Cisco WS-SUP720-3B Buy FAQ

The Cisco WS-SUP720-3B is a MSFC3 PFC3B supervisor engine model 720. This Cisco supervisor engine is one of the most popular cards that are used to populate a Cisco 6500 or 7600 series chassis. Remember, if you have any questions on this line card, you can contact Vology for pricing and support information. For more detailed technical support, Vology has professional services available that are less expensive than Cisco direct.

Common Purchasing and Selling FAQ

Does Vology offer a Limited Lifetime Warranty?
Yes

Is my hardware tested and inspected by certified technicians?
Yes

Does Vology offer competitive pricing if I end up calling?
Yes. You would be suprised how much you can save once you have a dedicated sales representative.

How do I know my product will arrive undamaged in mission critical times for my network?
Vology has invested in a state-of-the-art packaging system and process to ensure your gear is securely packaged for transport.


Will Vology purchase this line card at a fair market value?
Yes. In most cases, we will cover the shipping cost.


Common Scalability FAQ

How many Netflow Entries are there?
128,000

How many Routes?
IPv4 (256,000) or IPv6 (128,000)

How many Mac Entries?
64,000

Network Address Translation Supported?
Yes, you are assisted by the hardware.

GRE Available?
Yes, you are assisted by the hardware.

I need some MPLS Information, what do you know?
MPLS in hardware to enable use of layer 3 VPNs and EoMPLS tunneling. Up to 1024 VRFs with a total of up to 256,000 routes per system.

What are Layer 2 Bridging and IPv4 transfer rates?
Up to 400 Mpps

What are IPv6 Routing transfer rates?
Up to 200 Mpps

How many Uplinks are there?
2

VSS Available?
Negative

Common QoS FAQ

How many Marking Access Control Entries (ACEs) in Layer 3?
32,000 dedicated for Qod

MAC ACL's Featuring per-Port/per VLAN Granularity Available?
Yes

What is the flow-based rate-limiting method and number of rates available?
Per source address, destination address, or full flow
64 rates

What is the number of aggregate traffic rate-limiting policers?
1023

What are the rate-limiting level types?
CIR, PIR

What ports and options are available for aggregate rate-limiting location?
Ingress port or VLAN and egress VLAN or Layer-3 port

Common Security FAQ

ACE counters available?
No

Port security available?
Yes

IEEE 802.1x and 802.1x extensions available?
Yes

VLAN and router ACLs and port ACLs available?
Yes

How many security ACL entries?
32,000

How many Reflexive ACLs?
128,0000

How many uRPF check in hardware paths are there?
Up to 6 paths

How many CPU rate limiters?
10 special case rate limiters plus control plane policing

Am I able to set up private VLANs?
Yes

How many interfaces with unique ACLs?
512

MAC ACLs on IP available?
No

Does the device support TCP intercept hardware acceleration?
No

Common MPLS FAQ

What interfaces are supported?
LAN and WAN modules

Label Imposition/Disposition (MPLS-PE), Swapping (MPLS-P) featured?
Yes

Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) available?
Yes

MPLS Differentiated Services (DiffServ)-Aware Traffic Engineering (MPLS-DS-TE) available?
Yes

MPLS-RSVP-TE included in this device?
Yes

QoS Mechanisms Using Experimental (EXP) Bits included?
Yes

VRF Lite available?
Yes

MPLS VPN ability?
Yes

Tag Distribution Protocol Support (TDP) ability?
Yes

Additional Cisco WS-SUP720-3B Support FAQ

How much RAM is supported and can be upgraded to?
This line card supports 512MB of DRAM for the route processor and 512 MB for the switch processor, which can be upgraded to 1GB

Which Cisco chassis can my line card be used in?
Any Cisco 6500 or Cisco 7600 series chassis

What version of software do I need for my device to work?
12.2 (17d) SXB1 and higher

Will this supervisor engine support the 16-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet module?
Yes