| Part Number | WS-X6816-10G-2T |
| Series | Cisco Catalyst 6500 6800 Series |
| Product Type | 16-Port 10G Fiber Line Card (not standalone; installs into chassis) |
| Port Type | 16x 10GbE fiber (X2 transceivers; NOT SFP+) |
| Copper equivalent | WS-X6816-10T-2T (RJ-45) |
| DFC4XL variant | WS-X6816-10G-2TXL |
| Supported X2 Types | 10GBASE-SR, LR, ER, CX4, LRM, LX4 |
| 2T Suffix | Includes DFC4 (Distributed Forwarding Card 4) daughter card |
| Line Card Capacity | 160 Gbps |
| Backplane Bandwidth | 40 Gbps (dual 20 Gbps full-duplex fabric channels) |
| Supervisor Engine | Supervisor Engine 2T (full performance); Sup720 (backward compatible, reduced) |
| Compatible Chassis | Cat 6503E, 6504E, 6506E, 6509E, 6509-V-E (any slot); 6513-E (slots 1-6, 9-13) |
| VSS | Yes (with Sup2T and fabric-enabled chassis) |
| Features | NSF/SSO, L2/L3, IPv4/IPv6, MPLS, QoS, jumbo frames, DFC4 distributed forwarding |
| Hot-Swappable | Yes |
| Operating System | Cisco IOS |
Overview
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- Unless the listing specifies otherwise, this product comes with a 1 Year Warranty for the original purchaser as enduser of the equipment, applicable to items sold in the United States only. All others sales are supported by a 90 day extended warranty.
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