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The WS-C6506 is the Cisco Catalyst 6500 6-slot switch chassis, with six horizontal slots numbered 1 at the top to 6 at the bottom. One slot takes the supervisor engine and up to five Catalyst 6500 modules fill the rest. Supervisor Engine 2 goes in slot 1 or 2, while Supervisor Engine 32, 32 PISA, 720 and 720-10GE go in slot 5 or 6.
The backplane combines a 32 GBps shared bus with a 256 GBps or 720 GBps fabric. WS-C6500-SFM and WS-X6500-SFM2 fabric modules sit in slot 5 or 6 and may be mixed, but Supervisor Engine 720 and 720-10GE have their own fabric and do not use them.
Two fan trays exist for this chassis. WS-C6K-6SLOT-FAN moves 227 CFM and covers Supervisor Engine 1 and 2 only, and WS-C6K-6SLOT-FAN2 moves 420 CFM and is needed for Supervisor Engine 32 and 720. Power supplies run from 1000 W to 8700 W, and the 6000 W and 8700 W units are held to 4000 W output in this chassis.
The empty chassis weighs 45 lb (20.4 kg) and takes 12 RU. With one supervisor, five modules and two power supplies the weight is 156.6 lb (71.0 kg). For the enhanced model see the WS-C6506-E 6-slot enhanced chassis, for a 13-slot frame the WS-C6513 13-slot chassis, and for more models browse Cisco Catalyst chassis and line cards.
Related part: WS-C6K-6SLOT-FAN2 Cisco Catalyst 6506 Fan Tray, 420 CFM
| Part number | WS-C6506 |
| Type | Cisco Catalyst 6500 chassis |
| Slots | 6 (supervisor plus up to 5 modules) |
| Rack units | 12 RU |
| Backplane | 32 GBps shared bus; 256 or 720 GBps fabric |
| Fan trays | WS-C6K-6SLOT-FAN (227 CFM); WS-C6K-6SLOT-FAN2 (420 CFM) |
| Power supplies | WS-CAC-1000W, WS-CAC-1300W, WS-CDC-1300W, WS-CAC-2500W, WS-CDC-2500W, WS-CAC-3000W, WS-CAC-4000W-US, WS-CAC-4000W-INT, PWR-4000-DC, WS-CAC-6000W, PWR-6000-DC, WS-CAC-8700W |
| Weight, chassis only | 45 lb (20.4 kg) |
| Weight, fully configured | 156.6 lb (71.0 kg) |
| Compatible with | Supervisor Engine 2, 32, 32 PISA, 720 and 720-10GE |