Chatsworth 19" Rack and Dell Servers!!! AGH!

[rspencer]

Has anyone run into this problem:

Chatsworth 2 post rack. Must rack mount two Dell 2300 Servers and a Dell 4300. Bought the 2 Post adapter kits from Dell (Innovation First hardware) and followed the directions to the "T". But when I try to slide the 2300 (the first server in the rack) I notice that the server won't slide into the unit because it looks like there isn't enough room on each slide where the rails are due to the two post adapter plates not letting the slides be flush with the unit. Has anyone seen this problem before, and if so any kind of ideas?

Thanks.

Ralph

 

[Guest_imported]

I'm running into the same problem now! What did you end up doing????

 

[mbarlam]

I know this doesn't help, but after looking at other vendors, the Dell Racks seem to be the best purchase. No problems installing here. That documentation is pretty good with measurements too. It may be physically impossible to put that stuff in there.

 

[Guest_imported]

I ran into a similar problem rack mounting Sun D1000 Raid enclosures in a BeeLine rack. Ended up measuring the total height of the mounting plate, scribing the top & bottom marks and removing about 3/32" of the inside egde of the rail with an angle grinder. The Sun proprietary rails were between 12 & 14 Gauge, so it was tough to finding something to accurately measure 13 Ga. Just kind of eyeballed it. It makes a lot of sparks, so we hooked up a wet vac to the exit side of the gringer to capture dust, etc.

 

[terrywo]

Try

http://www.racksolutions.com

They seem to have adapters for all kinds of racks. We couldn't mount our Dell servers without these