Technical Documentation

Power Requirements for DC-Powered SRX3400 Services Gateways

Note: If you plan to operate a maximally configured DC-powered services gateway, we recommend that you provision 30 A @ -48 VDC for the system.

If you do not plan to provision 30 A @ -48 VDC for the system, you can use the information in Table 1 and Table 2 to calculate the power consumption @ -48 VDC, and thermal output for various hardware configurations.

Table 1 lists the power requirements for base DC-powered devices operating under typical voltage conditions.

Table 1: DC-Powered Base System Requirements

DC Power Supply Configuration

Power Requirement, (Watts)

Nonredundant configuration includes DC power supply, midplane, SFB, Routing Engine, and fan tray.

288 W (approximate)

Redundant configuration includes two DC power supplies, midplane, SFB, Routing Engine, and fan tray.

310 W (approximate)

Note: The power requirement values shown in Table 1 are for a lightly loaded system. For a heavily loaded system, the contribution of the base system to the overall system power requirement is lower, because the power supply efficiency improves as the load increases. For a heavily loaded system, both the redundant and nonredundant base systems contribute approximately 288 W to the overall system power requirement.

Table 2 lists the power requirements for various hardware components when the services gateway is operating under typical voltage conditions.

Table 2: Component DC Power Requirements

Component

Power Requirement (Watts)

48V Input Power Requirement at 80% Power Supply Efficiency

Routing Engine

53 W

66 W

SPC

118 W

148 W

NPC

64 W

80 W

SCM

35 W

44 W

IOC (max)

40 W

50 W

IOC (min)

52 W

65 W

Use the information in Table 1 and Table 2 to calculate power consumption for various hardware configurations, input current from a different source voltage, and thermal output, as shown in the following examples. These examples use maximum values per IOC.

  • Minimum DC-powered configuration:
    Base device (nonredundant) + 1 SPC + 1 NPC =288 W + 148 W + 80W = 516 W @ -48 VDC = 10.7 A
  • Maximum DC-powered configuration:
    Base device (redundant) + 4 SPCs + 1 NPC + 1 SCM =288 W + 4(148) W + 80 W + 44 W = 288 W + 592 W + 80 W + 44 W = 1004 W @ -48 VDC = 20.9 A
  • Input current from a DC source other than -48 VDC (based on maximum configuration; applies to DC power supply only):
    (–54 VDC input) * (input current X) = (-48 VDC input) * (input current Y)54 * X = 48 * 20.9 AX = (48 * 20.9)/54 = 18.6 A
  • Thermal output for maximally configured DC-powered services gateway:
    Watts DC * 3.41 = BTU/hr1004 * 3.41 = 3424 BTU/hr

Published: 2010-04-20