Cisco WS-F6K-DFC Catalyst 6500 Distributed Forwarding Card

The distributed forwarding card (DFC) for the Catalyst 6500 series delivers high-speed distributed services and forwarding for deployment in data-center backbones and server-farm aggregation. The DFC complements the centralized forwarding of the Catalyst 6500 Supervisor Engine 2 by distributing the centralized forwarding intelligence down to each DFC-enabled line-card module. This provides localized forwarding and service decisions on each line card and accelerates the forwarding performance of the Catalyst 6500 series to 100+ Mpps.

Manufacturer: Cisco Systems, Inc
Manufacturer Part Number: WS-F6K-DFC=
Brand Name: Cisco
Product Name: Distributed Forwarding Card Module
Product Type: Distributed Forwarding Engine
Application/Usage: Wide Area Network
Memory: 128 MB DRAM Installed
Memory: 256 MB DRAM Upgradeable
Memory: 512 MB DRAM Upgradeable
Temperature: 32°F (0°C) to 104°F (40°C) Operating
Temperature: -4°F (-20°C) to 149°F (65°C) Storage
Humidity: 10% to 85% Non-condensing Relative Humidity Operating
Dimensions: 1.8" Height x 15.4" Width x 16.8" Depth
Weight (Approximate): 10.00 lb
Additional Information: Item Included: 128 MB DRAM FOR DFC (MEM-DFC-128MB)
System Requirements: A DFC is only supported in the Supervisor IOS mode and is not supported in Catalyst OS, Cannot have a DFC in a system with a Supervisor Engine 720, The DFC works in conjunction with the Switch Fabric Module, Supervisor Engine 2 with Multilayer Switch Feature Card (MSFC) 2, and fabric-enabled cards Software version required: Supervisor IOS Version 12.1(5) E