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Sun Ultra Enterprise 3500. Three power supplies for redundancy, only *one* power cord. You'd think that with something that originally cost 6 figures, that this would have been thought out a bit more. Oh, and 1U patch panels with only 12 ports in them annoy me. > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 5:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Worst design decisions? > > > > 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? > > |