[j-nsp] MX960 Power Options

[Michael Loftis]

On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 7:50 AM, Colton Conor <colton.conor at gmail.com> wrote:
> So from what I gather, there are 4 AC power supplies, and each AC power
> supply has two plugs. So thats not really going to change, its more what
> power to order from the datacenter.
>
> So can I get away with one A side 208V/ 30 AMP circuit and one B side
> 208V/30AMP circuit?
>
> 208V X 30AMP X .80 Max Load = 4,992 watts. That's a lot.
>
> Are you saying I ideally need double this? Why?

Depends on your configuration!  The new high capacity chassis' will
support up to ~8kW, redundant.  So it has ~16kW of PSU.  Base chassis,
one single idle MPC3E will use something like 2kW.  Take a look at
http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/release-independent/junos/topics/reference/specifications/calculating-power-requirements-mx960.html