Rack Rails for Cisco BE6000M servers
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Anyone know where I can get some rails for these servers that will work in a 2 post rack (with some 4 post adapters), the included rails are too thick and hit the posts. I could jam them in, but that'd cause them to bow out and obviously won't work.
Never had this issue with my HP servers, or any of my dell servers.Thanks in advanced!
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@jrc said in Rack Rails for Cisco BE6000M servers:
Never had this issue with my HP servers, or any of my dell servers.Thanks in advanced!
Welcome to the Cisco world.
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@scottalanmiller said in Rack Rails for Cisco BE6000M servers:
@jrc said in Rack Rails for Cisco BE6000M servers:
Never had this issue with my HP servers, or any of my dell servers.Thanks in advanced!
Welcome to the Cisco world.
Great.... What really ticks me off is that the VAR was in our MDF, saw the racks and never said a thing. But I suppose I should not be too surprised, there are a few other issues that have cropped up that could have been avoided with a slightly more detailed visit to our MDF (they refused to send someone out for a visual).
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Check and see if this is a SuperMicro server. It looks like it might be.
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@coliver said in Rack Rails for Cisco BE6000M servers:
Check and see if this is a SuperMicro server. It looks like it might be.
O, that's a good idea. Any idea how I could confirm this?
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@jrc said in Rack Rails for Cisco BE6000M servers:
@coliver said in Rack Rails for Cisco BE6000M servers:
Check and see if this is a SuperMicro server. It looks like it might be.
O, that's a good idea. Any idea how I could confirm this?
Nope :(. It looks like one but you can never be sure.
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I think eyeballing might be the only option.
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@scottalanmiller said in Rack Rails for Cisco BE6000M servers:
I think eyeballing might be the only option.
This may be a stupid question, but how would you recommend I do that?
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@jrc said in Rack Rails for Cisco BE6000M servers:
@scottalanmiller said in Rack Rails for Cisco BE6000M servers:
I think eyeballing might be the only option.
This may be a stupid question, but how would you recommend I do that?
Take some pictures of the thing and show us, maybe?
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@travisdh1 said in Rack Rails for Cisco BE6000M servers:
@jrc said in Rack Rails for Cisco BE6000M servers:
@scottalanmiller said in Rack Rails for Cisco BE6000M servers:
I think eyeballing might be the only option.
This may be a stupid question, but how would you recommend I do that?
Take some pictures of the thing and show us, maybe?
Well there you go again, with your exceptionally reasonable and well thought out suggestions....
I'll see if I can grab some decent pictures later this afternoon. The servers are in production, sitting on the floor in the bottom of the rack, so it may be a bit tricky. I'll also see if I can grab some measurements while I am at it (stud separation distance).
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Deep rack shelf -> place server onto shelf -> Profit!
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@RojoLoco said in Rack Rails for Cisco BE6000M servers:
Deep rack shelf -> place server onto shelf -> Profit!
Earthy quake... server crashes and burns on the floor, or kills admin the room at the time -> Loss and Lawsuite!
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@jrc said in Rack Rails for Cisco BE6000M servers:
@RojoLoco said in Rack Rails for Cisco BE6000M servers:
Deep rack shelf -> place server onto shelf -> Profit!
Earthy quake... server crashes and burns on the floor, or kills admin the room at the time -> Loss and Lawsuite!
JB Weld will stop all that nonsense.
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@RojoLoco said in Rack Rails for Cisco BE6000M servers:
@jrc said in Rack Rails for Cisco BE6000M servers:
@RojoLoco said in Rack Rails for Cisco BE6000M servers:
Deep rack shelf -> place server onto shelf -> Profit!
Earthy quake... server crashes and burns on the floor, or kills admin the room at the time -> Loss and Lawsuite!
JB Weld will stop all that nonsense.
Can confirm, everything in my apartment is JB'd to a wall, floor or ceiling. (joking, though only about JB weld... we prefer screws)
Link to our annual "you're all going to die" article when there's a little 5.0 quake
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-due-for-mega-earthquake-along-coast-1.1381733 -
Ran into the same issue. Ended up just buying a shelf.
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@jrc said in Rack Rails for Cisco BE6000M servers:
@scottalanmiller said in Rack Rails for Cisco BE6000M servers:
I think eyeballing might be the only option.
This may be a stupid question, but how would you recommend I do that?
Pictures is about all that you can do.
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Pictures would be nice. You can get a deep shelf and use some plastic/metal strapping from a hardware store to keep it in place. Won't look the prettiest but I've see that strapping do some amazing things.
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Ok, let's see if this works....
The images are here
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@jrc said in Rack Rails for Cisco BE6000M servers:
Ok, let's see if this works....
The images are here
I'm tempted to say a generic fixed rail set would work. It looks awfully similar to a SuperMicro server. No warranties or anything on this statement of course.
