Difference B/W Chassis and Fixed Line Switches at CORE LEVEL

Fixed Line Modular Chassis

Fixed line switches come with fixed Whereas in modular chassis as per our
Basic Diff. ports and we cannot manipulate them current scenario we are able to manipulate
at hardware level hardware level as per requirement

As per the fixed line switches we have whereas in modular chassis we can have
Port Density specific kind of line of ports available in variable port density in combination with
these switches line cards

As per the Fixed line switches we need

redundancy on 1st day of deployment to As per the current scenario we do have
be prepared for hardware failure and port level redundancy for line cards but not
Redundancy moreover we can get the double the as per chassis hardware
control plane by using these on High
availability

Whereas the chassis take specifically 10u of

These kind of switches(2u) need less the rack space as per our currnet scenario
Rack Space rack space in combination with port and according to the port density required
density and variability in capacity and variation of the density required

These switches consume less electricity In caspacity

chassis case taking into consideration the
Electricity of chassis they consume high
in comparison with chassis switches
Resources electricty units in comparison with fixed
which is a significant factor of usage line switches
 Whereas in chassis taking into
In fixed line of switches taking into the consideration its hardware
consideration less modularity and fixed complexity,modularity,list of parts along
Cost Factor line of ports with only redundant power with chassis i.e daughter cards,supervisor
supplies cost us less in comparison with engine and line cards will have a high cost
chassis in comparison.
 Conclusive
Remarks

We have to analyse our

requirement along with
future in mind

We can decide the port

density prior to the
purchase and can use
splitter cable as per
requirement

As per
recommendations we
should maintain
redundancy on all the
hardware level aspects
but mandatory at this
level as this the base for
the network foundation.

So,less rack space

occupation will be
beneficial for us.

There is significant
differnence in the power
consumption but still all
depends upon the
technology on which we
are relying to be
pursued and
implemented .
 So,while making
decision on cost factor
we must consider the
required modularity and
power redundancy if we
are going for fixed line of
switches