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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Content Switching Module Installation Note
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Environmental and System Requirements
Environmental and System Requirements
This section describes the environmental and system requirements.
• Environmental Requirements, page 9
• System Requirements, page 9
• Memory Requirements, page 9
• Power Supply, page 10
• Hardware Supported, page 10
• Software Compatibility, page 10
Environmental Requirements
Table 2 lists the environmental requirements for the CSM.
System Requirements
Before you install the CSM in the Catalyst 6500 series switch, make sure that the switch meets the
hardware and software requirements listed in this section.
Caution You can use the Multilayer Switch Feature Card (MSFC), which is internal to the Catalyst 6500 series
switch, to route traffic on either the client side or the server side of the CSM, but not both simultaneously
(unless policy-based routing is used).
Memory Requirements
The CSM memory is not configurable.
CSM software release 4.1(2) requires Cisco IOS software Release 12.1(8a)EX or higher. However, the
features new to CSM release 4.1(2) are available only with Cisco IOS Software Release 12.1(19) E and
Catalyst operating system software release 7.6 and higher.
Table 2 CSM Environmental Requirements
Item Specification
Temperature, ambient operating 0
o
to 40
o
C (32
o
to 104
o
F)
Temperature, ambient nonoperating –40
o
to 70
o
C (–40
o
to 158
o
F)
Humidity (RH), ambient (noncondensing)
operating
10% to 90%
Nonoperating relative humidity (noncondensing) 5% to 95%
