High interface capacity

This switch scales to high-density Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, and 40 Gigabit Ethernet and configurations and it is capable of supporting 100 Gigabit Ethernet.

Standby fabric hot sync

Decreases the supervisor engine switchover time of supervisor engine 2T based systems to between 50 and 200 ms, depending on the modules being used.

Redundant control channel

Increases resiliency to protect against backplane control channel failures.

Redundant supervisor engine option

Increases availability by supporting a redundant supervisor engine.

Redundant power supply option

Provides N+1 power supply redundancy for increased availability.

Fan tray

It supports the hot-swappable fan tray. The variable speed fans in the fan tray can handle individual fan failures (N+1 redundancy) and still provide sufficient cooling to the chassis.

Side-to-side airflow

Consistent with existing Cisco Catalyst 6500 series chassis to allow easy upgrades.

AC power supply

Supports up to 4 AC power supplies, which can be added incrementally as the system requirements grow. Power supplies support both 110 volt and 220 volt inputs.

Network equipment building standards layer 3 (NEBS L3) compliant

Supports NEBS L3 compliance for deployment in demanding environments.