Re: Worst design decisions? (Cisco 4x00 rails)

[neal rauhauser <neal () lists rauhauser net>]

 Cisco 4x00 frame rails are the king - bend 'em and you'll be using a
chisel to open the metal chassis so you can remove the NPs. I've still
got a 4000 around here somewhere that was shuffled to lab duty after I
did surgery on it with a large cold chisel & mallet.


Matt wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Was doing some upgrades on a UBR7246 (to a VXR), and I got to thinking
> about short sighted design considerations.  I was curious if any of you
> had some pet peeves from a design perspective to rant about.  I'll start
> with a couple.
>
> 1) Why did Cisco design the I/O controller on the 7246 with screws in
> the corner, which are very difficult to get at?  And worse than that,
> why did they not include a cheap handle on the blank in this slot?
>
> 2) Why did Cisco not include side handles on the 12000 chassis?  It's a
> heavy chassis, and I can imagine how many techs have thrown out their
> back moving that chassis around.
>
> I've got a couple others in my head from 3Com and a couple of others,
> but I thought I'd get the ball rolling.  So, what do you think?

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