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why we have: 6509-e and other model with VERITCAL SLOTS and also in HORZONTAL Slots ?

game123
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what is the technical reason behind making 6509 in two shapes    ????

horizontal slots  vs. vertical slots ????

i need to know about it ...hence asking experts !

awaiting...

kamran.

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Marwan ALshawi
VIP Alumni
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the 6509-v-e:

provides front-to-back airflow that is optimized for hot and cold aisle designs in colocated data center and service provider deployments and is compliant with Network Equipment Building Standards (NEBS) deployments.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9306/index.html

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I have idea on the reason for vertical slot.... but .............on cisco data sheets.

i am not truly able to fidn the difference?

ok...can u pls tell me diff. b/w the following 3 models?

6509-E

6509-V-E

6509-NEB-A

????

awaiting !

6509-V-E

The "V" stands for Vertical.

ok as i menionted above the diffrence between virtical and horizantal that vertical:

provides front-to-back airflow that is optimized for hot and cold aisle designs in colocated data center and service provider deployments and is compliant with Network Equipment Building Standards (NEBS) deployments

V-E and NEB-A are both Virtical but:

Cisco Catalyst 6509-V-E chassis is part of the enhanced Cisco Catalyst 6500 series of switches, offering enhanced benefits over the Cisco Catalyst 6509-NEB-A chassis. Table 1 compares the Cisco Catalyst 6509-NEB-A to the Cisco Catalyst 6509-V-E chassis.

feature Comparison Between Cisco Catalyst 6509-NEB-A and Cisco Catalyst 6509-V-E Chassis

Feature

Cisco Catalyst 6509-NEB-A

Cisco Catalyst 6509-V-E

Bandwidth Capacity per Slot

40 Gbps

80 Gbps

System Bandwidth Capacity

720 Gbps

1440 Gbps

Cable Management

Category 5e and fiber

Category 5e, Category 6, Category 6a and fiber

Supported Maximum System Power

4500W

14500W

Standby Fabric Hot Sync (Supervisor Engine Switchover)

1.5 s

50 ms

Number of EoBC Channels

1

2

NEBS L3 Compliant

Yes

Yes

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps5718/ps708/product_bulletin_cisco_catalyst_6509_enhanced_vertical_chassis.html

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As the other posters have already described, you have the "ordinary" 6500s and the versions with NEBS certifications.

What might not be as clear, although this can be seen in the stats of one of Marwanshawi's posts, is Cisco has upgraded both versions to allow for more power within the chassis and to support more bandwidth to line cards.

So you "ordinary" 6500s:

6509 (original) to 6509-E (enhanced)

and the NEBS versions:

6509-NEB-A (original) to 6509-V-E (enhanced)

As to why the NEBS versions use vertical cards rather the horizontal cards, it might be it made it easier to meet NEBS certification or it might be Cisco just wanted them to look different or somewhere in between.

Except for the NEBS certifications, a 6509-NEB-A is sort of equivalent to a 6509 while a 6509-V-E is sort of equivalent to a 6509-E.

Renan Abreu
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

Basically for different cooling

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