American Power Conversion 5000I Appendix A Types of Racks and Mounting Hardware, Rack Type

Appendix A: Types of Racks and Mounting Hardware

This appendix describes the hardware required for the different types of racks and describes the type of racks that may be used in your industry. All APC Rack Mount units are shipped ready for 19-inch wide EIA/IEC rack cabinets. Refer to the instructions included with the rails when mounting the UPS.

Racks

There are different types of racks:

•Equipment Rack - usually an open rack with threaded mounting holes or no threaded holes

•APC Netshelter, IBM (Vero, others) - enclosed rack with square holes

•Dell, Compaq (Rittal) - enclosed rack with square holes

•HP Rack - enclosed rack with round holes

These racks differ in the methods required for mounting equipment. They may have threaded holes (hardware not included), round holes (require clip nut, shown below), or square holes (require cage nut, shown below).

• Telecomm Rack - open rack with two poles/four poles and threaded round holes (hardware not supplied by APC).

Notes:

Remove batteries to reduce UPS weight.

For larger, heavier units, installation should be performed by two people.

Check the type of rack you have against the hardware required for mounting in the table below.

Rack Type	Hole Type	Hardware Required	Hardware Included
Equipment Rack	Threaded or	See rack specifications if threaded.	N/A if threaded.
	No Threads	If not threaded use APC hardware.	If not threaded use APC
			hardware.
Netshelter/Compaq/IBM/Dell	Square	Cage nut, 10-32 screws	810-2008, 810-0002
HP	Round	Clip nut, 10-32 screws	810-2004, 810-0002
Telecomm	Threaded	See rack specifications	N/A

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