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Notes 190 Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series The Cisco Catalyst® 6500 sets the new standard for IP Communications, MPLS networks and application delivery in enterprise campus and service provider networks. The Catalyst 6500 Series delivers scalable, secure, converged, L2 and L3 services, from the data center and campus to the WAN aggregation and the Internet edge. Delivering scalable performance and port density with investment protection across several chassis configurations and LAN, WAN, and MAN interfaces, the Catalyst 6500 Series switches feature an unparalleled range of integrated services modules, including multi-gigabit network security, content switching, telephony, and network analysis modules. The Catalyst 6500 Series delivers a consistent network operating environment through an architecture that uses a common set of modules and Cisco IOS software across all models. This helps to optimize IT infrastructure usage and enhance return on investment. With connectivity for services ranging from DS0 to OC-192, and nx10-MbpsEthernet to high-density 10 Gigabit Ethernet, the Catalyst 6500 Series with IOS software modularity maximizes network uptime with stateful failover capability between redundant routing and forwarding engines. The Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series demonstrates an ongoing commitment to innovation with numerous industry-leading features. Support for Flexible Packet Matching and Application Intelligence in hardware is the latest example of Catalyst 6500 Series innovation, benefiting WAN service aggregation and Internet edge deployments by securing the enterprise network against attack, as well as monitoring and prioritizing mission-critical applications versus discretionary traffic for maximum business efficiency. Benefits and Advantages Maximum Network Uptime Cisco IOS Software Modularity, together with platform, power supply, supervisor engine, switch fabric, and integrated services redundancy provides one-to-three second stateful failover, and delivers application and services continuity in a converged network. The Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series with Cisco IOS Software Modularity boosts operational efficiency and minimizes downtime by enabling modular Cisco IOS subsystems to run in independent processes. This minimizes unplanned downtime through self-healing processes, simplifies software changes through subsystem In-Service Software Upgrades (ISSU), and enables process-level, automated policy control by integrating Cisco Embedded Event Manager (EEM). 191