On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Serge Vautour <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Has anyone ever rack mounted an MX80 or a similar sized router at an angle > before? Any reason why this isn't a good idea? Could it have an impact on the > electrical components? > > We've run into alot of COs where we could save money by installing them at an > angle. Existing racks aren't big enough and we've had to buy complete new > racks which drives up the costs. Our guys have found angled brackets that > would work.
I can't say for sure, though I bet it would be ok. However, this may qualify as one of the more hilarious mountings imaginable. Take some photos of the end result, if you can share. :P Some hardware configurations run hotter than others. Maxing out on 10 GigE ports will make more heat than the 48-port GigE fixed configuration, for example. One thing I might intuit would be to mount the hot exhaust pointing up, so you're not fighting the hot air wanting to rise against the cool (though the fans are pushing enough air, I bet it doesn't matter that much). Though in all the configurations I've seen, there's been mostly side-to-side airflow, so it may not matter here. Cheers, jof _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
