North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Worst design decisions? (Cisco 4x00 rails)
Cisco 4x00 frame rails are the king - bend 'em and you'll be using a chisel to open the metal chassis so you can remove the NPs. I've still got a 4000 around here somewhere that was shuffled to lab duty after I did surgery on it with a large cold chisel & mallet. Matt wrote: > > Hello all, > > Was doing some upgrades on a UBR7246 (to a VXR), and I got to thinking > about short sighted design considerations. I was curious if any of you > had some pet peeves from a design perspective to rant about. I'll start > with a couple. > > 1) Why did Cisco design the I/O controller on the 7246 with screws in > the corner, which are very difficult to get at? And worse than that, > why did they not include a cheap handle on the blank in this slot? > > 2) Why did Cisco not include side handles on the 12000 chassis? It's a > heavy chassis, and I can imagine how many techs have thrown out their > back moving that chassis around. > > I've got a couple others in my head from 3Com and a couple of others, > but I thought I'd get the ball rolling. So, what do you think? -- mailto:[email protected] phone:402-301-9555 "After all that I've been through, you're the only one who matters, you never left me in the dark here on my own" - Widespread Panic
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