What is the MTBF of a Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switches?

ooroncoym · ‎12-15-2009

Hi,

The 4500 is a modular chassis, and each component has its specifications parameters, but how do I get the MTBF of the entire chasis.??

Thanks for your replay

Greetings

sachinraja · ‎12-15-2009

Hi Ooron

Cisco isnt giving the MTBF value of the 4500 in its datasheet.. it anyway has a very high MTBF value and with practical experiences i would say thats true... we have seen lots of switches UP for years without any issues.. since its modular, it also depends on what modules are inserted, vs the failure scenarios... Are you evaluating 4500's for the core of your network ?

Raj

vvasisth · ‎12-15-2009

Hi,

MTBF numbers are provided per PID . For the 4500 look here:

https://wwwin-tools.cisco.com/emco/analyticsadhoc/saw.dll?Dashboard&PortalPath=/shared/Hardware%20Quality%20Adhoc/_Portal/Field%20HW%20Product%20Quality&Page=MTBF%20look-up&ViewState=hi9ptvktnp9o4lsop42vj3t1gu&StateAction=NewPage

To determine actual system availability based on MTBF, you can use the SHARC tool:

http://www-mfg.cisco.com/hardware-quality/data/mtbf.shtml#tools

In any case, an MTBF value is used to determine the probability of failure of a component within a specified time period, 1 year etc.

Hope that helps.

regards,

Varun

sachinraja · ‎12-15-2009

Hi Varun

Thanks for the URLs..but are these internal to cisco ? I wasnt able to open both the web pages from internet... www-in ?? is there a public URL for getting the MTBFs ?

Regards

Raj

ooroncoym · ‎12-15-2009

Thanks Sachinraja / Vvasisth

Please, it´s posible post this link on a public website......

thanks for your reply