Which leads perfectly into my next question. Does anyone have, or know of a source, for Cisco "blanks" for the NM and WIC slots in the 1600/1700/2600/3600 series? Anyone have a bunch that they'd like to sell me?
Thanks, Craig At 08:00 AM 2/9/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >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. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=34959&t=34952 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
