Right, right, I’m trying to make this a little less ghetto than usual, lol!
I bought a different cabinet design from DDB and didn’t realize it was actually smaller. So trying to shove these large switches in there, along with raceways and cable management has been a challenge. Everything does fit, but just couldn’t get the switches to attach to the rack posts that far back. Standoffs are too wide in this case. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 10:29 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw But they make velcro, zipties, duct tape and hotmelt glue for that! From: Sterling Jacobson<mailto:sterl...@avative.net> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 11:14 AM To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw Oh, no, I think not. I already have them stacked on a mounted shelf in the rack. This is just to fix them in place. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of That One Guy /sarcasm Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 9:26 AM To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw would something as small as 10-32 at 6 inches support the weigt without bending at the thread? On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 10:52 PM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com<mailto:af...@kwisp.com>> wrote: I think even here in the US, square holes and M6 cage nuts and screws are pretty much standard. At least in data centers. Telco might still use 12-24. From: Eric Kuhnke<mailto:eric.kuh...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:45 PM To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw I've seen lots of M6 in the stuff from China, and of course 12-24 and 10-32 from US sources... But never M5. On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 7:41 PM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com<mailto:af...@kwisp.com>> wrote: Rack screw can be 10-32, 12-24, M5, M6. And rack rail can be threaded, round hole, square hole. Too many options. -----Original Message----- From: Cassidy B. Larson Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:24 PM To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw I know on Cisco switches you could turn the ears around and the holes would line up so you’d get more switch in front of the rails. On Mar 29, 2016, at 8:22 PM, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net<mailto:sterl...@avative.net>> wrote: That's a good idea. If there are not holes, is there a small screw type that is short and self-tapping? Not sure the best way to mount the ears if the holes for the ears don't exist on the switch. -----Original Message----- From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com<mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com>] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 8:10 PM To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw Add mounting ears farther back on the switch. -----Original Message----- From: Sterling Jacobson Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 7:57 PM To: 'af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com>' Subject: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw This is really specific; don't ask why I need it :) But I need a standard rack threaded screw that looks like a 6 to 7 inch long motherboard standoff screw. So it would stand a 1U switch forward from the 19" rack about 6-7 inches. I tried standard rack standoff modules, but the space is too limiting. -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
