Buy Cisco WS-X6708-10GE 8-port Ethernet Module Features

The Cisco WS-X6708-10GE Catalyst 6500 Series 8-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet module doubles the 10 Gigabit Ethernet density on the Catalyst 6500 Series, providing up to 64 ports of 10 Gigabit Ethernet in a single Catalyst 6500 chassis. The Cisco WS-X6708-10GE is ideal for deployment in the data center for aggregating bandwidth from servers and in the LAN distribution layer for consolidating uplinks from the LAN access layer. Cisco is also announcing a price drop of the LX4 and SR X2 modular optics. This reduces per port 10 Gigabit Ethernet pricing by 30 percent, bringing this to a new price/performance level of 10 times the bandwidth at just 5 times the price of Gigabit Ethernet. The new Cisco WS-X6708-10GE 8-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet module complements the existing integrated services on the Catalyst 6500 Series, enabling customers to build a scalable, resilient, and manageable data center to meet their growing business needs to consolidate and virtualize servers and storage to maximize resource utilization and drive down capital expenses.

There are two versions of the Catalyst 6500 8-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet module:

8-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet module with Distributed Forwarding Card 3C (DFC3C)
8-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet module with Distributed Forwarding Card 3C (DFC3CXL)

Both modules contain the WS-X6708-10GE base board and a distributed forwarding card. The base module supports up to eight pluggable X2 optics and has a 40 Gbps connection to the fabric and is therefore 2:1 oversubscribed. The distributed forwarding card provides hardware-based MAC learning and forwards traffic at 48 Mpps. The Cisco WS-X6708-10GE 8-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet module can demonstrate up to 64 Gbps local switching. Besides increased port density, it also has increased port buffering and enhanced queuing and scheduling mechanisms for congestion management. See Table 1 for new features and benefits provided by the 8-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet module and Table 2 for differences between the DFC3C and the DFC3CXL.

The module can be deployed in all slots of a 3/4/6/9-slot chassis. When operating in a 13-slot chassis, it must be deployed in slots 9-13. It is not supported in the 6503 non-E Series chassis.

The Cisco WS-X6708-10GE 8-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet module is interoperable with all models of the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 720, including WS-Sup720, WS-Sup720-3B, and WS-Sup720-3BXL. When mixing DFCs in the same chassis, the chassis will operate in the mode of the lowest common denominator. The 8-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet module is supported in the Catalyst 6500 Series chassis as well as Cisco 7600 Series Routers. When operating in an E-Series chassis (6503-E, 6504-E, 6506-E, 6509-E), the 6509-NEB-A chassis with dual fan tray, or 7604 chassis or 7609 chassis with dual fan tray.

Cisco WS-X6708-10GE	Description
Ports per module	8 ports. Ports are numbered from 1 (left) to 8 (right). 1 port group Port ranges per port group: 1-8
Port connector type	SC or CX4 depending on the type of X2 transceiver installed in the module port.
Cabling distance	Depends on the X2 transceiver installed in the module port. Refer to Appendix B for supported X2 transceiver types and cabling distances.
Buffer size	200 MB per port
QoS	Number of egress queues: 8 Number of ingress queues: 8 Number of thresholds per egress queue: 4 Number of thresholds per ingress queue: 4
Maximum frame size	Up to 9216 bytes
Module oversubscription rate	2:1
Supervisor engine support	Supported on the following supervisor engines: Supervisor Engine 720 Supervisor Engine 720-10GE
Software support	With Supervisor Engine 720—12.2(18)SXF5 With Supervisor Engine 720-10GE—12.2(33)SXH

Manufacturer Part# : WS-X6708-10GE

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