Cisco 4x00 frame rails are the king - bend 'em and you'll be using a chisel to open the metal chassis so you can remove the NPs. I've still got a 4000 around here somewhere that was shuffled to lab duty after I did surgery on it with a large cold chisel & mallet. Matt wrote:
Hello all,
Was doing some upgrades on a UBR7246 (to a VXR), and I got to thinking about short sighted design considerations. I was curious if any of you had some pet peeves from a design perspective to rant about. I'll start with a couple.
1) Why did Cisco design the I/O controller on the 7246 with screws in the corner, which are very difficult to get at? And worse than that, why did they not include a cheap handle on the blank in this slot?
2) Why did Cisco not include side handles on the 12000 chassis? It's a heavy chassis, and I can imagine how many techs have thrown out their back moving that chassis around.
I've got a couple others in my head from 3Com and a couple of others, but I thought I'd get the ball rolling. So, what do you think?
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