>Hi Guys
>
>I currently building my home lab, so far I ve 7 2500s routers and 2 2820 and
>1 2924C XL what I would like to find out is if I disconnects the fans will
>it damage the routers or the switches, the reason is just to do with the
>noise factor, when they or all switch on it very noisy.
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>Will
You MUST keep the fans in use, or it may destroy the equipment.
Several other cooling tips:
If it's a modular router or switch, and has any empty slots, be
sure to cover the empty slots with blank panels. Not doing so can
interfere with the cooling air flow inside the box. Picture the fan
on the left side, the next-to-the-right slot empty, and the right
slot with a card in it. If you left the empty slot uncovered, the
cooling air might rush out it and not reach the right card.
There may be specific product recommendations on cooling. Offhand,
the only one I can think of is if you put a FDDI card into the old
4000 router, it had to go into the middle slot for cooling reasons.
If the routers have cooling air entries or exits on the side,
preferably stack them vertically. If you have to put them on a table,
leave a foot or so between them. Otherwise, there is danger that the
hot air from one will be sucked into the cool air inlet of the next
in line, and so forth. I've seen a bunch of 2500s fail because they
were pushed agains each other on a table.
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