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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
WS-X6196-RJ-21 and WS-X6196-21AF Ethernet Modules
The WS-X6196-RJ-21 and the WS-X6196-21AF Ethernet modules, listed in Table 2-21, provide 96
10/100-Mbps full- or half-duplex ports. Figure 2-10 shows the module front panel.
Figure 2-10 WS-X6196-RJ-21 Switching Module Front Panel
Table 2-22 lists the module features, and Table 2-23 lists the module physical and environmental
specifications.
Note With the PoE daughter card installed, the WS-X6196-RJ-21 module can support 96 Class 2 (7 W)
devices or 62 Class 3 (15.4 W) devices per module.
Table 2-21 WS-X6196-RJ-21 Modules
Module Description
WS-X6196-RJ-21 Base module without daughter cards installed.
WS-X6196-21AF Base module equipped with a factory-installed
IEEE 802.3af PoE daughter card (WS-F6K-GE48-AF).
WS-X6196-RJ-21
8X12 PORT
10/100 BASE T
ETHERNET SWITCHING MODULE
STATUS
1
49
2
50
3
51
4
52
5
53
6
54
7
55
8
56
9
57
10
58
11
59
12
60
13
61
14
62
15
63
16
64
17
65
18
66
19
67
20
68
21
69
22
70
23
71
24
72
25
73
26
74
27
75
28
76
29
77
30
78
31
79
32
80
33
81
34
82
35
83
36
84
37
85
38
86
39
87
40
88
41
89
42
90
43
91
44
92
45
93
46
94
47
95
48
INLINE POWER
96
1
60
12
49
13
72
24
61
25
84
36
73
37
96
48
85
184595
Table 2-22 WS-X6196-RJ-21 and WS-X6196-21AF Ethernet Modules Features
Feature Description
Ports per module 96 ports (both modules)
Connector type RJ-21 (both modules)
Cabling distance 328 ft (100 m) over Category 5, 5e, and 6 UTP/STP cable (both
modules)
Speed 10/100 IEEE 802.3 double-speed autonegotiation (both modules)
Buffer size 1.116 MB per port (both modules)
Maximum frame size Up to 9216 bytes (both modules)
Supervisor engine support Supported on the following supervisor engines:
• Supervisor Engine 2
• Supervisor Engine 32
• Supervisor Engine 720
Queues per port Both modules:
• Tx—1p3q1t
• Rx—1p1q0t










