Re: Routers in Data Centers

[Joel Jaeggli <joelja () bogus com>]

On Sep 25, 2010, at 9:05, Seth Mattinen <sethm () rollernet us> wrote:

> On 9/24/10 5:28 PM, Alex Rubenstein wrote:
> > > While this question has many dimensions and there is no real
> > > definition of either I suspect that what many people mean when they
> > > talk about a DC routers is:
> >
> > > From the datacenter operator prospective, it would be nice if some of these vendors would acknowledge the need for 
> > > front-to-back cooling. I mean, it is 2010.

Bakplanes make direct front to back cooling hard. non-modular platforms can do it just fine however.

> >
>
> Well, if you look at the hardware it's dead obvious: airflow goes across
> the linecards. Nexus 7k 10-slot has front bottom to back top airflow
> because it uses vertically oriented cards.
>
> ~Seth