[c-nsp] APC Cabinets with SIde Air Distribution

[Justin M. Streiner]

On Fri, 1 Jun 2007, Rick Martin wrote:

> I am interested in what others are doing to accommodate hot isle/cold
> isle configurations with the cold isle in the front of the cabinet? As
> most of you are aware the fan tray on the 6500 is on the left side
> drawing cool air in the left and expelling hot air out the right.

I believe the airflow in the non-NEBS 6509s is right to left.  The fan 
tray pulls the air through the chassis rather than pushing it - makes for 
better airflow.

I haven't used these specific cabinets, but in the past when I had gear 
that threw off a lot of heat, we rigged up some angled baffles between the 
cabinets to get the hot aisle/cold aisle arrangement and to keep the 
exhaust from one device from being drawing into devices in the adjacent 
cabinet.

jms