[afnog] JUNIPER EX2200 PoE problem giving power to devices!

[Kweku Folson]

HEI - Higher Education Institution? (random guess)

Regards,

Kweku

> On 28 Apr 2015, at 13:03, Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu> wrote:
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>> On 28/Apr/15 14:51, Seun Ojedeji wrote:
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>> Fortunately as an HEI,
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> What is HEI?
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>> i won't have reason to be competing ;-). Standard is known, but reality on ground is usually a factor to some organisation (especially non-ISPs). In a typical HEI in our region, most back-ups are actually devices in use in less density/critical areas, so a failure at a critical zone could mean a temporary(or permanent) outage at the less critical regions ;-)
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> Budget allowing, most service providers deploy in two's. So cold standbys are a luxury in most businesses.
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>> While an ISP engineer would not worry about doing a gear swap from its inventory, a typical HEI engineer would wonder if the present could at least serve pending the replacement approval/procurement of a new one. However as activities in institutions become more technology driven, justifications to have more flexibility in backup inventory would occur and an HEI engineer will be glad.
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> Networks are networks.
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> A router does not care whether it's being used in an ISP, enterprise, fast food shop or car wash facility. Networks are networks.
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> Of course, there are commercial realities with running networks, and I do not discount that. All I am saying is that if you do not plan for failure within the constraints of your budget and the needs of your users, you're setting yourself up.
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> Doing nothing in the case of failure - and hoping for the best - is also a strategy. Some may argue it's not a very good one, though...
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> Mark.
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