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Re: Rack rails on network equipment
From: Doug McIntyre <merlyn () geeks org>
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 14:49:53 -0500
On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 09:37:58AM -0700, Andrey Khomyakov wrote:
.... We selected Dell switches in part due to Dell using "quick rails'' (sometimes known as speed rails or toolless rails).
Hmm, I haven't had any of those on any of my Dell switches, but then again, I haven't bought in in awhile. You mention about hardware lockin, but I wouldn't trust Dell to not switch out the design on their "next-gen" product, when they buy from a different OEM, as they are want to do, changing from OEM to OEM for each new product line. At least that is their past behavior over many years in the past that I've been buying Dell switches for simple things. Perhaps they've changed their tune. For me, it really doesn't take all that much time to mount cage nuts and screw a switch into a rack. Its all pretty 2nd nature to me, look at holes to see the pattern, snap in all my cage nuts all at once and go. If you are talking rows of racks of build, it should be 2nd nature? Also, I hate 0U power, for that very reason, there's never room to move devices in and out of the rack if you do rear-mount networking.
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- Re: Rack rails on network equipment, (continued)
- Re: Rack rails on network equipment William Herrin (Sep 24)
- Re: Rack rails on network equipment Chris Adams (Sep 24)
- Re: Rack rails on network equipment Owen DeLong via NANOG (Sep 24)
- Re: Rack rails on network equipment Bryan Fields (Sep 24)
- Re: Rack rails on network equipment Sabri Berisha (Sep 25)
- Re: Rack rails on network equipment Mauricio Rodriguez via NANOG (Sep 24)
- Re: Rack rails on network equipment Randy Carpenter (Sep 24)
- Re: Rack rails on network equipment Lady Benjamin Cannon (Sep 26)
- Re: Rack rails on network equipment richey goldberg (Sep 24)
- RE: Rack rails on network equipment Kevin Menzel via NANOG (Sep 24)
- Re: Rack rails on network equipment Doug McIntyre (Sep 24)
- Re: Rack rails on network equipment Joe Greco (Sep 24)
- Re: Rack rails on network equipment George Herbert (Sep 24)
- Re: Rack rails on network equipment Joe Maimon (Sep 24)
- Re: Rack rails on network equipment Wayne Bouchard (Sep 24)
- Re: Rack rails on network equipment George Herbert (Sep 25)
- Re: Rack rails on network equipment Jay Hennigan (Sep 25)
- Re: Rack rails on network equipment Joe Greco (Sep 25)
- Re: Rack rails on network equipment William Allen Simpson (Sep 27)
- Re: Rack rails on network equipment Doug McIntyre (Sep 27)
- Re: Rack rails on network equipment George Herbert (Sep 25)