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HP Slide Rails - General Overview |
| HP is continually trying to improve the slide rail kits used to
install its product line. The first HP slide rail kits were a fixed length and
would only install into server racks that met that depth. HP has since made
significant improvements in their slide rail kit design making them very versatile.
Where other manufacturers have a very limited adjustment range on their
slide rail kits, HP has gone to adjustment extremes. Some of the new HP
slide rail kits
have an adjustment range from 22.25" to 37.75". This is 15.5" of adjustment.
There are very few server racks manufactured that are not within this installation
depth range. HP uses a clever method of attaching some of their new
slide rail
kits to square or round holed racks. The mounting flange has a set of cones
that allow it to mount into square holed racks. When the cones are removed
the slide rails are compatible with round holed racks. The slide rail kits are then
held in place by a small piece of spring steel. This is a very simple and
elegant design. There are very few mechanisms or assemblies that could cause
an obstruction with the frame of the server rack. This has not always been
the case with HP. Aside from the fixed length slide rail kit HP has made some
other slide rail kits that were very difficult to install. In an effort to simplify
the slide rail kit installation HP had large levers, arms, and springs running
the entire length of the slide rail kit. These mechanisms and assembles had the
potential of causing numerous obstructions with the frame of the server
rack. HP in their effort to make a versatile CMA has created an overly complicated
design that is difficult to install, specifically in their larger class
of servers. These CMA assemblies are relatively shallow in depth compared
to other manufacturers and so the rear space required is not as critical
of an issue as with other manufacturers. |
3rd Party HP Server Rails - Alternative Product Details |
HP ProLiant
DL180 |
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