[c-nsp] Cisco ASR9001 - Fan Tray

Nick Hilliard nick at foobar.org
Fri Mar 20 09:20:31 EDT 2015


On 20/03/2015 13:09, Scott Granados wrote:
> Fan trays are for the weak.:)
> 
> Seriously though, wouldn’t you think a vendor would build in the proper
> cooling and put the fans in the box instead of an extra tray?
> Oh wait, then they wouldn’t have an extra accessory that you must have
> to sell as another highly marked up line item.  Never mind.

well, that's the cynical view. The non-cynical view is that the fan trays
have moving parts and it's easier to swap out a modular fan during service
rather than RMAing an entire chassis.

Nick



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