You might want to replace the "http://www/" with
"http://www.cisco.com/". Not all of us are on the inside of their
network :)

On 8/16/06, William Chops Westfield <westfw@mac.com> wrote:
>
> On Aug 16, 2006, at 7:05 AM, Howard Winter wrote:
>
> >
> > Why on Earth would an ethernet switch need a kilowatt?
>
> Power-hungry asics, tcams, and gbit phys ?  I don't know the
> exact number for the switch power consumption; I'm just guessing.
> >
> > Is it actually running hundreds of ports in one device?
> >
> Yes.  In one rackmount box, anyway.  The internal interconnects
> may be such that identifying a single "device" is difficult.
>
> http://www/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/index.html
>
>      The Catalyst 6500 Series currently supports up to 288
>      Class 3 (15.4W) Power over Ethernet (PoE) devices, plus
>      up to 1152 10/100-Mbps, 576 10/100/1000-Mbps, or 32 10-Gbps
>      Ethernet ports in a single chassis, and system scalability
>      up to 720 Gbps, providing 40 Gbps/slot (half-duplex).
>      Additional choices include 3, 4, 6, 9, and 13-slot chassis
>      options and several WAN interface module options.
>
> BillW
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