Product Overview - Cisco 6500 Series Software Configuration Manual

Product Overview

The Cisco IOS on the Catalyst 6500 Series Switches product supports the following hardware and
software:
Supervisor Engine 2, Policy Feature Card 2 (PFC2), and Multilayer Switch Feature Card 2
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(MSFC2); and in Catalyst 6500 series switches:
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Supervisor Engine 1, PFC, and MSFC or MSFC2
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• All Layer 2 and Layer 3 configuration from the same user interface
Except for VLANs, Layer 2 and Layer 3 configuration is stored in a standard IOS configuration file
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Refer to the Release Notes for Cisco IOS Release 12.1 E on the Catalyst 6500 and Cisco 7600
Supervisor Engine and MSFC publication for complete information about the chassis, modules,
and software features supported by the Catalyst 6500 series switches:
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/cat6000/12_1e/ol_2310.htm
The Cisco IOS on the Catalyst 6500 Series Switches product supports configuration using:
CLI—See
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SNMP—Refer to the IOS Configuration Fundamentals Configuration Guide and Command
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Reference at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios121/121cgcr/index.htm
• IOS web browser interface—Refer to "Using the Cisco Web Browser" in the IOS Configuration
Fundamentals Configuration Guide and Command Reference at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios121/121cgcr/index.htm
Embedded CiscoView—See the
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Switch Fabric Module
Fabric-enabled switching modules
Fabric-enabled switching modules with a distributed forwarding card (DFC)
Chapter 2, "Command-Line Interfaces"
Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide—Release 12.1 E
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"Configuring Embedded CiscoView Support" section on page
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