Cisco Nexus 7000 Hardware Installation And Reference Manual page 390

Chassis Clearances
6 Air intake from cold aisle for the supervisor,
fabric, and I/O modules
7 Air exhaust to hot aisle for power supplies
8 Air exhaust to hot aisle for the supervisor,
fabric, and I/O modules
For two-post rack installations with center-mount brackets, the chassis requires the following clearances
(see Figure
Front clearance of 37 inches (94.0 cm) for both of the following:
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Note
Rear clearance of 26 inches (66.0 cm) behind the chassis for cable management and for replacing
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the fan modules and power supplies.
Side clearance of 11 inches (27.9 cm) for airflow on each side of the chassis.
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Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Hardware Installation and Reference Guide
A-30
A-19):
Cabling area of 13.5 inches (34.3 cm) between the front of the posts (posts are 6 inches (15.2
cm) behind the front of the chassis)
Maintenance area of 26 inches (66.0 cm) in front of the cabling area for installing the chassis
and replacing modules.
You might need to increase the maintenance area to accommodate a wide mechanical lift
used to move the chassis to or from the rack.
Appendix A
14 Chassis depth
15 Clearance required between the front of the
chassis and edge of cold aisle for the cable
management frames and the optional front
doors
16 Front clearance required for installing the
chassis and replacing the modules
Technical Specifications
OL-23069-07