Technical Specifications
Requirements and Heat Dissipation for 3000 W AC Power Supplies for 64 Gbps
Fibre Channel
The following table lists the requirements and heat dissipation for 3000 W AC power supplies for different
solutions with 64-Gbps Fibre Channel ports using Cisco MDS 9700 48 port 64 Gbps Switching Module
(DS-X9748-3072K9) and six Fabric Modules for 64 Gbps Speed and three Fabric Modules for 32 Gbps Speed.
Table 38: 64-Gbps Power Requirements Using 3000 W AC PSUs
Number of
Switching
Modules
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Requirements and Heat Dissipation for 3000 W AC Power Supplies for 32 Gbps
Fibre Channel
The following table lists the requirements and heat dissipation for 3000 W AC power supplies for different
solutions with 32-G Fibre Channel ports using Cisco MDS 9700 48 port 32 Gbps Switching Module
(DS-X9648-1536K9) and six Fabric 1 Modules.
Table 39: 32-Gbps Power Requirements Using 3000 W AC PSUs
Number of
Switching Modules
1
2
3
4
5
6
Requirements and Heat Dissipation for 3000 W AC Power Supplies for 64 Gbps Fibre Channel
Number of
Power Required (watts)
Ports
Typical(32
Typical(64
Gbps)
Gbps)
48
995
1460
96
1235
1760
144
1475
2060
192
1715
2360
240
1955
2660
288
2195
2960
336
2435
3260
384
2675
3560
Number of Ports
48
96
144
192
240
288
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Total Worst
Total Worst
Case(32
Case(64
Gbps)
Gbps)
2790
3290
3090
3640
3390
3990
3690
4340
3990
4690
4290
5040
4590
5390
4890
5740
Power Required (watts)
Typical
Total Worst Case
1440
3340
1700
3600
1960
3860
2220
4120
2480
4380
2740
4640
Typical Heat Dissipation
(BTU/hr)
Typical(32
Typical(64
Gbps)
Gbps)
3393
4979
4211
6002
5030
7025
5848
8048
6667
9071
7485
10094
8303
11117
9122
12140
Typical Heat
Dissipation (BTU/hr)
4910
5797
6683
7570
8457
9343
191