Cabinet And Rack Installation; Cabinet And Rack Requirements; General Requirements For Cabinets And Racks - Cisco MDS 9396S Hardware Installation Manual

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Cabinet and Rack Installation

Cabinet and Rack Requirements

This section provides the Cisco MDS 9000 Family requirements for the following types of cabinets and racks,
assuming an external ambient air temperature range of 0 to 40°C:
• Standard perforated cabinets
• Solid-walled cabinets with a roof fan tray (bottom to top cooling)
• Standard open racks
• Telco racks
Note
If you are selecting an enclosed cabinet, we recommend one of the thermally validated types listed above:
standard perforated or solid-walled with a fan tray.

General Requirements for Cabinets and Racks

The cabinet or rack must be one of the following rack types:
• Standard 19 in. four-post EIA cabinet or rack, with mounting rails that conform to English universal
• Standard two-post telco rack, with mounting rails that conform to English universal hole spacing per
The cabinet or rack must also meet the following requirements:
• The minimum vertical rack space per chassis should be 1 RU (rack unit), equal to 1.75 in. (4.4 cm).
Cabinet and Rack Requirements, page 41
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Telco and EIA Shelf Bracket, page 43
hole spacing per section 1 of ANSI/EIA-310-D-1992. See the
Cabinets
and
Requirements Specific to Solid-Walled Cabinets
section 1 of ANSI/EIA-310-D-1992. See the
C H A P T E R
Requirements Specific to Telco Racks
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Requirements Specific to Perforated
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