[c-nsp] Cisco ASR9001 - Fan Tray

[Scott Granados]

I suppose that makes sense and you could buy spare fan trays so in the event of the loss of cooling you could swap it out and be back in business.   I buy that argument, that’s a very good point.

On Mar 20, 2015, at 9:20 AM, Nick Hilliard <nick at foobar.org> wrote:

> 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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