E5412 Rack Mounting

[sscotty]

Hi All,

Does anyone know if the standard rack mount kits that ship with a HP E5412 will support a fully loaded chassis - 12 x Ethernet modules and 4 PSUs? Is a rail kit available to provide additonal support?

Thanks,

[paulgear]

I can't speak for the 5412, but i wouldn't hesitate to fully-load a 5406 with the factory rails.  They are pretty solid and have good attachments.  I would hope that the 5412 wouldn't be any different.

[jguse]

Hello,

If the rack mount kit couldn't hold a fully-loaded 5412zl, it wouldn't be available for it. As for rails, those are usually for deploying the switch in a cabinet instead.

[John Gelten]

We have some of them operational for a few years now, at different customers sites. Some of them are almost filled with eth-modules, all of them have 4 PSUs. And we have always used those standard issued rackmount 'ears'. No issues so far.

[Richard Litchfield]

4-post rack-mount rail kit for zl chassis: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02593897&lang=en&cc=us&taskId=101&contentType=SupportFAQ&prodSeriesId=1827663&prodTypeId=12883
The actual P/N is 5070-0145.