[c-nsp] Cisco RPS

Seth Mattinen sethm at rollernet.us
Wed Feb 7 18:50:47 EST 2007


Siva Valliappan wrote:
> since it's using the same power supply as the 3750-E (and it takes only
> 2 of them), it can only fully power 2 switches at the same time.
> the 3750-E provides full PoE power to 48 ports compared to the 3750
> that could only support full power to 24 ports.
> 

I think I understand... each PSU does the DC conversion (unlike the old 
600 that had four individual DC circuits), thus 2 PSUs means 2 powered 
devices, while the RPS chassis does switching between the ports.

~Seth


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