Cisco Catalyst 6509-E vs Dell PowerEdge MX7000
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 MX7000 is Dell 7U modular kinetic infrastructure chassis designed to host disaggregated compute, storage, and networking sleds.
| Cisco Catalyst 6509-E | Dell PowerEdge MX7000 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Cisco | Dell |
| Status | end-of-sale | current |
| Released | Oct 2004 | Sep 2018 |
| 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 | — | 7U modular rack enclosure |
| Sled slots | — | 8x single-width compute sled slots or 4x double-width sleds |
| Fabric slots | — | 6x I/O module bays across Fabric A, B, and C |
| Management | — | Dual redundant OpenManage Enterprise Modular Edition (OME-M) modules |
| Power supply | — | Up to 6x 3000W Platinum hot-plug redundant power supplies |
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