The Cisco® Catalyst® 6500 Series/Cisco 7600 Series Supervisor Engine 720-3BXL (Sup 720-3BXL) is the third-generation supervisor engine for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and Cisco 7600 Series Router. It addresses the growing data-plane requirements of service provider and enterprise customers by delivering scalable, enhanced services such as hardware-accelerated IPv4, IPv6, and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS). The Cisco Sup 720-3BXL integrates a high-capacity crossbar switching fabric that can deliver up to 40-Gbps capacity per slot for a total system capacity of 720 Gbps. The Cisco Sup 720-3BXL integrates a high-performance 720-Gbps switch fabric with a new routing and forwarding engine into a single module. The integrated switch fabric provides up to 40-Gbps full-duplex capacity per slot, allowing it to support third-generation high-performance, high-density Gigabit Ethernet and 10-Gigabit Ethernet interfaces as well as all existing LAN, WAN, and services modules, including the widely deployed FlexWAN and optical services modules to address a broad range of WAN edge aggregation deployments from DS-0 through OC-48/STM-16. The Cisco Sup 720-3BXL builds on the proven Cisco Express Forwarding architecture by supporting centralized forwarding (Cisco Express Forwarding) and distributed forwarding (distributed Cisco Express Forwarding) to provide a highly scalable and cost-effective platform. The Cisco Sup 720-3BXL delivers a modular, resilient, scalable, and secure Layer 2 or Layer 3 solution by: - Enabling advanced IP services such as MPLS, IPv6, and quality of service (QoS). - Supporting high-performance, third-generation Ethernet interfaces. - Delivering predictable and scalable system performance up to a sustained 400 Mpps using distributed forwarding cards (DFCs). - Scaling hardware-capable Forwarding Information Base (FIB) table entries to 1 million routes. - Supporting all three generations of Ethernet line cards, optical services modules, FlexWAN, and services modules for investment protection. - Delivering up to 40-Gbps full-duplex capacity per slot. - Delivering 200-Mpps hardware-based IPv6 using DFCs. - Providing for 256,000 NetFlow entries. Extensive feature support such as QoS mechanisms, hardware-based generic-routing-encapsulation (GRE) tunneling, and access control lists (ACLs) enable customers to build high-performance, feature-rich networks capable of offering services such as MPLS VPNs, metropolitan (metro) aggregation, and various WAN edge services.
Products specifications
Attribute name | Attribute value |
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Depth | 15.9" |
Height | 1.57" |
SFP module slots quantity | 1 |
Switching capacity | 40 Gbit/s |
Combo SFP ports quantity | 1 |
Width | 14.9" |
Switch Type | Managed |
Stackable | Y |
Heat dissipation | 1345 BTU/h |
Certification | FCC Part 15 (CFR 47) Class A, ICES-003 Class A, EN 55022 Class A, CISPR 22 Class A, AS/NZS 3548 Class A, VCCI Class A, EN55024, ETS300 386, EN50082-1, EN61000-6-1 |
Form factor | 1U |
Product color | Metallic |
Internal memory | 1024 MB |
Full duplex | Y |
Safety | UL 60950, EN 60950, CSA-C22.2 No. 60950, IEC 60950, AS/NZS 3260, IEC 60825-1,-2, EN 60825 -1,-2, 21CFR1040-10, TS001 |
Rack mounting | Y |
Basic switching RJ-45 Ethernet ports quantity | 2 |
Quality of Service (QoS) support | Y |
Storage temperature (T-T) | -40 - 75 °C |
Operating temperature (T-T) | 0 - 40 °C |
Flash memory | 64 MB |
Switch layer | L2/L3 |
Power over Ethernet (PoE) | N |