Cisco Nexus 9504 Hardware Installation Manual page 26

Clearance Requirements
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7
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Cisco Nexus 9504 ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide
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Cabinet (optional) 11
Air intake from the cold 12
aisle for all modules and
power supplies
Air exhaust to the hot 13
aisle for all modules and
power supplies
No left-side clearance 14
required (no airflow on
the left side).
Chassis width 15
No right-side clearance
required (no airflow on
the right side).
Preparing the Site
Chassis depth
Recommended clearance
for cable management and
ejector handles on line
cards (6 inches [15.24 cm]
recommended for optimal
airflow) when using
cabinet doors
Clearance required for
installing the chassis and
replacing line cards
Width of the chassis plus
vertical mounting brackets
on each side
Side clearance, that is
required for older line
card handle rotation (not
required for the current
line cards which have
handles that rotate
differently).