Re: Want to move to all 208V for server racks

[Jay Nakamura <zeusdadog () gmail com>]

To clarify, I was going to have 120v in the cage for temporary stuff
like laptops, crash cart, etc.

On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 11:29 AM, David Hubbard
<dhubbard () dino hostasaurus com> wrote:
> We have run into some reasonably recent flat panel LCD's
> not running on 208v; we began having our colo build the
> new cages we order with 208v a few years ago and then
> found we couldn't use one of our crash carts in the newer
> cages until we replaced the monitor.  If you're doing
> colo, some customers may have rack mounted LCD panels
> that could be an issue.  And this was not a power brick
> monitor, straight plug.
>
> David
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jay Nakamura [mailto:zeusdadog () gmail com]
> > Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 10:59 AM
> > To: NANOG
> > Subject: Want to move to all 208V for server racks
> >
> > I really want to move all newly installed internal and customer racks
> > over to all 208v power instead of 120v.  As far as I can remember, I
> > can't remember any server/switch/router or any other equipment that
> > didn't run on 208v AC.  (Other than you may need a different cable)
> > Anyone have any experience where some oddball equipment that couldn't
> > do 208v and regret going 208v?  We won't have any TDM or SONET
> > equipment, all Ethernet switches, routers and servers.  I have control
> > over internal equipment but sometimes customers surprises you.