WS-X6066-SLB-APC Cisco Catalyst 6500 Content Switching Module

The WS-X6066-SLB-APC is the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Content Switching Module (CSM), also ordered as the Catalyst 6000 Content Switching module. It provides high-performance server load balancing across servers, firewalls, caches, VPN termination devices and other network devices, based on Layer 3 as well as Layer 4 through Layer 7 packet information.

Several real servers can be presented as a single virtual server with its own virtual IP address, and servers can be added or removed at any time without affecting the virtual server availability. Load-balancing algorithms include round-robin, weighted round-robin, least connections, weighted least connections, URL hashing and source and destination IP hashing, and sticky connections can follow source IP address, cookies or SSL.

The module is not fabric enabled, but it can operate in a fabric-enabled chassis like any other nonfabric module. It needs a Supervisor Engine 1A with an MSFC and a PFC, or a Supervisor Engine 2 with an MSFC, plus a module with ports to connect the server and client networks. It goes in any Catalyst 6500 slot except those held by the supervisor engine and standby supervisor engine, takes its power from the chassis and works with Cisco IOS only, not the Catalyst operating system.

The console cable is 72-876-01 and the accessories kit that contains it is 800-05097-01. Catalyst 6500 service modules include the WS-SVC-SSL-1-K9 SSL Services Module, and Catalyst 6500 chassis such as the WS-C6509-E 9-slot chassis accept the module. Related service modules are in Cisco modules and power supplies.