Re: Routers in Data Centers

[Seth Mattinen <sethm () rollernet us>]

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.


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