Cisco Catalyst 6503 Product Bulletin

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Cisco Systems, Inc.All contents are Copyright © 1992–2002 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Important Notices and Privacy Statement.Page 1 of 6Product Bulletin No. 1968Announcing New ProductsCisco Catalyst 6500 Series—Broadening Options for Wiring Closet, Core, and Security Services DeploymentNew Products:• Cisco Catalyst® 6503 chassis• 48-port 10/100 modules that can be upgraded in the field to Cisco Inline Power and IEEE 802.afstandard, RJ-45 or RJ-21 interfacesNew Value-Priced Gigabit Ethernet Core Bundles:• 16-port Gigabit Ethernet bundle with switch fabric• 32-port Gigabit Ethernet bundle with switch fabricPricing Updates:• Supervisor Engine II with Policy Feature Card 2 (PFC2)• Supervisor Engine II with Multilayer Switch Feature Card 2 (MSFC2)• 48-port 10/100 Cisco Inline Power modules• 16-port fabric-enabled Gigabit Ethernet moduleRefer to Product Bulletin “New Product Offerings for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series” foradditional service module product offerings in the Catalyst 6500 Series for security and contentservices solutions.New ProductsCisco Catalyst 6503 ChassisCisco Systems announces the availability ofthe Cisco Catalyst 6503 chassis—the latestaddition to the award-winning Cisco Catalyst6500 Series of modular switches. A three-slotchassis in a compact size, the Cisco Catalyst6503 is ideally suited for multi-Gbps securedata centers, remote access, e-commerce, andconverged network solutions.With the addition of the Cisco Catalyst 6503,the Cisco Catalyst 6500 chassis family is nowavailable in 3, 6, 9, and 13 slots, offering themost scalable switching platform with anunparalleled range of interfaces and portdensities, from 10/100 Mbps to 10 Gbps andDS0 to OC-48, for a comprehensive,end-to-end, converged solution.Using the same supervisor modules and linecards from the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series, theCisco Catalyst 6503 offers maximuminvestment protection and broadens thedeployment options of the Cisco Catalyst 6500in the wiring closet, distribution, core, datacenter, and WAN edge.48-Port 10/100 Ethernet ModulesTo expand the range of the Cisco Catalyst 6500Series wiring closet deployments, Cisco is alsoannouncing two new 48-port 10/100 Ethernetmodules (RJ-45 and RJ-21 interfaces) withIEEE 802.3af inline power upgradecapabilities.