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

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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.

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

Cisco MDS 9396S Multilayer Fabric Switch Hardware Installation Guide

Requirements Specific to Perforated

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