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Catalyst 8540 System Components
The Catalyst 8540 is a modular 13-slot chassis switch with dual redundant, load-sharing power supplies, redundant route processor and
redundant switch processor options. The primary Route Processor (RP)/Multiservice Route Processor (MRP) is installed in slot 4 and an
optional redundant RP/MRP can be installed in slot 8. Similarly, the primary Switch Processors (SP)/Multiservice Switch Processors (MSP)
are installed in slots 5 and 6 while a redundant SP/MSP can be installed in slot 7. The remaining slots 0-3 and 9-12 are available for installing
line cards. The following gives further details on the system components of the Catalyst 8540:
• 13-slot chassis with hot-swappable fan tray and passive backplane
• MIPS R5000-based RP/MRP running Cisco IOS software with the option for a redundant RP/MRP
• 40-gigabit centralized SP/MSP, with options for a redundant SP/MSP
• Up to 8 line cards; Tables 3, 4, and 5 summarize the list of line cards available for the Catalyst 8540
Table 2 Catalyst 8510 Layer 3 Line Cards
Line Card Media Options
Maximum
Switch Density
8-Port Fast
Ethernet
• 10/100 UTP with RJ-45
connectors
• 100 BaseFX MMF with
SC connectors
32 ports
1-Port Gigabit
Ethernet
• GBIC connectors
– Short wavelength
(250m)
– Long wavelength
(500m)
– Single mode (3 km)
4 ports
Modular ATM and
Packet over
SONET Uplinks
• OC-3c, OC-12c Details to be
announced later
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