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Catalyst 6500 Series Ethernet Modules Installation Guide
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Chapter 2 Ethernet Switching Modules
10/100 and 10/100/1000 Ethernet Modules
Buffer size • WS-X6148-RJ-45, WS-X6148-45AF, and
WS-X6148-RJ45V—1 MB per 8 ports
• WS-X6148A-RJ-45 and WS-X6148A-45AF—5.3 MB per 8 ports
Maximum frame size
• WS-X6148-RJ-45, WS-X6148-45AF, and
WS-X6148-RJ45V—Up to 8092 bytes per frame
• WS-X6148A-RJ-45 and WS-X6148A-45AF—Up to 9216 bytes
per frame
Supervisor engine support Supported on the following supervisor engines:
• Supervisor Engine 2
• Supervisor Engine 32
• Supervisor Engine 720
Queues per port WS-X6148-RJ-45, WS-X6148-45AF, and WS-X6148-RJ45V:
• Tx—1p2q2t per 8 ports
• Rx—1p2t per port
WS-X6148A-RJ-45 and WS-X6148A-45AF:
• Tx—1p3q8t
• Rx—1q2t
Chassis/slot restrictions No chassis or slot restrictions; the module can occupy any slot in any
Catalyst 6500 or Catalyst 6500-E chassis (all variants).
Bus connection Single connection into the 32-Gbps shared bus (all variants)
Module upgrades available
PoE support
• WS-X6148-RJ-45—Field upgradeable to the Cisco prestandard
only with the WS-F6K-VPWR-GE= daughter card or both the
Cisco prestandard and the IEEE 802.3af standard by installing the
WS-F6K-GE48-AF= daughter card.
• WS-X6148A-RJ-45—Field upgradeable to the Cisco prestandard
and the IEEE 802.3af standard by installing the
WS-F6K-GE48-AF= daughter card.
See the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Power over Ethernet Daughter
Cards Field-Upgrade Installation Note for field upgrade procedures.
See Appendix A for further information on the PoE daughter cards.
Distributed forwarding
support
Not supported.
Table 2-16 WS-X6148-RJ-45 and WS-X6148A-RJ-45 Ethernet Modules Features (continued)
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