CHAPTER 5
Rack and Cabinet Requirements
Junos Pulse Gateway Rack Requirements
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Junos Pulse Gateway Rack Requirements on page 31
Junos Pulse Gateway Cabinet Requirements on page 32
Clearance Requirements for Airflow in and Hardware Maintenance of the Junos Pulse
Gateway on page 33
The Junos Pulse Gateway can be installed in a rack. Many types of racks are acceptable,
including front-mount racks and four-post (telco) racks.
Rack requirements pertain to:
Rack size
Mounting bracket hole spacing
Rack connection to the building structure
Table 20 on page 31
provides the rack size, clearance, and airflow requirements.
Table 20: Junos Pulse Gateway Rack Requirements
Rack
Requirement
Specification
Rack type
Use a two-post rack or a four-post rack. You can mount the Junos Pulse
gateway on any two-post or four-post rack that provides bracket holes or
hole patterns spaced at 1-U (1.75-in. or 4.45-cm) increments and that meets
the size and strength requirements to support the weight.
A U is the standard rack unit defined in Cabinets, Racks, Panels, and
Associated Equipment (document number EIA-310–D) published by the
Electronics Industry Association (
The rack must meet the strength requirements to support the weight of the
chassis.
Rack size
A 19-in. (48.3-cm) rack as defined in Cabinets, Racks, Panels, and Associated
Equipment (document number EIA-310-D) published by the Electronics
Industry Association (
http://www.eia.org
http://www.eia.org
).
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