| PCMCIA slot | 1000BASE-X UPLINK ports (requires SFP transceivers) |
| Chassis compatibility | Supported on all Catalyst 6500 E-series chassis and Catalyst 6807-XL chassis |
| Switch fabric | 2.08 Tbps Crossbar Switch Fabric with 26 Fabric Channels |
| Software compatibility | 12.2(50)SY |
| Uplink ports (PORT 1 through PORT 5) | ·Supervisor Engine 2T has five uplink ports: ·Two 10GBASE-X ports ·Three 1000BASE-X ports ·Each uplink port has a link LED associated with it. |
| Console ports | One console port (RJ-45) |
| Compact Flash | 1GB |
| DRAM | 2GB for Lite and XL (4GB upgrade with 2GB memory upgrade (2+2) |
| NVRAM | 4 MB |
| switching capacity | up to 80 Gbps per slot of switching capacity on E-Series chassis |
| Routes | 256K(IPv4) 128K (IPv6) |