On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 09:51:36AM -0400, Chuck Church wrote:
> Hey all. Question about standard 4 post racks. We bought some that are
> adjustable. Unfortunately, the posts are very flimsy, as these are some
> fancy cabinets with spacing on the sides for vertical patch panels, etc. We
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> *From:* NANOG *On Behalf
> Of *Chuck Church
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nt: Thursday, April 27, 2023 10:36 AM
To: 'Mark Stevens' ; nanog@nanog.org
Subject: RE: Standard DC rack rail distance, front to back question
Hey all, sorry I did mean to say ASR1001 (an X model to be exact). The 4 post
mounting they show in a hardware mounting doc uses front and back ears,
> It's super annoying, and somewhat terrifying to be banging on a rack
> containing a bunch of spinning rust, but all too often it's necessary
we just moved a rack's content from the westin to komo plaza [0] and
only had one questionable drive. terrifying is the right word.
randy
[0] - we may
On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 2:21 PM, Randy Bush wrote:
> "small mounting shelf"
>
> we use mounting shelves for all sorts of recalcitrant devices
>
Yah, and for recalcitrant screws [0] , one of these:
https://amzn.to/41Z0YQq . It's super annoying, and somewhat terrifying to
be banging on a rack
> "small mounting shelf"
we use mounting shelves for all sorts of recalcitrant devices
randy
A bunch of devices (eg Juniper MX240) come with a "small mounting shelf" —
see Figure1, Figure 2 at
https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/hardware/mx240/topics/topic-map/mx240-installing-the-router.html#id-installing-the-mx240-router-mounting-hardware-for-a-rack-or-cabinet
Their theory is
,
Checkpoint, and others co-habiting.
Chuck
From: NANOG On Behalf Of Mark
Stevens
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2023 11:17 AM
To: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Re: Standard DC rack rail distance, front to back question
Lucky you with a 19" data rack. All I have are 23" telco racks but I will sa
: Standard DC rack rail distance, front to back question
Hey all. Question about standard 4 post racks. We bought some that are
adjustable. Unfortunately, the posts are very flimsy, as these are some fancy
cabinets with spacing on the sides for vertical patch panels, etc. We found
that 2 post
Lucky you with a 19" data rack. All I have are 23" telco racks but I
will say, the 23" extension ears from Cisco are serious and my router
chassis' don't sag.
Mark
On 4/27/2023 10:04 AM, Chris Marget wrote:
On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 9:53 AM Chuck Church
wrote:
for a Cisco ASA1001,
On 2023-04-27 16:05, Dobbins, Roland via NANOG wrote:
> There isn’t a standard for rack depth, AFAIK, but one typically sees
> anywhere from 27in/69cm – 50in/127cm, in my experience. 42in/106.7cm
> & 48in/122cm are quite common depth dimensions.
You are talking about the depth of the entire
On 27 Apr 2023, at 20:51, Chuck Church
mailto:chuckchu...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Is there a ‘standard’ distance between front and back rails that devices
usually adhere to?
There isn’t a standard for rack depth, AFAIK, but one typically sees anywhere
from 27in/69cm – 50in/127cm, in my
On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 9:53 AM Chuck Church wrote:
> for a Cisco ASA1001, there aren’t rails, but rather front and back ‘ears’
> you use to hit both front and back posts.
>
Front *and* back ears? I'm not sure what an ASA 1001 is (ASR?) but my
experience with these boxes is that they have a
We use shelves rather than hanging all the weight of racked gear on the ears.
That rarely works well, but a 4-post shelf for every half-dozen or so devices
works wonderfully. These shelves are usually quite adjustable.
-mel beckman
On Apr 27, 2023, at 6:54 AM, Chuck Church wrote:
Hey all.
I have not seen a standard on cabinets. I have gear in a wide variety of
racks. Some of are real shallow. Some are deep. I use these to generically
solve the sagging issue.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XXDJASY?ref=nb_sb_ss_w_as-reorder-t1_k1_1_11==EFCM0EZP8BMA==navpoint+ra
NavePoint
Hey all. Question about standard 4 post racks. We bought some that are
adjustable. Unfortunately, the posts are very flimsy, as these are some
fancy cabinets with spacing on the sides for vertical patch panels, etc. We
found that 2 post mounting of most Cisco devices (namely Cat 9500 1RU
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