Rack Mount an Option 11 Cabinet

[Telephonist]

Is there a bracket or adapter made for mounting a traditional Option 11 cabinet on a 19" rack?

If not, has anyone come up with their own slick way of doing it?

Thanks.

 

[edkender]

No you use the same wallmount brackets. You mount a piece of plywood to a 19 inch rack. You can fit 2 cabinets one on top and one another 10 inches below. That way it gives you room to run your cables. Mertek does make a plate to go right onto the rack but is kind of pricy. That's the compancy that makes tose tail cables for the 61 and 81

 

[MagnaRGP]

If you only have 8 cards, you could get an MG1000 chassis/expander and put everything in that and rack mount that...

 

[johnpoole]

i've rack mounted the opt ll by putting L brackets on each side.. turned out to be a clean install, the cab fits almost in the center of the rack... on that site we put 6 or 8 fiber remotes on racks and featured them out on patch panels.. those work great unless you expect to need trunks or consoles.. those may take some creative wiring if they run to patch panels

john poole
bellsouth business
columbia,sc