CHAPTER
2-1
Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine Guide
OL-7397-03
2
Supervisor Engines
Revised: July 2011
This chapter describes the supervisor engines supported on the Catalyst 6500 series switches and
contains these sections:
• Supervisor Engine 2, page 2-1
• Supervisor Engine 32, page 2-7
• Supervisor Engine 32 PISA, page 2-14
• Supervisor Engine 720, page 2-21
• Supervisor Engine 720-10GE, page 2-26
• Supervisor Engine 2T, page 2-33
Supervisor Engine 2
Table 2-1 lists the three available versions of Supervisor Engine 2 and provides a brief description of
each. Figure 2-1 shows the faceplate of Supervisor Engine 2 with the major features identified.
Table 2-1 Supervisor Engine 2 Versions
Supervisor Engine 2 Product
Number
Description
WS-X6K-S2-PFC2 Supervisor Engine 2 (WS-X6K-S2-PFC2) is shipped with
a factory-installed PFC2 daughter card (WS-F6K-PFC2);
there is no MSFC daughter card installed. This version of
Supervisor Engine
2 supports only the Catalyst operating
system; it does not support Cisco IOS. Supervisor Engine
2
has two 1000BASE-X uplink ports that require the
installation of GBIC transceivers.
