UPS Requirements for Cisco Switch

Samir, what model switches? If you look at the spec sheets, it will tell you the owe draw for the switch.

HI,

3560X and 3750 X Series Switch

We use APC 2000 series UPS systems in all of our IDFs. The largest IDF has around 8 switches, 2960S series, and these hold up just fine. We have two and then an APC transfer switch to supply power to the switches themselves.

We will have 4 3560X Series Switch and 1 3750X

How much watt is required for UPS
How many Units ?
How long it can handle we are looking for 1 hour ?
How much watt required for 1 switch ?

Hi

Thanks

We will have 1  WS-C3750-12S-E
and 4 WS-C3560X-48PF-S

And we are looking for UPS to take the load.

Also I want all the 48 PoE ports to work at same time

Hi,

This is my collection from cisco data sheet.

I think that you need to estimate what kind of load you are going to realistically be using and base it off of that. Those switches are rated at 4750 Watts maximum which is a decent amount of power to draw. However, realistically you will be using less than that. I would figure out what the draw will be from the POE devices that you will be plugging in and base it off of that to get a clear picture of what is going on.

Also an hour run time is a pretty long time. If you lose power typically you will want to have a generator to switch over to, or start shutting down after a minute or two.

But if you want something to give you that kind of run time, you can look at this

SYA8K16PXR - a 8 kVA Symmetra that will give you an hour run time. So you know, you are looking at a 5 foot tall UPS so you will need room for a separate cabinet. You will also need a 240V input circuit with either a 50A or 100A breaker. It will cost about $12,000.

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We are going to use Cisco AP and IP Telephones
1 Switch will be seprately dedicated for IP Telephones I am there watt consumtion.

And 15min run time is fine with us for UPS and we have generators

Realistically this would probably be fine and will get you 10 minutes of run time, which if your generator has not kicked on before that, it isnt going to.

SUA5000RMT5U - much more reasonable 5U and about $3000.

How about this UPS


GE Digital Energy VH Series UPS Model 3000 3000VA 3KVA Rackmount/

Thanks

You would need two of those to provide enough power and you would get about 6 minutes of run time. I don't see the exact specs for that model, I would check with the manufacturer first.

Please can you providee the UPS specs that can fulfill requirements. and runtime for.15min

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I was basing my numbers off of a 4000 watt draw for the switches. This is a little less than the max draw rated for the switch. You will have to estimate the actual draw based off of the devices that you have connected.

So you will need a ups or multiple, that can supply 4000 watts. You need to look up the runtime on the manufacturers site.

If I calculate for each cabinet as follows

1 X WS-C3750-24S-E = 350W
4 X WS-C3560X-48PF-S = 1100 x 4 = 4400 watt

Total 350 + 4400 = 4750 watt

In this case what UPS I should get ?

 WS-C3750-24S-E  will have fiber uplinks to all floor switches
 WS-C3560X-48PF-S will have PC's, Cisco AP, IP TV's, CCTV and IP Telephones will be connected to it.


Telephones and AP's will be PoE.

Thanks I appreciate your help.

The 4750 would be the max out could ever be for those switches do you could use that number to be safe.

How many ampere required for Cisco Switch 3560x and 3750x series. ?

Please can you help me how many amps required for 3560x and 3750x series

thanks

Actually I am going to request power supply to cabinets PDU.

How many amps socket should i request ?

Thanks

Also you have to keep in mind that the batteries in the UPS will wear out in a few years, so you will have to allow for that too.

I think generally anything up-to a 3KvA APC UPS will be fine with a 13A input, but above that you'll require a 16A or 32A supply.  Don't take my word for it though - but every 3KvA APC UPS I've installed came with a 16A C20 receptacle and appropriate 13A C19 plug.

If you go bigger, like the 8KvA SURT8000RMXLI you may need a 63A supply as it has a 32A hard-wired output AND several 16A and 13A outlets which can be used simultaneously.

Exactly, that it's what I was pointing out earlier, especially given the fact that these are Poe switches. Realistically you are not going to use the max wattage, unless you know that you are loading every port with something that draws the max output.

If you can, loading it up as recommended above us a great idea.

