6500 Software

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From http://tools.cisco.com/ITDIT/CFN/jsp/platformhelp.jsp:

CatOS

1. CatOS system software for the Supervisor: CatOS provides primarily Layer 2 LAN Switching features only.

  • Select from CatOS Platforms: CAT6000-SUP, CAT6000-SUP2, CAT6000-SUP720

depending on Supervisor version installed.

Hybrid

2. Hybrid mode, which requires both CatOS for the Supervisor and Cisco IOS for the Router card. In this mode, with both CatOS and IOS loaded, CatOS provides the Layer 2 features, IOS provide the Layer 3 and router-like features.

  • Select from CatOS Platforms: CAT6000-SUP, CAT6000-SUP2, CAT6000-SUP720
  • Select from IOS Platforms: CAT6000-MSFC, CAT6000-MSFC2, CAT6000-MSFC3

depending on combination of Supervisor and MSFC versions installed.

Native

3. Cisco IOS system software for both the Supervisor and the MSFC (Native): One single Cisco IOS software image provides both Layer 2 and Layer 3, router features thus avoiding the requirement for loading two separate software images.

  • Select from IOS Platforms: CAT6000-SUP1/MSFC1, CAT6000-SUP1/MSFC2, CAT6000-SUP2/MSFC2, CAT6000-SUP720/MSFC3

depending on combination of Supervisor and MSFC versions installed.

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