Cabinet And Rack Installation - Cisco MDS 9132T Installation Manual

Cabinet and Rack Installation

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Cabinet and Rack Requirements
This section provides the Cisco MDS 9000 Series switches requirements for the following types of cabinets
and racks in 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)
If you are selecting an enclosed cabinet, we recommend one of the thermally validated types listed above:
Note
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 types:
• Standard 19 in. four-post EIA cabinet or rack, with mounting posts that conform to English universal
• Standard two-post telco rack, with mounting posts 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).
• The width between the inside edges of the mounting posts must be at least 17.75 in. (45.1 cm). For
• The minimum rack load ratings per rack unit (RU) as listed in the following table.
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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.
four-post EIA racks, this is the distance between the two front posts.
C H A P T E R
Cisco MDS 9132T Fibre Channel Switch Hardware Installation Guide
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Requirements Specific to Perforated
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