Re: Slot overkill in PM3

Tom Samplonius (tom@sdf.com)
Thu, 10 Jul 1997 11:24:28 -0700 (PDT)

On Thu, 10 Jul 1997, Chris Magnuson wrote:

> Otay, I have a question about the PM3. It has 6 slots and can house up to
> 60 modems. Of course, you can only get a max of 48 modems in there fully
> utilized because of the fact that 2 chan. T1 lines gives your 48 dialins.
>
> So why all that extra capacity? Would you really need to have 12 extra
> modems in the chassis for getting stuck (if that ever happens) or if they
> go bad? This really seems like overkill.
>
> I'm filling our PM3's with 8-modem cards, but thought I'd ask about this.
> What would make you want to use the 10-modem cards? Are there some planned
> upgrades happening soon that will make 10-modem cards the easy choise to
> free more slots for other things? If so, what?
>
> Any info appreciated before I lease a ton of new 8-modem cards.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris Magnuson
>

As has been mentioned is this list MANY times for MONTHS, other card
types are planned, and that (4 x 10) + (1 x 8) card setup is recommended,
leaving one free slot.

Tom