In a 10-rack unit, the Cisco Catalyst 6807-XL chassis is smaller than the Cisco Catalyst 6506-E chassis while also providing an additional slot. Together with the support for the 6T Supervisor Engine, the 2T Supervisor Engine and the line card family, this means that upgrading a university backbone can be done easily, quickly and with complete investment protection.
Table 1 summarizes the features and benefits of the Cisco Catalyst 6807-XL chassis.
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Scalability |
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Capable of delivering up to 11.4 terabits per second of system bandwidth capacity and 440 Gbps of per-slot bandwidth for all slots. A system configured for VSS is capable of delivering 22.8 terabits per second of system bandwidth. |
Scales the system capacity for future needs. |
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High interface capacity |
Scales to high-density Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet. Capable of supporting 40 Gigabit Ethernet. |
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Increased resiliency |
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Standby fabric hot sync |
Decreases the supervisor engine switchover time of Supervisor Engine 2T based systems to between 50 and 200 ms, depending on the modules being used. |
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Redundant control channel |
Increases resiliency to protect against backplane control channel failures. |
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Redundant supervisor engine option |
Increases availability by supporting a redundant supervisor engine. |
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Redundant power supply option |
Provides N+1 power supply redundancy for increased availability. |
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Fan tray |
Supports hot-swappable fan tray. The variable speed fans in the fan tray can handle individual fan failures (N+1 redundancy) and still provide sufficient cooling to the chassis. |