[132845] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Want to move to all 208V for server racks
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Herrin)
Thu Dec 2 11:19:32 2010
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From: William Herrin <bill@herrin.us>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 11:18:56 -0500
To: Jay Nakamura <zeusdadog@gmail.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Jay Nakamura <zeusdadog@gmail.com> wrote:
> I really want to move all newly installed internal and customer racks
> over to all 208v power instead of 120v. =A0As far as I can remember, I
> can't remember any server/switch/router or any other equipment that
> didn't run on 208v AC. =A0(Other than you may need a different cable)
> Anyone have any experience where some oddball equipment that couldn't
> do 208v and regret going 208v? =A0We won't have any TDM or SONET
> equipment, all Ethernet switches, routers and servers. =A0I have control
> over internal equipment but sometimes customers surprises you.
Hi Jay,
Pretty much any little oddball piece of equipment with an external
power brick is at risk. The hundred buck ethernet-based USB extender
was my particular lesson.
If you're talking about paying customers who bring in their own
equipment, you'll run in to this a *lot*.
Regards,
Bill Herrin
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