Richard, I'd be more worried about retaining access to the PSUs and fan trays. If you route the cables under the N7 you end up making it a nightmare to ever hot swap the components below the DFEs. If thought out correctly cabling a 72 port DFE isn't a pain. My office in LA is a prime example. We have ladder rack leading from the patch panels to the top of the rack. At the top of the rack is a N3 chassis with 72 port blades. The cables enter the access hole at the top of the rack. We pulled back the slack and stored it in the ladder rack. This allowed the installation at the DFE to look very neat and tidy.
What's the alternative to the 72 port DFE you're looking at? Anyway you slice it, cabling high density switches takes some work. Thanks, Lou Goddard ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Hart <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, 6/16/2009 10:52am To: Enterasys Customer Mailing List <[email protected]> Subject: [enterasys] Enterasys N-series 72 port blade All, Does anyone have any pictures of the 72 port blade for the N-series chassis fully cabled? We are interested in the blade, but are having difficulty justifying the purchase of such a blade because it seems that cabling the blade could be a problem. Thanks, Richard Richard Hart Telecommunications Engineer Tidewater Community College --- To unsubscribe from enterasys, send email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe enterasys [email protected] ------------------ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE --------------- This message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain privileged confidential information protected by law. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this message is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of this message. ------------------ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE --------------- -------- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. --- To unsubscribe from enterasys, send email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe enterasys [email protected]
