New new rack
This is a 4 post DAMAC rackmount cabinet, 47U in height. Adjustable depth verticals, currently set for 29 inches. This unit bears serial number 008392. No model number is evident. Sides and doors are removed due to a lack of space.
This rack was purchased from the good folks at Genesis Electronics Recycling of Colorado.
Square holes, round holes, brackets and such
Got rack mount hardware (shelves or brackets) already set up with threaded screw holes? (Screws go through the rack's uprights into threaded holes in the rackmount hardware behind the uprights.) Want to put it in a square hole rack and still have things line up? Are the heads on your #10-32 machine screws small enough that they go right through the rack? Here's what I've done:
- Acquire (2) 3/8 inch outer diameter nylon flat washers for each hole
- Acquire (1) 7/16 or 1/2 inch outer diameter metal flat washer for each hole
- Place metal flat washer on screw
- Place nylon flat washers on screw
- Attach screw, guiding nylon washers into square holes on rack uprights
- Enjoy the well aligned, secure connection between the rack and shelf/brackets
My local Lowes store carried everything to make this work, mounting the round hole Dell rails in the square hole DAMAC rack.
Parts list:
- #10 nylon washers, .375 (3/8) inch outer diameter, 2 for each hole (32 total to mount two sets of rails)
- #10 metal flat washer, 1 for each hole (16 total to mount two sets of rails)
- Dell rackmount rails for PowerEdge 2650 and PowerEdge 2850
- #10-32 screws for Dell rails, APC 2U UPS rackmount kits, and possibly others
Rack contents
| elevation | front/rear | make and model | serial number | hostname | notes |
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| 47 | rear | Nortel Networks ERS 5520-48T-PWR | LBNNTMJPT407M0 | theuppernortelswitch
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| 46 | rear | Ortronics cable organizer | OR-FCM-19-1XL or something similar | ||
| 45 | rear | Nortel Networks ERS 5520-48T-PWR | ??? | thelowernortelswitch
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| 47-45 | front | Ortronics 3U shelf, 12 inches deep | Currently contains a power strip (attached to UPS at bottom of rack), two external USB hard drives, and the cable modem. | ||
| 44 | rear | Qlogic SANbox 2 | S04080008 | thefcswitch
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| 43 | front/rear | SilverStorm 9024 (9024-CU24-ST2) | 00000242 | theibswitch
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I move bits around really fast |
| 42 | front/rear | shelf | The FC switch at elevation 44 sits atop the Infiniband switch at elevation 43, which sits on this shelf. | ||
| 41 | sacredchao |
Removed June 2017 | |||
| 39-36 | front/rear | Dell PowerVault TL4000 | 9PX73C1 | superawesometapelibrary
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Just about perfect. 48 slots in 4U. Will take modern drives. (LTO3 - LTO6) No FibreChannel connectivity at this point. |
| 35 | rear | APC Masterswitch AP9210 | WA9913001274 | Horizontally mounted, network attached rackmount PDU | |
| 35-33 | front/rear | NetApp DS14mk2 AT | SHU766030006BF3 | FibreChannel shelf ID 1 | |
| 32-30 | front/rear | NetApp DS14mk2 AT | SHU444430001DBA | FibreChannel shelf ID 2 | |
| 29 | front/rear | Sun SunFire X4170 | 0919XF5044 | snowman-0
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Future OpenStack server (see SNOWMAN) |
| 28 | front/rear | Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 | BEL0830XPO | the-answer
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| 26 | front/rear | Sun SunFire X4170 | 1004X510D | snowman-1
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Future OpenStack server (see SNOWMAN) |
| 25 | front/rear | Sun SunFire X4170 | 0926XF5044 | snowman-2
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Future OpenStack server (no RAM or CPU at present) (see SNOWMAN) |
| 23 | front/rear | HP Proliant SE316M1 | Future Ceph cluster node | ||
| 22 | front/rear | HP Proliant SE316M1 | Future Ceph cluster node | ||
| 19 | front/rear | Dell PowerEdge 1950 | 1G5RMF1 | gulik
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| 16 | front/rear | IBM x330 (8674-11X) | 78-GR473 | hungmung
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Serial number found on sticker on bottom of case |
| 14 | front/rear | LeftHand Networks NSM100 | 1F01300240312 | 1U iSCSI storage appliance | |
| 13 | front/rear | Sun SunFire V210 | FM33910143 | bitemelarry
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1U SPARC system |
| 12 | front/rear | Sun SunFire X4100 | 0552AM1984 | ||
| 10 | front/rear | Apple Xserve G5/2.3 DP (PCI-X) | QP5260YBSLZ | kallisti
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1U two socket PowerPC Mac server |
| 9-8 | front/rear | HP 9000 A500 (rp2470) | USR4304CDC | billanddave
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2U PA-RISC server |
| 2-1 | front/rear | APC SmartUPS 1400 | AS0243110956 | keepsmegoing
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