Re: ... WWIU / Orientation

[Johnny Eriksson]

> > | "From now on, we should make this a primary distinction between switch
> > | and a router: If a device has vertical line cards, it is a router, if
> > | horizontal, it is a switch, unless there are two or more vertical slots
> > | within any horizontal slot plane, then it is, in fact, a router."
> > |
> > | How does that sound?
> > 
> > Like the start of some new RFC :-)
> > 
> 
>   which way is up?   perhaps you had better state the 
>   problem in terms of  X,Y,Z  coordinates at a minium.
>   Adding the fourth vector, time, may be useful as well;
>   e.g."... it was a router last night..."

maybe polar coordinates are better situated for distance vector protocols?

> --bill

--Johnny

Re: ... WWIU / Orientation

[alex]

>   which way is up?  perhaps you had better state the
>   problem in terms of X,Y,Z coordinates at a minium.
>   Adding the fourth vector, time, may be useful as well;
>   e.g.  "... it was a router last night..."
Easy: horizontal is same direction as 19" mounting brackets ;)


I've yet to find a square switch/router that can be rack mounted either
horizontally or vertically ;)

-alex

... WWIU / Orientation

[bmanning]

> |> Yep, I think from now on, we should make this a primary distinction
> |> between switch and a router: If a device has vertical line cards, it is a
> |> router, if horizontal, it is a switch.
> |>
> | A small problem... all of my 7200s have horizontal line cards as do the
> | Juniper M5/7/10/20. The smaller 7100, 3700, 3600, 2600 also have
> | horizontal line cards too. So... here is a correction.
> |
> | "From now on, we should make this a primary distinction between switch
> | and a router: If a device has vertical line cards, it is a router, if
> | horizontal, it is a switch, unless there are two or more vertical slots
> | within any horizontal slot plane, then it is, in fact, a router."
> |
> | How does that sound?
> 
> Like the start of some new RFC :-)
> 

which way is up?   perhaps you had better state the 
problem in terms of  X,Y,Z  coordinates at a minium.
Adding the fourth vector, time, may be useful as well;
e.g."... it was a router last night..."

--bill

Re: ... WWIU / Orientation

[bmanning]

> 
> > which way is up?  perhaps you had better state the
> > problem in terms of X,Y,Z coordinates at a minium.
> > Adding the fourth vector, time, may be useful as well;
> > e.g.  "... it was a router last night..."
> Easy: horizontal is same direction as 19" mounting brackets ;)
> 
> I've yet to find a square switch/router that can be rack mounted either
> horizontally or vertically ;)
> 
> -alex


like the 19" spacing between the rails mounted on my wall?

--bill