Product Overview

This chapter describes the Catalyst 8540 chassis and provides an overview of the chassis components. The Catalyst 8540 is a 13-slot, modular chassis with optional dual, fault-tolerant, load-sharing AC or DC power supplies. (See Figure 1-1.) In the event of a failure of input power to one supply, or the failure of one power supply, the redundant power option ensures uninterrupted operation.

The chassis can contain the following components:

One route processor placed in slot 4 of the chassis.
Up to eight hot-swappable line modules or port adapters placed in slots 0 through 3 and
slots 9 through 12.
Up to three hot-swappable switch modules placed in slots 5 and 7. Slot 6 can contain a switch module that acts as a backup if either module fails.

Figure 1-1: Catalyst 8540 Chassis

Note The chassis ships populated specific to your order. Figure 1-1 shows an example of a fully populated chassis.

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