Re: [cobalt-users] Mounting the RaQ3i

[J Kraft <jkraft@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I have found that 1U and 3U cases have the alignment problem while 2U and
4U cases don't.

Jay Kraft
Whiteboxsolutions.com

At 09:06 AM 07/18/2000 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi Paul,
>
>We too have noticed this problem with mounting many Raqs in a cabinet...
>What we tend to do is leave a 1-hole gap every 10 Raqs, which means we get
>40 Raqs per cab without too much difficulty.  It's still annoying, though
>;-)
>
>Regards,
>
>Mike Laheen
>Systems Administrator
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Paul Sherrard <psherrard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: Cobalt-Users <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 7:29 AM
>Subject: [cobalt-users] Mounting the RaQ3i
>
>
>> May sound like a silly question, but has anyone had difficulty mounting
>> these units?
>>
>> A RaQ3i is 45mm high, but 1 RU is only 44.5 mm.. when mounting a large
>> number of RaQ's, eventually the screw holes on the brackets and the holes
>on
>> the rack just don't line up.  These leads to a gap of between 3 and 5 mm
>> between the first few racks, expanding and making it impossible to mount
>> more as we go.  Am I just strange because I'm in Japan, or has anyone else
>> come across this?? Please help, I'm loading up 7 racks with servers, and
>> it's gotta look "perty".. heh heh..
>>
>> "Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible."
>>
>> Paul Sherrard
>> Future Media Network
>> Tokyo, Japan
>> tel. +81-3-5469-8911
>> fax. +81-3-5469-8910
>>
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