ConnectCADPlacing a rack frame

Tool

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Rack Frame

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A rack frame is placed within a rack and it becomes associated with the rack, inheriting the rack’s ID/location and moving along with it; if dragged out of a rack, the rack frame becomes disassociated. Rack frames are used for modular equipment items. A rack frame can optionally be inserted stand-alone.

If the name of the rack frame matches that of an existing device, and Link device name is selected, the rack frame automatically uses the device’s make and model number. Once the device and the rack frame are associated, the rack frame parameters define the device's make and model, as well as its physical and location data.

To place a rack frame:

Do one of the following:

Click the tool.

Open the Resource Manager, open the folder containing the rack frames saved with the file or in the user folder, and then double-click a rack frame. The tool is activated. If you click Preferences mode, the dialog box displays the physical dimensions of the rack frame, and Use symbol is selected.

Click to place the rack frame in the drawing; normally, place the rack frame within an equipment rack. The first time you use the tool in a file, a properties dialog box opens. Set the default parameters. The parameters can be edited later from the Object Info palette.

Click to show/hide the parameters.Click to show/hide the parameters.

Parameter

Description

General

 

Name

Enter a rack frame name for labels and reports

Link device name

Associates the rack frame name with all devices that have the same name. Changing the rack frame name also changes the name of the associated devices.

When this option is deselected, changing the rack frame's name has no effect on the devices, and they become disassociated.

Manufacturer

 

Make/Model

Enter the manufacturer’s make and model information

Physical

 

Type

Select the rack type:

Frame

Tray

Mounting

Select whether the rack frame mounts to the front or rear of the equipment rack (useful for 3D views)

Height RU

Select the height of the frame in rack units. If Allow half rack unit mountings is selected on the General Settings pane of the ConnectCAD Settings dialog box, you can also select half-rack units (see Specifying ConnectCAD settings).

Depth/Power (W)

Enter the rack frame’s size and power requirements in watts

Auto BTU calculation

Automatically converts the power requirements of the rack frame from watts to BTU units (BTU = power in watts x 3.41)

BTU

To enter power requirements manually, deselect Auto BTU calculation and enter the power requirements of the rack frame in BTU units

Weight (kg)

Enter the rack frame’s weight in kilograms

Configuration

 

Slots H/V

Enter the number of slots in the frame, in the horizontal and vertical direction

Edit Slots

Opens the Edit Slots dialog box, for naming and numbering slots, and for setting the direction of multi-slot equipment as either horizontal or vertical.

As a shortcut, edit an existing rack frame symbol, and use the Spotlight Numbering command in object editing mode to quickly name and number the slots. (See Numbering light plot objects and Object editing mode.)

Options

 

Power Supplies

Select the number of power supplies in the frame

PSU Location

Select the location of the power supply units

PSU Size

Enter the size of each power supply unit as a percentage of the primary slot width

Front Door

Adds a door to the front of the rack frame

Location

Displays the containing layout room and equipment rack ID, as well as the rack location in rack units and optionally half-rack units.

If the rack frame is associated with a device on a schematic layer, the location information updates automatically for the device.

Show Schematic Device(s)

Select to display an associated device on a schematic layer. The option navigates to associated devices, which are automatically selected for editing. See Editing devices associated with equipment and rack frames.

This option is enabled only when the rack frame has at least one associated device.

Creating layouts

Placing equipment racks

Placing equipment

Concept: Placing equipment into racks

 

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