Determining power draw on Catalyst 6513-E

Colin Higgins · ‎02-21-2017

I have 2 Cat 6513-E switches in a VSS configuration. Power redundancy mode is set to combined.

If I do a "show power switch 1" command, it tells me

system primary power used = 5142.90 Watts (122.45 Amps)

Is that the power draw for the power supplies only on switch 1, or is that the total aggregate power used by both switches?

Philip D'Ath · ‎02-21-2017

I don't know the answer. If you do a "show power switch 2" and get a different answer, then I think you can assume it is for that one switch only.

ps. It will be 12.245 A. 122A would be enough to do basic arc welding.

Colin Higgins · ‎02-22-2017

if I do a "show power switch 2" I get the exact same reading (5142.90), which seems strange.

There are a handful more devices on one of the switches, so I would assume the power draw would be different

gresggfdsgv54001 · ‎04-06-2021

The identical issue takes place with 10GE optics. I often exceed 10km with LR as you can see, and I frequently use ER optics on one side and LR optics on the other facet to stretch the loss finances even similarly.