NetShelter SX 42U 600mm Wide x 1070mm Deep Enclosure without rear doors

[Anonymous user]

We are designing a new datacenter and need to know of any "gotch yas" for installing HP EVA 8100 hardware in these class of racks.

NetShelter SX 42U 600mm Wide x 1070mm Deep Enclosure without rear doors

Any help will be apreciated.

Kirk

[TheNotoriousKMP_apc]

http://electronics.ihs.com/collections/abstracts/eia-310.htm

[TheNotoriousKMP_apc]

Kirk,

What do you mean by "gotch yas". The rack is EIA 310-D compliant, so the hardware provided with the HP equipment should be compatible with the rack..

[Anonymous user]

Hence the term, gotch yas. Rear additional APC hardware that is unalterable.

Only to understand the fact that there are no PDU's or frame that will interfere with the rear components of the EVA (cab bus, copper FC cables, etc)

EIA 310-D compliant means what exactly?

Thanks Kirk

[BillP · Accepted solution]

Kirk,

There are indeed a couple of "gotchas" to look out for.
The EVA 8100 is offered from HP in a series 10000 G2 rack which is very similar in dimensions to the AR3100. However, HP tends to place the PDUs in the sides or bottom of the rack, APC does not. There are advantages and disadvantages to both.
If you're using APC high density PDUs; AP7867A for example, you will have interference problems between the PDUs and cables from the storage array. There are a few options; use a full height 12.5 kW PDU (AP7898, you may still have an issue at the breaker section), use 750mm wide racks (AR3150), or deep racks (AR3300).
In any case, I don't think there's any particular advantage to removing the rear doors.