VS-S720-10G-3CXL Catalyst 6500 Supervisor 720

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Virtual Switching Supervisor Engine VS-S720-10G-3CXL is the first supervisor engine combines 10GB Ethernet uplinks and IPV6 in hardware in an industry. The supervisor engine VS-S720-10G-3CXL designs for enterprise core, distribution (backbone area) applications and data centers, along with high-density uplinks and hardware-based feature set, enabling customers to build high-performance, feature-rich campus networks, metropolitan aggregation, and various WAN edge networks.

To increase system bandwidth, enable high availability and operational efficiency, Supervisor Engine VS-S720-10G-3CXL is the primary factor to form VSS 1440 Virtual Switching System. The System virtualization technology of VSS 1440 bundles multiple Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches into one virtual switch, enhancing the system bandwidth to 1.4 Tbps. The solution bring various advantages for enterprise network, such as increasing operational efficiency, boosting nonstop communication, doubling system bandwidth, using existing multilayer switching architecture, providing slot efficiency and improving resiliency.

The supervisor Engine VS-S720-10G-3CXL supports for all Cisco Catalyst 6500 series interface line cards. For the first time in the industry, with all links active, the Cisco Catalyst Supervisor engine VS-S720-10G-3CXL with 10G Ethernet uplinks offers improved forwarding capacity and system throughput, makes this supervisor an exceptional choice in all network locations.

Quick Specs

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