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: > https://www.redpill-linpro.com/techblog/2019/08/06/rack-switch-removal.html > > If someone knows of a generic rack mount kit for data centre switches that > allows for insertion/removal through the front of the rack, i.e. from/to the > cold aisle, I'd be very grateful.
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.
