Guide To Wall Mounted Rack Cabinets

In fiber optic networks, a network rack or Optical Distribution Box, which is a closed or open enclosure that can hold multiple networking equipments like network switches, routers, UTM appliances, Servers, Patch Panels, cables, modems, etc. Network racks are required for neatly, efficiently and safely holding all the networking equipments. If there are no network racks or patch panels, then the cabling would in mess.

Network racks can hold many components in a relatively smaller space, which enables one to utilize the available storage space very efficiently. Network racks are required for the physical safety of all the equipments kept within, as most of them could be locked and access denied for unauthorized personnel.

Network racks are also required for improving the health of the networking equipments stored inside. For example, when the cables are taken carefully and neatly through the cable managers in the racks, there is little chance of data loss due to excessive cable bends. Also, the cooling fans in the network racks provide additional cooling to prevent any damage to the networking equipments kept inside them, due to over heating.

Wide ranges of network cabinets are available, among them three types of rack cabinets are popular. They are free standing racks, wall mount and versatile. A free standing rack cabinet is one that is placed on the floor. Racks that can be mounted on walls are wall mount cabinets and versatile can be used as a wall mount, desktop as well as freestanding. And I would like to emphasize the Wall Mount Network Rack here.

The best thing about the Wall Mount Rack is that it can be mounted on a wall (or almost any flat surface), which means it takes up less space and stays out of your way. Depending on the size you select, a Wall Mount Rack may support 300 – 400 lbs of equipment. Review the installation instructions prior to purchasing a Wall Mount Rack to make sure they correspond to your preferred mounting configuration and location. Typically, the Wall Mount Rack will come with assembly, mounting and rack mount hardware, but I suggest you review the product documentation to be certain.

6U 19″ Wall Mount Network Cabinet

Wall Mounted Network Racks are useful for housing edge devices in individual departments with fewer networking equipments.
Common sizes: 6U, 9U, 12U, 15U.
The front panel generally has a hardened glass door to view they equipments inside clearly and also has a lock to ensure physical security.
There are two common types of wall mounted racks – Single Section Racks, which have one glass door in the front, that can be fully opened and the cable entry/exit is via the holes in the top and bottom of the racks & Double Section Racks, which are like the single section racks but have an additional opening behind the rack (actually, a rear panel is fixed to the wall, and the whole rack is fixed to one side of the rear panel firmly, and can be turned front/ back to enable one to open and view the rear side of the rack).

The common width of a network rack (and the networking equipments) is 19″ (Inches) – most of the racks are made to accommodate any equipment that can fit in to this space. Also, the networking equipments have fixed heights that are mentioned in terms of Rack Units.

For wall mounting applications optical distribution cabinet has a flexible design and it gives to customers a robust termination point for safely splicing and patching option. A complete line of accessories is available at FiberStore to enhance the performance of the optical distribution box.