Cisco Meraki customers criticize the hardware design of G2 series routers and MS130 switches for relying on external power bricks without retention clips instead of internal or redundant power...

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        "author": "WasteBuffalos",
        "excerpt": "I am with you here, I really don't like the external power bricks on the G2 routers (MX or regular) and similar the power bricks on the MS130's as well. But from my conversations with the product teams it came down too, hot swap PSU are very expensive compared to bricks, and single internal PSU's will fail, and require a total swap out and RMA of the device, so they settled on external bricks that",
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        "excerpt": "With our mx68w's we went with a rack shelf with space to hold the PSU also, but as they are not HA if a brick fails it's no big deal to swap it out.",
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        "author": "gKostopoulos",
        "excerpt": "Also no clip on the PSU DC in on the router and it’s looooooooooose as!\n\n How is there no pull clip for prevention!",
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      "[comment u/WasteBuffalos] I am with you here, I really don't like the external power bricks on the G2 routers (MX or regular) and similar the power bricks on the MS130's as well.",
      "[comment u/gKostopoulos] Also no clip on the PSU DC in on the router and it’s looooooooooose as! \n\nHow is there no pull clip for prevention!"
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    "post_text": "C8355-G2-MX\n\nEverything desired but the power bricks.\n\nFor an inherited sort depth 6u wallmount rack you cannot reach behind it might make sense.\n\nC8375-E-G2\n\nRear slot swappable redundant power supplies.\n\nWish there was an C8375-E-G2-MX variant.\n\nC8455-G2-MX\n\nOverkill\n\nWhen you go to create a new network there is that mx vs ios xe selector (cannot be changed later). Anyone running non -MX?\n\nGuess trying out a C8235-E-G2 (with one IEC AC power connector & dc brick backup) vs C8235-G2-MX would be a slightly cheaper test.\n\nnonexistent C8235-E-G2-MX",
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