[c-nsp] APC Cabinets - Cisco Gear

[Paul Stewart]

Hi there...

Looking for feedback from people who have mounted Cisco GSR and Cisco
6509 switches into Netshelter SX enclosures?  We're adapting the APC
enclosures as our standard and my biggest concern is around airflow on
the 6509 (the GSR is front to back so I'm hoping that's not a problem)
and also cable management for the 6509's.

Our 6509's have 3-4 48 port ethernet cards in them and currently the
cable strain and organization of them is a mess.... Somewhere I seen a
"cable trough" that hung out in front of the 6500's and took all the
cable stress... Anyone know of something like this?  I've tried a google
search and come up empty so far...  AND we need to be able to remove the
cards of course too in case of a card swap etc....

According to APC, airflow to the 6509 shouldn't be an issue because
there is enough space on the sides plus their fantrays on the top of the
cabinet really draw the air up quickly....

Any practical feedback is much appreciated.... This is our chance to
re-organize our cabling and I want to make sure we go at it the right
way..;)

Paul Stewart
Network Administrator
Nexicom Inc.
http://www.nexicom.net/