On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 07:09:48PM +0300, Nitzan Tzelniker wrote:
> We tried to flip the sides of rails in QFX5120 and it cause two problems
> that prevent us from keeping it this way
> 1. The switch was 2 cm from the rear post line
> 2. The switch vibrate as you can see in the video
>
We tried to flip the sides of rails in QFX5120 and it cause two problems
that prevent us from keeping it this way
1. The switch was 2 cm from the rear post line
2. The switch vibrate as you can see in the video
https://photos.app.goo.gl/WQwcE9vcPjSiEi9N9
Nitzan
On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 6:54 PM
* Cummings, Chris
> Now that you say that, I think you're right. I am referring specifically to
> the EX4650 and they are the cheesy type where the rear half of the rail stays
> screwed in to the rack and the front half of the rail is attached to the
> switch. I assume it is the same on the
On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 05:27:44PM +0200, Tore Anderson wrote:
> * Chuck Anderson
>
> > The point is that the switches need to be removable without empty
> > space above/below, and ideally from the rear side of the rack. By
> > having extending/sliding rails, you can lift out or drop in the
Now that you say that, I think you're right. I am referring specifically to the
EX4650 and they are the cheesy type where the rear half of the rail stays
screwed in to the rack and the front half of the rail is attached to the
switch. I assume it is the same on the QFX since they are very
On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 03:15:54PM +, Cummings, Chris wrote:
> Juniper's ToR switches have slide in rails. They are a bit frustrating
> compared to Dell easy rails, but they do the trick.
You can slide the switch in/out while attached securely to the rails? That is
news to me and my QFX5k
* Chuck Anderson
> The point is that the switches need to be removable without empty
> space above/below, and ideally from the rear side of the rack. By
> having extending/sliding rails, you can lift out or drop in the switch
> after you slide it out. Then you can remove the rails.
>
> With
I've been asking manufacturers for proper server-like slide-rails for
their switches for years. Now they've started making the switches as
deep or even deeper than servers, but they still use the same old rack
ear mounting method.
The Arista 4 post rack kits are pretty good. Toolless as
On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 10:09:25AM -0500, Chris Adams wrote:
> Once upon a time, Chuck Anderson said:
> > I've been asking manufacturers for proper server-like slide-rails for their
> > switches for years. Now they've started making the switches as deep or
> > even deeper than servers, but
Once upon a time, Chuck Anderson said:
> I've been asking manufacturers for proper server-like slide-rails for their
> switches for years. Now they've started making the switches as deep or even
> deeper than servers, but they still use the same old rack ear mounting method.
Maybe it's
On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 04:18:18PM +0200, Tore Anderson wrote:
> When a rack has been filled up, removal/insertion through the rear will often
> be essentially impossible due to cables, vertical PDUs and stuff like that
> that gets in the way.
>
> Explained in pictures here:
>
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