[c-nsp] Power Reserved for 2nd SUP

[lee.e.rian at census.gov]

"Robert J. Adams (jason)" <radams at siscom.net> wrote on 05/19/2005 11:12:53
AM:

> Hello,
>
> We're currently running a single SUP720 in a 6509. I noticed (w/ show
> power) that the system is reserving 328.44 watts for a second sup. We
> currently don't have plans for a second sup in this chassis, but would
> like to use the power for a 6748-GE-TX .. anyone know how?

If you put a card where the 2nd supervisor would go the software should set
the power allocation to what the card needs.  But it doesn't work - at
least for 12.2(17d)SXB6

sup720-native>sh power
system power redundancy mode = redundant
system power total =     1171.38 Watts (27.89 Amps @ 42V)
system power used =       927.78 Watts (22.09 Amps @ 42V)
system power available =  243.60 Watts ( 5.80 Amps @ 42V)
                        Power-Capacity PS-Fan Output Oper
PS   Type               Watts   A @42V Status Status State
---- ------------------ ------- ------ ------ ------ -----
1    WS-CAC-3000W       1171.38 27.89  OK     OK     on
2    WS-CAC-3000W       1171.38 27.89  OK     OK     on
                        Pwr-Requested  Pwr-Allocated  Admin Oper
Slot Card-Type          Watts   A @42V Watts   A @42V State State
---- ------------------ ------- ------ ------- ------ ----- -----
2    WS-X6416-GBIC       118.02  2.81   118.02  2.81  on    on
5    WS-SUP720-BASE      315.00  7.50   315.00  7.50  on    on
6    WS-X6224-100FX-MT   315.00  7.50   315.00  7.50  on    on
8    WS-SVC-IPSEC-1       79.38  1.89    79.38  1.89  on    on
9    WS-X6348            100.38  2.39   100.38  2.39  on    on

Lee