The Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series delivers secure, converged services from the wiring closet to the WAN edge. Providing scalable intelligent multilayer switching performance for enterprise and service provider networks, the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series supports 48 to 576 10/100 Ethernet port configurations, delivering 210 million packets-per-second throughput across network cores and multiple gigabit-per-second trunks. Designed to maximize network uptime and investment protection, the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series supports an unparalleled range of services, including data and voice integration and LAN, WAN, and, metropolitan-area network (MAN) convergence.The Cisco Catalyst 6506 IPSec VPN system delivers 1.9-Gbps IPSec VPN performance with four open slots to provide additional future-proof flexibility, redundancy, and the addition of high-density I/O or other service options.