John KristoffJul 30, 2025
This was "packet rat". +2 points to id what pack is sitting on, +10 if you know the specific phone device to the rear.
Show threadRob RicciJul 30, 2025
@jtk looks like a cat6k to me?
Show threadJohn Kristoff

@ricci Close enough. I think it might have been a 5509. This an old picture from a lab I ran, and being from around 2002, I don't think I would have had a 6509 to play around with, they were too valuable to us at the time. But I could be wrong.

Another picture of it here. Is that a 6509 or 5509? I can't tell by looking anymore, been awhile since I've touched either.

https://web.archive.org/web/20190710032737/http://condor.depaul.edu/jkristof/technotes/incident-response.html

How DePaul University Does Incident Response

Jul 30, 2025 at 9:41pmWeb
Show threadRob RicciJul 30, 2025
@jtk sure looks like a 6509 to me, though I never had the 55 series so I could be wrong
Show threadfatredJul 31, 2025

@jtk @ricci I am voting 5513.

Same amount of fan inlets on the 6509 and the 5513 I believe (same physical size?) but the 5513 was higher density with thinner cards.

Also seems like the supervisor is in the top slot vs the 6509 that required you to install the sup in slot 5/6 (near the bottom)

Show threadfatredJul 31, 2025

@jtk @ricci I used to run Cat 5505s and 6509-Es for many years. Honestly the 6509E was probably the most reliable box I ever had the pleasure to use even now.

When the apocalypse happens it’ll be cockroaches and 6509s left.

Show threadRob RicciJul 31, 2025
@fatred @jtk we might have some still running, I'll have to check
Show threadfatredJul 31, 2025
@ricci @jtk I shut one down with an 11 year uptime just after Covid. One of those “I’m not proud of that, but really I am proud of it”
Show threadJohn KristoffJul 31, 2025
@fatred @ricci It was reliable, but they really burned a hole in the corporate wallet when you had to upgrade sup cards every few years.
Show threadRob RicciJul 31, 2025
@jtk @fatred classic Cisco
Show threadMarcin CieślakAug 1, 2025
@ricci @jtk @fatred remember running 6509 as an under powered #BGP router (for 2 full feeds at the time) - the memory might have got full to the extent it was unable to "write term" its configuration, but still forwarding and not crashing.