I just received my first Sun rackmount server, a Sun Fire V210. I have
been holding off from buying a rack itself, and good thing, because I
had a surprise when opening the V210.

I assumed the V210 would be the same size as the Dell Poweredge 1650's I
have, and the same as the APC rack UPS I have, but it isn't. The Dell
servers and APC UPS are about 18" wide (19" on post centers), whereas
the V210 is about 16".

I then assumed, again, that maybe there is a spacer assembly that came
with the V210 to make up for the skinny width. But I am seeing only the
side rails, and the instructions offer nothing in regard to width spacing.

So my question is (keeping in mind I am a rack newbie), is the V210 (and
any other Sun server of the same width) meant to be able to reside in
the same server rack as other non-Sun equipment? What is the procedure
to accomodate this?

Any rack I have seen on the internet is around 19" from post centers, so
I am guessing I should still buy one of those racks, and then I need a
conversion kit for this V210 (and future Sun servers)?

Thanks for any help.
Rob

"Robert Mazur" <mazur@raincode.net> wrote:
> I just received my first Sun rackmount server, a Sun Fire V210. I have
> been holding off from buying a rack itself, and good thing, because I
> had a surprise when opening the V210.
>
> I assumed the V210 would be the same size as the Dell Poweredge 1650's I
> have, and the same as the APC rack UPS I have, but it isn't. The Dell
> servers and APC UPS are about 18" wide (19" on post centers), whereas
> the V210 is about 16".
>
> I then assumed, again, that maybe there is a spacer assembly that came
> with the V210 to make up for the skinny width. But I am seeing only the
> side rails, and the instructions offer nothing in regard to width spacing.
>
> So my question is (keeping in mind I am a rack newbie), is the V210 (and
> any other Sun server of the same width) meant to be able to reside in
> the same server rack as other non-Sun equipment? What is the procedure
> to accomodate this?
>
> Any rack I have seen on the internet is around 19" from post centers, so
> I am guessing I should still buy one of those racks, and then I need a
> conversion kit for this V210 (and future Sun servers)?
>
> Thanks for any help.
> Rob
>
Hi,

All actual rackmountable servers from Sun will fit into a 19" rack that is
EIA 310D compatible.

The only problem that could arise is related to the depth of the rack.

HTH,

Axel Neumann