MX68 rack mount

[tantony]

This is the only MX68 rack mount I could find. It looks like from the picture, the ports are facing the front, is it possible to have the ports facing back so that the status LED is facing the front? Any other recommendations?

https://www.rackmountsolutions.net/firewall-mounting-kit-cisco-meraki-mx68-rm-ci-t6/

[Nolan H.]

No clue but in the photo's I don't see it

https://www.rhinonetworks.com/product/accessory/rack-mount-kit-cisco-meraki-mx64mx67

[tantony]

@Nolan Herring

Same here. I guess if you're good with 3D printing, you can always 3D print one.

[tantony]

@Nolan Herring

Before I found this, I was going to have one custom made by our shop metal people.

[GreenRhino]

Edit. Not sure why those pictures dont show it.

[Philip D'Ath]

@Nolan Herring the light tube brings the led to the front of the rack, and it works really well.

Basically all of the indactor leds are on the front of the rack mount.

[tantony]

The mounting kit arrived, and I installed mine facing the front. You can mount it facing the front or back. So, I don't have a need for the light tube. The Ethernet cables are plugged in without any issues.

[MarkRM]

Hi @tantony, I just registered for this forum so please accept this very, very late response :).

My colleague must have accidentally made a mistake. The fiber optic cable that is supplied with the rack mount does indeed lead the status light to the front of your rack. We felt obliged to do so, so you will have all your connections easy accessible in front of your server, as well as the status of your appliance.

As a side-note - There are also two rack mount kits for the small MS120-8 switches nowadays.

[Philip D'Ath]

What are the part numbers of the two options?

[CMR]

@Philip D'Ath the MS120-8 and 8LP use the 1U RM-CI-T3 as below:

The manufacturer website page is at https://www.rackmount.it/products/regulars/cisrack/rm-ci-t3.html

The MS120-8FP has 1.3/2U kit, part number RM-CI-T7 and is as below:

All of the small MSs and MXs have rackmount kits and they are good, we have used them for a few years now.

[GreenRhino]

That rackmount includes a fiber optic line so you can see the status light. Take a closer look at the bottom picture, enlarged here: https://www.rhinonetworks.com/product/accessory/rack-mount-kit-cisco-meraki-mx68

No need to turn it around 🙂

[dmumaw]

This unit actually has a light on the front that shows the status light.

the stop has a fiber? connection to the front,