[c-nsp] APC Cabinets - Cisco Gear

[Brant I. Stevens]

A piece of advice...  Run the cables from the right side of the chassis...
If you've ever had to replace a fan tray and schedule downtime (and patch
and unpatch) for a chassis full of servers, you'll understand...


On 8/8/06 6:38 PM, "Paul Stewart" <pstewart at nexicomgroup.net> wrote:

> Vijay... Wasn't exactly what we were looking for..
> 
> Jermey.. That'll work!  I'll contact them tomorrow...;)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Paul
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Jeremy Stinson
> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 5:56 PM
> To: cisco-nsp
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] APC Cabinets - Cisco Gear
> 
> We have had great success ordering these from our supplier. We bring 24
> cables from each side of the cabinet and it allows us to have great
> control over how the cables looks in front of the switches. Makes them
> look really cool. I have pics of them in use if you want to see them.
> 
> http://www.btx.com/ItemForm.aspx?item=RK-LBP1R4&Category=4f1c1a50-49fc-4
> b43-8520-ff26a81c9718
> 
> Jeremy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vijay Ramcharan" <vramcharan at totality.com>
> To: "Paul Stewart" <pstewart at nexicomgroup.net>; "cisco-nsp"
> <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 4:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] APC Cabinets - Cisco Gear
> 
> 
>> Is this the shelf you're looking for?
>> I imagine it could work to put in front of the switch blades.
>> http://blackbox.com/Catalog/Detail.aspx?cid=45,645,1397&mid=1344
>> 
>> Vijay Ramcharan
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
>> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Paul Stewart
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 9:37 AM
>> To: cisco-nsp
>> Subject: [c-nsp] APC Cabinets - Cisco Gear
>> 
>> 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/
>> 
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