[c-nsp] APC Cabinets with SIde Air Distribution

[Joe Freeman]

Down here in Louisiana, I've had great success with the Might Mo racks from
Ortronics. I use the one with the 16.25" deep channel on each side. What's
really neat about these is that the rack mount shelves that ship with the
6500's exactly fit these racks, so that you can screw down all four corners.

The rack is capable of 19" or 23" width - just by choosing which set of
mounting holes you use to put it together. In the 19" configuration there's
still at least 2.5" of air space on either side of the switch, with the
sides of the rack acting as air baffles.

I've used these racks both in the data center, in a forced air environment,
and in CO's in ambient air environments with no troubles. The last install I
did was two racks with a 7609, a 6513, and several 3750's in each.

Joe

On 6/1/07, Rick Martin <rick.martin at arkansas.gov> wrote:
>
>
> We are in the process of a hardware refresh on our core network which
> will see about 10 Catalyst 6500's replace existing 6006's and older
> 6509's. All will have either Sup 720 or Sup 32. Hardware has been
> ordered and is arriving daily.
>
> 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. With
> our current configuration we have cabinets with an outside measurement
> of 22" which leaves very little room for air flow on the sides, shortly
> after installing this equipment in 1999 we wound up removing the sides
> of all cabinets. Of course this resulted in the exhaust from one switch
> being drawn in the intake of the next.
>
> We want to fix this situation with this hardware refresh project and
> have been looking at the APC 29" wide cabinet (PN AR3150) with APC's
> Side Air Distribution Fan (PN ACF201BLK).
>
>   Can anybody comment on this setup? Or perhaps offer different/better
> solutions for air flow management?
>
> Thanks for your comments, and or advice.
>
> Rick Martin
> Network Engineering Team Lead
> State of Arkansas, Department of Information Systems
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