Supported racks and rack options

The frame and support rails are engineered for mounting into a 19 inch wide front panel, four-post cabinets, and racks that have been designed according to the EIA-310-D standard.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise rails are not compatible with tapped holes. There are two types of supported rail sets for the frame:

  • A set for square-hole front and rear mounting flanges
  • A set for round-hole flanges

The rails are compatible with a nominal rack-mounting depth of 29 1/8 in, with an adjustability range of plus ½ inch to minus 1 ½ inch. The rails work in both 1,075 mm and 1,200 mm deep racks.

A 42U/47U rack supports up to four frames.

While the square-hole rail set is the standard option, either rail set supports a fully loaded frame weighing 249.5 kg (550.0 lb). Four of these frames together approach the 1,020.6 kg (2,250.0 lb) internal IT equipment limit of both the following HPE Advanced G2 Series racks:

  • 42U x 600 mm x 1,075 mm

  • 42U x 600 mm x 1,200 mm

Cables, PDUs, and other cable management hardware could increase the weight sufficiently to require the use of the HPE 42U x 600 mm x 1,200 mm Enterprise G2 Series rack, which supports 1,247.4 kg (2,750.0 lb) of internal IT equipment.