Re: Standard DC rack rail distance, front to back question

2023-04-27 Thread Doug McIntyre
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 > found

RE: Standard DC rack rail distance, front to back question

2023-04-27 Thread Warren Kumari
> > (204) 977-6824 or 1-800-430-6404 (MB only) > > https://www.merlin.mb.ca > > Chat with me on Teams > <https://teams.microsoft.com/l/chat/0/0?users=athomp...@merlin.mb.ca> > > > > > > *From:* NANOG *On Behalf > Of *Chuck Church > *Sent:* Thu

RE: Standard DC rack rail distance, front to back question

2023-04-27 Thread Adam Thompson
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 b

Re: Standard DC rack rail distance, front to back question

2023-04-27 Thread Randy Bush
> 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 b

Re: Standard DC rack rail distance, front to back question

2023-04-27 Thread Warren Kumari
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 co

Re: Standard DC rack rail distance, front to back question

2023-04-27 Thread Randy Bush
> "small mounting shelf" we use mounting shelves for all sorts of recalcitrant devices randy

Re: Standard DC rack rail distance, front to back question

2023-04-27 Thread Warren Kumari
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 th

RE: Standard DC rack rail distance, front to back question

2023-04-27 Thread Chuck Church
, 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

RE: Standard DC rack rail distance, front to back question

2023-04-27 Thread Travis Garrison
We have used these with great luck. Might be able to find some 1U rails instead of the standard 2U. https://www.amazon.com/APC-SU032A-4-Post-Rackmount-Rails/dp/B7L3MX Thanks Travis From: NANOG On Behalf Of Chuck Church Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2023 8:52 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: St

Re: Standard DC rack rail distance, front to back question

2023-04-27 Thread Mark Stevens
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, ther

Re: Standard DC rack rail distance, front to back question

2023-04-27 Thread Thomas Bellman
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 *cab

Re: Standard DC rack rail distance, front to back question

2023-04-27 Thread Dobbins, Roland via NANOG
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 experien

Re: Standard DC rack rail distance, front to back question

2023-04-27 Thread Chris Marget
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 sing

Re: Standard DC rack rail distance, front to back question

2023-04-27 Thread Mel Beckman
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.

Re: Standard DC rack rail distance, front to back question

2023-04-27 Thread Justin Wilson (Lists)
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&=&crid=EFCM0EZP8BMA&=&sprefix=navpoint+ra N