The Catalyst 6500 Distributed Forwarding Card-3 is installed in DFC-enabled line-card modules that perform distributed forwarding supported by the Catalyst 6500 Supervisor Engine 720 as a field upgrade.

The Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Distributed Forwarding Card is an optional daughter card for CEF720-based line cards such as WS-X6704-10GE, WS-X6724-SFP, WS-X6748-SFP, and WS-X6748-GE-TX. The Distributed Forwarding Card supports system virtualization through VSS 1440. The card provides localized forwarding decisions for each line card and scales the aggregate system performance to reach up to 400+ Mbps.

This is Catalyst 6500 Series 48-Port 10/100/1000 RJ-45 Cisco Express Forwarding 256 Interface Module; field-upgradable to support Cisco Prestandard PoE daughter card or 802.3af PoE daughter card.

The Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Distributed Forwarding Card is an optional daughter card for CEF720-based line cards such as WS-X6704-10GE, WS-X6724-SFP, WS-X6748-SFP, and WS-X6748-GE-TX. The Distributed Forwarding Card supports system virtualization through VSS 1440. The card provides localized forwarding decisions for each line card and scales the aggregate system performance to reach up to 400+ Mbps.

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