Re: I'm eating crow... but not for long...

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I actually contaced another rack company today for a quote for an 820 we're
ordering with a 5074. I currently have a DSD 270 (with sidecar) on a bottom
shelf in a rack. There are 2 iSeries-specific racks (Feature 0550 and 0551).

Here are some brief dimensions on some hardware that you may want to place in
a rack:

170/250:
13.4"(W) x 26.1" (D) x 24" (H)
21.7"(W) with 7101/7102 sidecar

Maximum Configuration Weight - 85 lb (155 lb with sidecar)

270:

14.5"(W) x 28.7" (D) x 24" (H)

21.9"(W) with 7104 sidecar
Maximum Configuration Weight - 116 lb (175 lb with 7104)

820:
19"(W) x 28.7" (D) x 24" (H)
Maximum Configuration Weight - 210 lb

830:
19"(W) x 42.5" (D) x 50" (H)
Maximum Configuration Weight - 881.5 lb

5074 Expansion Unit:
19.1" (W) x 42.3" (D) x 43.8" (H)
Maximum Configuration Weight - 772 lb

Feature Code 0550 830 Rack - "When ordered by itself, the 0550 rack provides
an empty 1.8 meter tall rack (36 EIA units of total vertical space)....The 1.8
meter rack has 10 EIA units of space remaining. This space will be filled with
a 5 EIA filler panel, a 3 EIA filler panel, and two of the 1 EIA filler
panels. Because the rack does not have power distribution, the Model 830 
requires
a line cord of sufficient length to reach the receptacle. The line cord
feature code for the model 830 must be used to determine the appropriate
receptacle."

Maximum Configuration Weight with 830 - 1417 lb

Feature Code 051 iSeries Rack - "The following, when ordered with an FC 0551,
are used to populate the rack:
0121-270 lower unit (please specify)
0122-270 upper unit (please specify)
0123-5074 lower unit in rack
0125-9079 lower unit in rack
0127-270 field-install in rack
0133 for lower unit in rack
0134 for upper unit in rack
0578 expansion unit in rack ...

The weight of the empty rack is 244 kg (535 lbs)."

Chris Whisonant
Comporium
Senior Mid-Range Systems Administrator
IBM Certified Specialist
(803) 326-7270
mailto:chris.whisonant@comporium.com[1]

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