| Model info: | WS-X6148A-GE-TX | |
| Product Description | Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet interface moduleWS-X6148A-GE-TX | |
| Devide Tyde | Gigabit Ethernet interface copper module | |
| Ports | 48 * 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports | |
| POE+ | Optional ( WS-F6K-GE48-AF) | |
| Performance or forwarding rate (Mpps) | ● 32 Gbps; 15 Mpps persystem in class interface modules
● 256 Gbps using Cisco Express Forwarding; up to 30 Mpps per system in Cisco Express Forwarding 256 interface modules
● Using Distributed Cisco Express Forwarding upgrade: Up to 15 Mpps per slot for slots equipped with distributed forwarding card (DFC) or DFC3 to support distributed forwarding | ● 720 Gbps using Cisco Express Forwarding; up to 30 Mpps persystem
● Using Distributed Cisco Express in Cisco Express Forwarding 720 Interface ModulesForwarding upgrade, up to 48 Mpps sustained per slot for modules equipped with DFC3 to support distributed forwarding in Cisco Express Forwarding 720 Interface Modules |
| Forwarding Engine architecure | ● Centralized Cisco Express Forwarding engine located on supervisor policy feature card (PFC) makes forwarding decision
● Optional: Distributed forwarding card with WS-F6K-DFC3 or WS-F6K-DFC | |
| DFC upgrade option | Class interface module
● Not support
Cisco Express Forwarding 256 Interface Modules
● Use WS-F6K-DFC) with Supervisor Engine 2 and switch fabric module 2 (SFM2)
● Use WS-F6K-DFC3) with Supervisor Engine 720 | Cisco Express Forwarding 720 Interface Modules
● Use WS-F6700-DFC3 with Supervisor Engine 720 |
| Chassis or slot support requirements | Class interface module
● Any Slot in any chassis
Cisco Express Forwarding 720 Interface Modules
● Any slot in Cisco Catalyst 6500 E‑Series.
● Any slot in Cisco Catalyst 6506, Catalyst 6509, Catalyst 6509-NEB-A, and slots 9 through 13 on Cisco Catalyst 6513; Cisco Catalyst 6503 not supported | Cisco Express Forwarding 256 Interface Modules
● Any Slot in any chassis |
| Queues | ● Receive: 1 round robin queues, 2 threshold | ● Transmit: 1 priority queue, 3 round robin queues, 8 threshold |
| Port buffers | 2.67 MB per port | |
| Queuing Mechanisms | ● Class of service (CoS)–based queue mapping | |
| Hardware-based Multicast replication (Layer 2) | ● Ingress and egress
● Approximately 20 GB per replication engine
● 2 replication engines per module | |
| Hardware-based multicast replication (layer 3) | ● Ingress and egress
● Approximately 10 GB per replication engine
● 2 replication engines per module | |
| Jumbo frame support for bridged and routed packets | Up to 9216 bytes | |
| Supervisor engines supported | ● Supervisor Engine 1A
● Supervisor Engine 32 | ● Supervisor Engine 2
● Supervisor Engine 720 |
| Chassis supported | ● Any Cisco Catalyst 6500 E-Series chassis, C6509-NEB-A chassis, non-E-Series chassis with fan tray 2, or Cisco 7600 Series or 7600-S Series chassis fan tray 2, or Cisco 7600 Series or 7600-S Series chassis | ● Not supported in Cisco Catalyst 6503 non-E Series chassis |
| Slot requirements | ● Any Slot in any chassis with eqipped no daughter card
● Any slot in Cisco Catalyst 6500 E‑Series eqipped with daughter card | ● Can occupy only slots 9 through 13 in a Cisco Catalyst 6513 or Cisco 7613 chassis |
