Cisco Catalyst 6509-E vs Dell PowerEdge M1000e
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Catalyst 6509-E is the benchmark 9-slot enterprise core chassis switch that powered global enterprise networks, internet exchange points, and datacenter cores for nearly two decades. The PowerEdge M1000e is Dell 10U modular blade enclosure supporting up to 16 half-height blade servers across six hot-pluggable redundant I/O fabrics.
| Cisco Catalyst 6509-E | Dell PowerEdge M1000e | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Cisco | Dell |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-sale |
| Released | Oct 2004 | Jan 2008 |
| Form factor | modular chassis | modular chassis |
| Chassis slots | 9 | — |
| Supervisor slots | Slots 5 and 6 (redundant supervisors) | — |
| Line card slots | 7 payload line card slots (Slots 1-4, 7-9) | — |
| Chassis height | 15U rack mount | — |
| System bandwidth | Up to 2 Tbps with Supervisor 2T | — |
| Power supplies | Dual hot-swappable power supplies up to 6000W each | — |
| Legacy | One of the most widely deployed modular chassis in networking history | — |
| Chassis size | — | 10U modular blade chassis |
| Blade capacity | — | Up to 16 half-height or 8 full-height blade servers |
| Fabric slots | — | 6x interconnect bays supporting Ethernet, Fibre Channel, and InfiniBand |
| Management | — | Dual redundant Chassis Management Controller (CMC) modules |
| Power supply | — | Up to 6x hot-plug redundant power supply modules (2700W or 3000W) |
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