Cisco real-life 6880 power utilisation

[stormjumper]

Is anyone able to share a 6880 “show power”?

We've a situation where we're limited to 2 kVA racks, so we considering purchasing a minimally configured 6880, which seems to be a good fit feature/budget wise for a deployment that is unlikely to grow.

We've experience operating a 6509 with 1 sup-2T + 2 line cards running under 2000 Watts, so we believe in all likelihood the 6880 with 1 line card would draw even less, but it'll be good to know for sure. :)

Thanks!

[jmandersson · Accepted solution]

Hi!

Have you used the Cisco Power Calculator? http://tools.cisco.com/cpc/LCS.cpc

Slot	Line Card	Optional DFC	Power over Ethernet Capabilities
1	C6880-X-16P10G	---	---
2	-- EMPTY-SLOT --	---	---
3	-- EMPTY-SLOT --	---	---
4	-- EMPTY-SLOT --	---	---
5	WS-C6880-X	---	---

Minimum Power Supply		Percentage of Power Used
One C6880-X-3KW-AC in Combined Mode		32.67%
First Alternative Power Supply		Percentage of Power Used
Two C6880-X-3KW-AC in Redundant Mode		32.67%

Total Output Current(@50V)	Total Output Power	Total Typical Output Power	Total Heat Dissipation
19.60 Amps	980.00 Watts	784.00 Watts	3937.28 BTU/Hr

I guess this shows us that the 6880 will draw less then 2000w

Regards,

Johan

[stormjumper]

hi Johan,

Didn't know about the calculator actually. Now I do. :)

Thanks for the pointer as well as running the output!