Posted to soon,

Everything being said, I still like to size it for close to the max draw, as long as budget isn't a huge issue. If your equipment craps out because it can't meet the load one day, no one is going to care that you saved a couple thousand.

Just use APC's sizing tool:

http://www.apc.com/tools/ups_selector/US/en/server/device

A no brainer.

Yup, already said that...

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28332172/UPS-Requirements-for-Cisco-Switch.html?anchorAnswerId=39791537#a39791537

be warned .. their sizing tool is well known for overestimating on the high side .... go figure, a manufacturer's tool designed to tell you how much product you need to buy ;)

I agree with that.

From experience I know that a SURTD3000RMXLI will give 15 mins runtime for two four-switch 2960S stacks with an average load.  If you tell the calculator that you want to be able to provide 15 mins runtime and have an extra 5% load capacity for expansion it will tell you that you need the same UPS for one stack only.

Thank You Guys for help.

I used the APC calculator I got the suggestion as attached.

4200 Watts
220 Volts
Wall Socket Ampere :     4200/220 = 20amps socket

8units

Please advise
APC-UPS.jpg

This is my final calculation



Switch Power Calculation

1 x WS-C3750X-24S-E =    350W
3  x WS-C3560X-48PF-S = 1100W

Total 4 switches =  3650 Watts

Input Voltage = 220V

Ampere = 25 Ampere Wall Socket


UPS Calculations for all floors


Watts = 4200Watts
6000 VA
230 Voltage
25 ampere  wall Socket.
Run Time = 15 -18 minutes
Rack Mounted

Please advise

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Hmmm I can run a fully-populated 6509-E chassis with 2x 4KW PSUs with a 6KvA UPS for nearly an hour.

The SURT6000RMXLI would easily do better than the one you posted and is £2k less.

http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=SURT6000RMXLI

Sir,

What is the spec difference between both ( my post and your post)

What will be the run time ?

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Run time for the one I posted is around 20 mins.  The one you posted is around 13 mins.

The major differences (I believe) is that the one you posted is a modular UPS which allows you to add a redundant unit as well as several power management PDUs, etc.

Hi

Just curious to know.

How do we you calculate the run time.

The calculator will tell you the run time based on what you tell it you're going to connect, and the associated load.

Do you have any specific calc or formula to calculate ?

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No - it's UPS specific.  It depends on the batteries installed in the UPS, among other things.  The manufacturer will build their values into the calculator.

What if I want to have redudant power supply on switches ?

Any changes in UPS specs and calc ?

they run in parallel, so while there will be a slight increase in load it won't be statistically significant.

Now this specs would be fine


Watts = 4200Watts
6000 VA
230 Voltage
25-30 ampere  wall Socket.
Run Time = 15 -18 minutes
Rack Mounted 2-3U

Just a last query, adding a second redudant PSU on switches will effect any load or UPS recaculation I have finalized to get UPS with following specs.

Watts = 4200Watts
6000 VA
230 Voltage
40 ampere circuit breaker.

Thanks

That looks good. For redundancy you will need double the amount of ups's. It will not change the load.

Hi Thanks,
What if I connect 2 PSU of each switch to 1 single UPS. ?

Don't. The idea is that you use 2 different power sources because UPSs can fail.

The load from the switch will be the same whether you have one PSU or 5 PSUs.

dlethe is right - If your switch has only two PSUs don't connect both supplies to the same UPS if you want redundancy.  You'd be better connecting one PSU direct to the mains for redundancy purposes.  At least this way you'd be protected by the UPS if the mains fails.  If you want to protect against fluctuations in power though you'd really want a second UPS.

If you have four PSUs you could connect two to one UPS though, as long as the other two PSUs connect to a different power source.

... and i HAVE seen them fail. I have also seen circuit breakers go in one of the power distribution strips. That is why rack designers use a strip on the left, and one on the right each with different input power cables.

So even if you HAVE to use the same UPS, it is still a good idea to run two cables to it, one for each power strip.

(When you power up a rack then their is a much higher load at the beginning, especially if you have a lot of disk drives, hence the probability of circuit breakers going).

Thank you guys for suggestions and big help. I would close the ticket soon assigning the appropriate points.

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