[c-nsp] Nexus 7010 Racking

[Justin C. Darby]

These things are heavy - I know from experience. Get a mechanical lift 
or be prepared with 4-6 people to lift. I did not have a lift, and we 
got it installed safely, but in retrospect, I should have rented the lift.

Justin

Tim Stevenson wrote:
> At 06:30 AM 5/22/2009, Ash Net noted:
>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> We're looking to Rack the 7010's and it seems that both front mount
>> and rail mount racking options are available.
>
> Not quite. N7K requires *both* the front-mounted L brackets (or 
> "ears") *and* the bottom mounted rails, in a 4-post rack.
>
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/hw/nexus7000/installation/guide/n7k_installation_7010.html 
>
>
>
> More details on site requirements here:
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/hw/nexus7000/site_prep/guide/siteprep_rack.html 
>
>
>
> HTH,
> Tim
>
>> Does anybody have experience in rail mount racking of the 7k chassis
>> in the DC. Any details in relation to the cabinet types used and rail
>> mount parts list as well as experiences with such racking would be
>> great.
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> -- 
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> Tim Stevenson, tstevens at cisco.com
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