Re: Rack rails on network equipment

[Owen DeLong via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>]

> On Sep 25, 2021, at 12:48 , Andrey Khomyakov <khomyakov.andrey () gmail com> wrote:

> Let me just say from the get go that no one is making toolless rails a priority to the point of shutting vendors out 
> of the evaluation process. I am not quite sure why that assumption was made by at least a few folks. With that said, 
> when all things being equal or fairly equal, which they rarely are, that's when the rails come in as a factor.
>
> Back some 5 years ago we pulled the trigger and started phasing out Cisco and Juniper switching products out of our 
> data centers (reasons for that are not quite relevant to the topic). We selected Dell switches in part due to Dell 
> using "quick rails'' (sometimes known as speed rails or toolless rails).  This is where both the switch side rail and 
> the rack side rail just snap in, thus not requiring a screwdriver and hands of the size no bigger than a hamster paw 
> to hold those stupid proprietary screws (lookin at your, cisco) to attach those rails.

Perhaps from this paragraph?

Owen