[c-nsp] 6509 and ws-x6748 and power

Hank Nussbacher hank at efes.iucc.ac.il
Thu Jun 9 08:42:54 EDT 2005


On Thu, 9 Jun 2005, Brad Swanson wrote:

> Yep, 4000watt power gets you 3795 available...94.8% of stated power.  Can I
> only pay 94% then? :)

Perhaps we all should demand a 6% refund :-)

-Hank

>
> >sho env power
> PS1 Capacity: 3795.12 Watts (90.36 Amps @42V)
> PS2 Capacity: 3795.12 Watts (90.36 Amps @42V)
> PS Configuration : PS1 and PS2 in Redundant Configuration.
>
> Total Power Available                        : 3795.12 Watts (90.36 Amps
> @42V)
> Total Power Chassis Limit                    : 3780.00 Watts (90.00 Amps
> @42V)
> Total Power Chassis Recommended              : 3780.00 Watts (90.00 Amps
> @42V)
> Total Power Available for Line Card Usage    : 3780.00 Watts (90.00 Amps
> @42V)
> Total Power Drawn From the System            : 1606.50 Watts (38.25 Amps
> @42V)
> Total Power Drawn by the Chassis             :    0.00 Watt
> Total Power Drawn by the modules             : 1606.50 Watts (38.25 Amps
> @42V)
> Total Inline Power Drawn From the System     :    0.00 Watts ( 0.00 Amps
> @42V)
> Total Power Reserved as localpool for modules:    0.00 Watt
> Remaining Power in the System                : 2188.62 Watts (52.11 Amps
> @42V)
> Configured Default Inline Power allocation per port: 15.40 Watts ( 0.37 Amps
> @42
> V)
>
> Slot power Requirement/Usage :
>
> Slot Model                   PowerRequested PowerAllocated CardStatus
>                              Watts   A @42V Watts   A @42V
> ---- ----------------------- ------- ------ ------- ------ ----------
> 4                             325.50  7.75     0.00  0.00  power-bad
> 5    WS-SUP720-BASE           315.00  7.50   315.00  7.50  ok
> 6    WS-SUP720-BASE           315.00  7.50   315.00  7.50  standby
> 7    WS-X6748-GE-TX           325.50  7.75   325.50  7.75  ok
> 8    WS-X6748-GE-TX           325.50  7.75   325.50  7.75  ok
> 9    WS-X6748-GE-TX           325.50  7.75   325.50  7.75  ok
>
> Insufficient DC voltage levels detected on module 4
> TTCIDF5BAKSWT002> (enable)
>
> >From: Hank Nussbacher <hank at efes.iucc.ac.il>
> >To: "David Prall" <dcp at dcptech.com>, "'Brad Swanson'"
> ><lakepepin at hotmail.com>,        <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
> >Subject: RE: [c-nsp] 6509 and ws-x6748 and power
> >Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 07:36:42 +0300
> >
> >At 09:46 PM 08-06-05 -0400, David Prall wrote:
> >
> >I can dig that, but when I order a 6500 with a 3000W power supply, I don't
> >expect to get only 2770W:
> >
> >gp1#sho power
> >system power redundancy mode = redundant
> >system power redundancy operationally = non-redundant
> >system power total =     2771.16 Watts (65.98 Amps @ 42V)
> >system power used =      1807.68 Watts (43.04 Amps @ 42V)
> >system power available =  963.48 Watts (22.94 Amps @ 42V)
> >                         Power-Capacity PS-Fan Output Oper
> >PS   Type               Watts   A @42V Status Status State
> >---- ------------------ ------- ------ ------ ------ -----
> >1    WS-CAC-3000W       2771.16 65.98  OK     OK     on
> >2    none
> >                         Pwr-Allocated  Oper
> >Fan  Type               Watts   A @42V State
> >---- ------------------ ------- ------ -----
> >1    WS-C6K-13SLT-FAN2   298.20  7.10  OK
> >                         Pwr-Requested  Pwr-Allocated  Admin Oper
> >Slot Card-Type          Watts   A @42V Watts   A @42V State State
> >---- ------------------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ----- -----
> >1    WS-X6582-2PA        105.00  2.50   105.00  2.50  on    on
> >2    WS-X6582-2PA        105.00  2.50   105.00  2.50  on    on
> >3    WS-X6582-2PA        105.00  2.50   105.00  2.50  on    on
> >4    WS-X6582-2PA        105.00  2.50   105.00  2.50  on    on
> >7    WS-SUP720-3BXL      328.44  7.82   328.44  7.82  on    on
> >8    (Redundant Sup)       -     -      328.44  7.82  -     -
> >9    WS-X6748-GE-TX      432.60 10.30   432.60 10.30  on    on
> >
> >Not nice.
> >
> >-Hank
> >
> >>Brad,
> >>What power supplies? DFC's on the cards? This is the most power hungry
> >>card
> >>that can be installed. Have a look at
> >>http://www.cisco.com/go/powercalculator A 6509 with 2500 Watt Power
> >>Supplies
> >>is at 82% with only the 2 Sup-720's and 4 6748's without DFC's. With DFC's
> >>the 2500W is at 99%. If you have any other cards in there it is
> >>overloaded/underpowered.
> >>
> >>David
> >>
> >>--
> >>David C Prall dcp at dcptech.com http://dcp.dcptech.com
> >>
> >>
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
> >> > [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Brad Swanson
> >> > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 2:27 PM
> >> > To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> >> > Subject: [c-nsp] 6509 and ws-x6748 and power
> >> >
> >> > TAC case already open.  Bad chassis...?  6509 with dual sup720 3a's,
> >> > ws-x6748-ge-tx cards in mod's 4, 7, 8, 9.  Two weeks ago the
> >> > mod in slot 4
> >> > died with the error "power-bad".  Thinking the card died, we
> >> > replaced with
> >> > new.  Just today the new card dies the same death, moved it
> >> > to slot 3, same
> >> > result.  Booted switch, still dead card.
> >> >
> >> > Some messages:
> >> > a fabric-sync error showed up right before the module died
> >> > sho mod 4 gets unknown card, for module-type and power-bad for status.
> >> > sho env all gets nothing showing up in slot 4, yet under Slot power
> >> > requirements/usage slot 4 shows "Insufficient DC voltage
> >> > levels detected on
> >> > module 4"
> >> > on reboot:   %SYS-3-MOD_PWRFAIL:Module 4 failed to power up
> >> >
> >> > Power to the device is data center power, doesn't get any
> >> > cleaner as far as
> >> > power.
> >> >
> >> > Bad connectors on the backplane for power?
> >> >
> >> > Brad Swanson
> >> >
> >> >
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