It looks like they got dropped in transit. I've seen 1/2U's look like this before. I presume they work OK?
-- Ian -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hunter Fuller Sent: 16 January 2015 17:57 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco 8510 Controllers Wow. That's, uh... That's a new one on me. Best of luck... -- Hunter Fuller Network Engineer VBRH M-9B +1 256 824 5331 Office of Information Technology The University of Alabama in Huntsville Systems and Infrastructure I am part of the UAH Safe Zone LGBTQIA support network: http://www.uah.edu/student-affairs/safe-zone On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 11:54 AM, Williams, Matthew <[email protected]> wrote: > No, we installed them in a 4 post rack. > > > > Respectfully, > > > > Matthew Williams > > IT Manager, Wireless > > Kent State University > > Office: (330) 672-7246 > > Mobile: (330) 469-0445 > > > > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Young > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2015 11:15 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco 8510 Controllers > > > > Hello William, > > > > Did you have to install the 8510s into a two post rack? > > > > One solution we deployed for a similar issue was to deploy a 2 post to 4 > post conversion kit. This required that we place a second rack a couple of > feet behind the original rack and then installed the conversion kit > parts to join the two racks together as one unit. We could then > co-locate the handful of 4 post devices in the same rack as the 2 post > network equipment. > > > > One vendor of this type of 2 port to 4 post conversion kit is Kendall > Howard. We used their 4-Piece Rack Conversion Kit SKU: 1927-3-004-00 > > > > http://www.kendallhoward.com/4-Piece-Rack-Conversion-Kit.html > > > > Hope this helps, > > > > Jim Young > > Network Engineer > > Georgia State University > > Atlanta, GA 30303 > > office: 404-413-4452 > > mobile: 678-613-5514 > > email: [email protected] > > > > > > > > From: <Williams>, Matthew <[email protected]> > Reply-To: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, January 16, 2015 10:43 AM > To: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco 8510 Controllers > > > > Good morning all, > > > > We’ve got 8 Cisco 8510 controllers that we are getting ready to deploy > and we’ve run into a very strange issue. The 8510 controller is a 1 > RU server-like form factor that requires a 4—post rack. > > > > We’ve racked 4 of them and all 4 of them are literally bowing at the > join between the “board” and power supplies. Has anyone else with > 8500s seen this? > > > > Respectfully, > > > > Matthew Williams > > IT Manager, Wireless > > Kent State University > > Office: (330) 672-7246 > > Mobile: (330) 469-0445 > > > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this > EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this > EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this > EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
