CHAPTER 3
Cooling System and Airflow
Cooling System and Airflow in an OCX1100 Switches
Fan Modules
The cooling system in an OCX1100-48SX switch consists of four fan modules and a single
fan in each power supply. OCX1100 switches provide back-to-front airflow (air enters
through the vents on the rear panel of the switch chassis), indicated by the label
, or front-to-back (air exhausts through the vents on the rear panel of the switch
(AFI)
chassis), indicated by the label
power supplies installed in the switch.
This topic describes:
The OCX1100 switches fan modules are hot-insertable and hot-removable
field-replaceable units (FRUs).
All OCX1100-48SX switches are shipped with four fan modules preinstalled in the rear
panel of the switch. Each switch can accommodate four fan modules in the fan module
and each slot has a fan icon next to it.
Figure 9 on page 18
shows the fan module used in an OCX1100 switch:
-depending on the fan modules and
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