N+N Redundancy Conguraon of DC Power Supplies
You can congure your switch for
N
+
N
redundancy, in which
N
power supplies can be removed or fail
and the remaining
N
power supplies connue to supply power for the switch without interrupon.
You can congure the power management soware to manage switch power for
N
+
N
redundancy.
When you congure power management for
N
+
N
redundancy, half of the total power available (
N
) is
held as reserve power while the other half (
N
) is available for immediate consumpon. If the switch
conguraon changes and requires addional power, then addional power is drawn from the reserve
power, and the switch no longer has
N
+
N
power supply redundancy. This condion raises a minor alarm.
If the condion is not corrected within 5 minutes, then a major alarm is issued.
For more informaon about how power management allocates power to chassis components when
power is insucient, see Understanding Power Management on EX Series Switches.
Depending on the power supplies installed in the switch, you can determine the system power budget.
• If one power supply is installed in the switch:
• System power budget = Output waage of the installed power supply (PSU(W))
• Backup power available = 0 W
A minor alarm is raised as switch has no
N
+
N
power supply redundancy.
• If two power supplies are installed in the switch:
• System power budget = (Output waage of one power supply) – (5% of the output waage of
one power supply)
System power budget = PSU(W) – (0.05 x PSU(W))
• Backup power available = (Output waage of one power supply) – (5% of the output waage of
one power supply)
System power budget = PSU(W) – (0.05 x PSU(W))
Table 50 on page 118 lists the
N
+
N
power calculaon for EX4300 switches that use 550 W DC power
supplies.
NOTE: The DC power supply in the switch does not support Power over Ethernet (PoE); you can
use either an external power injector or an AC power supply to supply power to PoE devices that
you connect to the switch. 32-port EX4300 switches does not support Power over Ethernet
(PoE).
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