‘Racking a switch upside down?’

The frequenter of Reddit’s section devoted to networking had an unusual question for his professional peers:

“Anyone ever had to rack a switch upside down? Our data center uses these garbage PDUs that are blocking the QSFP ports on a 1U 9k switch. Any reason besides it’s f*****g stupid that I shouldn’t rack it upside down? Like something technical?”

Cue the wise guys:

“Be careful, the packets might fall out!”

“The real problem comes from managed switches that have any sort of security setups. A managed switch puts unwanted frames in the bit bucket for disposal, but if it’s upside down the bits will spill out of the bucket and clog the switch’s cooling fans.”

To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here