Re: rack rails

[Tore Anderson <tore () fud no>]

* David Funderburk

> 2 - Do you know of any universal rail kits for 1U, 2U and 3U servers, routers, switches that work well?  The brand 
> names are nice but expensive. Thought I'd explore some cheaper options first. We use a lot of MikroTik, HP, Dell and 
> some CISCO with a few other things here and there.

When it comes to network equipment meant for mounting in four-post data centre racks with PSU-to-port airflow, the 
included kits are usually anything but nice.

The problem is that they typically only allow for insertion/removal through the rear of the rack (unlike servers, which 
are almost exclusively mounted through the front of the rack).

When a rack has been filled up, removal/insertion through the rear will often be essentially impossible due to cables, 
vertical PDUs and stuff like that that gets in the way.

Explained in pictures here: https://www.redpill-linpro.com/techblog/2019/08/06/rack-switch-removal.html

If someone knows of a generic rack mount kit for data centre switches that allows for insertion/removal through the 
front of the rack, i.e. from/to the cold aisle, I'd be very grateful.

Best thing I've come up with so far is to use shelves, but that doubles the amount of rack units I need to use (1U 
switch sitting on top of a 1U shelf...)

Tore