I agree, all of mine will run off one power supply although I would NEVER advise that. I would worry more about the sup going out. In 4 4006's I have had 3 fail. Never a poer supply and we have three in each.
Regards. -----Original Message----- From: MADMAN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 9:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 4006 Power Supplies [7:41257] I tried runing on one power supply and it is still up but this is what you are going to see: 2002 Apr 12 06:30:48 %SYS-2-PS_INSUFFICIENT:Insufficient power supplies operatin g, this system requires 2 and only has 1 2002 Apr 12 06:30:48 %SYS-2-PS_NFANFAIL:Power supply 2 and power supply fan fail ed Dave Tim O'Brien wrote: > > The 4006 comes standard with 2, you cannot get just 1. Don't try and run > that 4006 full with blades on just 1 power supply... Also, if you are going > to run the 4006 with inline power, you will need the additional AUX Power > shelf with 3 more power supplies.. nothing like plugging in 6 power > supplies. :) > > Tim > CCIE 9015 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of x > Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 8:01 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: 4006 Power Supplies [7:41257] > > Jeff, > We just bought a Cisco 4006 switch. Our reseller and > our Cisco rep both told us we need two power supplies > to run it and one for redundancy. They both went on > to say the power supply is the first thing to go. > They sold me on it so I got all three power supplies. > > I got the switch a few weeks ago and I threw in the > two 10/100 blades and the extra power supply. I > unplugged one power supply and it still seemed fine. > I decide to unplug another and leave only one running > just to see if it would die. It ran for 30 minutes > until I decided to plug it back in, keep in mind I > didn't have anything attached at the time. > > I am guessing if you really wanted to you could get > away with one, but when your spending that much(think > it was around $14k to $15k) an extra $600 or so to > protect your investment is no big deal. I also like > the fact that if two powersupplies die it will still > probably run and I can take my time replacing them. A > good night's sleep is worth $600 to me. > > --- Jeffrey Reed wrote: > > Im trying to understand power redundancy in the > > Cisco 4006 switch. Reading > > through the online information, Cisco seems to imply > > you must have at least > > two power supplies up and running at all times. The > > 3rd power supply > > provides redundancy. Other vendors allow you to run > > at least a partially > > populated chassis on one power supply. If I have a > > 4006 with SUPII and one > > 48-port blade, do I really need three power > > supplies? Anyone have experience > > with 4006s and power supplies? > > > > Thanks!! > > > > Jeffrey Reed > > Classic Networking, Inc. > > Cell 717-805-5536 > > Office 717-737-8586 > > FAX 717-737-0290 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ -- David Madland Sr. Network Engineer CCIE# 2016 Qwest Communications Int. Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 612-664-3367 "Emotion should reflect reason not guide it" Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=41334&t=41257 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
