cisco Web Browser” in the IOS Configuration
Fundamentals Configuration Guide and Command Reference at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios121/121cgcr/index.htm
• Embedded CiscoView—See the “Configuring Embedded CiscoView Support” section on page 1-2.
