[c-nsp] Nexus 3048 airflow configuration

[Tim Cooper]

> On 15 Mar 2018, at 19:17, Ian Mock <ian.mock at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Yes, port side exhaust is normal for datacenter class switches. The switches face the same side as the server ports they're plugging into for ease of cable management, and to maintain symmetry of airflow.
> 
> Ian Mock

Yeah I get that, but wouldn’t that still technically be ‘back-to-front’? Like ‘I want a DataCentre switch with back to front airflow’ then you buy this and the air flows from back to front, but the device reports it as front to back?

Surely using industry terminology like ‘back-to-front’ and ‘front-to-back’ and then changing what that means whimsically depending on to which product it applies is stupid? Or is that just me?

> 
>> On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 12:51 PM, Mailing Lists <lists at coop3r.com> wrote:
>> Anyone else using these noticed that the default airflow configuration is
>> what I would consider 'back-to-front' but the device reports it as
>> 'front-to-back'?
>> 
>> Is it normal for Nexus stuff to default to this configuration, and if so is
>> it normal for the port side as the rear?
>> 
>> Thanks
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