Power and cooling: Cisco vs. Enterasys
By Brad Reese on Wed, 05/21/08 - 6:08am.
In data center design, power and cooling constraints are one of the top issues.
Below are two charts that compare the power consumption and cooling requirements for some popular Cisco switches compared to some popular Enterasys switches:
| Enterasys | Max Power Draw |
Cisco | Max Power Draw |
Percentage More |
| N-Series | 1500W | 6509e | 3000W | 100% more than Enterasys |
| N-Series w/PoE | 5100W | 6509e | 8700W | 70% more than Enterasys |
| N-Series | 1500W | 4506e | 4200W | 180% more than Enterasys |
| G-Series | 1050W | 3560e | 1150W | 9% more than Enterasys, but only half the ports |
| C-Series | 583W | 3560e | 1150W | 97% more than Enterasys |
| Enterasys | Max Thermal Load |
Cisco | Max Thermal Load |
Percentage More |
| N-Series | 5463 BTU/Hr |
6509e | 16800 BTU/Hr |
207% more than Enterasys |
| N-Series w/PoE | 17755 BTU/Hr |
6509e | 34800 BTU/Hr |
99% more than Enterasys |
| N-System | 5463 BTU/Hr |
4506e | 14340 BTU/Hr |
162% more than Enterasys |
| G-Series | 3585 BTU/Hr |
3560e | 3927 BTU/Hr |
9% more than Enterasys, but only half the ports |
| C-Series | 1991 BTU/Hr |
3560e | 3927 BTU/Hr |
97% more than Enterasys |
As you can see above, Enterasys requires half the power and half the cooling of equivalent Cisco devices.
What do YOU think of vendor power consumption and cooling requirement comparisons?
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