WS-C6597 Cisco Catalyst 6500 Center Rack-Mount Kit

The WS-C6597 is a Cisco center rack-mount kit for Catalyst 6500 Series chassis. It fits the Catalyst 6506, 6506-E, 6509 and 6509-E, and it is for 23-inch, telco-style racks. The kit contains two brackets and a bag of screws, and it is used in place of the rack-mount brackets shipped installed on the chassis.

Use it only when center rack-mounting a Catalyst switch in a telco-style rack. It is not supported on the Catalyst 6503, 6503-E, 6509-NEB and 6509-NEB-A chassis, and the 6513 uses the WS-6513-RACK-MNT kit instead. The kit is not part of the standard accessory kit for these chassis and is a separate item, with the spare form written WS-C6597=.

Installation attaches the two brackets to the sides of the chassis with 4 M4 screws on each side. The chassis is then positioned in the rack and the brackets are secured to the telco-style rack with 8 screws, 4 on each side, either 12-24 x 3/4 inch or 10-32 x 3/4 inch. Removing all modules and power supplies first makes the chassis easier to handle. One chassis this kit fits is the WS-C6509-E Catalyst 6509-E 9-slot chassis. Browse more parts in Cisco accessories and other parts.