The Catalyst 6000 family, consisting of the Catalyst 6000 series and 6500 series, delivers a scalable, industry-leading Gigabit Ethernet solution for today's growing enterprise and service-provider networks. The Catalyst 6000 series delivers 32 Gigabits per second (Gbps) of backplane bandwidth, while the Catalyst 6500 series is scalable to 256 Gbps. The Catalyst 6000 family 8- and 16-port Gigabit Ethernet modules are IEEE standards compliant and support full-duplex operation. The Catalyst 6000 family provides industry leading port density of up to 194 Gigabit ports in a 13-slot chassis.Designed for a wide range of Gigabit Ethernet applications, the 16-port Gigabit Ethernet modules are available in a variety of interfaces: small form factor MT-RJ connectors, SX, LX/LH, and ZX GBICs, and RJ-45 connectors for Category 5 copper cabling.