PDU Vertical Mounting

[Anonymous user]

Hi,

I am trying to vertically mount the 1u PDUs (e.g. AP7801). These apparently don't come with vertical mounting hardware. Anyone have any tips for brackets or hardware that would enable me to do this?

What I'm trying to accomplish is to get four 20amp PDUs vertically mounted in each rack. It looks like the AP7930, etc are too tall to stack one pair on top of another. How do other people get around this??? Why does APC make these units hog up the whole height of the rack when with today's equipment it will only be able to server a few servers?

Thanks

[Anonymous user]

That requires the use of both sides of the cabinet (2 strips on one side, 2 on the other). Was looking to keep one side free for network cables, etc.

Just seemed to me that at least four PDUs would be necessary for a rack with any significant number of servers. And I imagine other folks as well would want it on one side. Someone must be doing it with some kind of mounting bracket.....

Thanks

[TheNotoriousKMP_apc]

I understand the concern regarding the power draw, but ideally, you're not going to use 42 or 48U worth of rack space to populate with servers. Therefore, you would ideally use some of the space for either blanking panels, or small powered networking equipment. Also, if you're vertically racking the 1U, you're going to have the PDU pertrude out from the side wall of the rear of the rack.

[Anonymous user · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I am trying to vertically mount the 1u PDUs (e.g. AP7801). These apparently don't come with vertical mounting hardware. Anyone have any tips for brackets or hardware that would enable me to do this?

What I'm trying to accomplish is to get four 20amp PDUs vertically mounted in each rack. It looks like the AP7930, etc are too tall to stack one pair on top of another. How do other people get around this??? Why does APC make these units hog up the whole height of the rack when with today's equipment it will only be able to server a few servers?

Thanks