Rack Equipment that is Non-Integer Rack Units Tall

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Published on 2012-11-04T21:42:32Z Indexed on 2012/11/04 23:02 UTC
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I came across these two items of non-integer rack unit height:
1. This rack mount kit which seems to be trying to make the best of the slightly-taller-than-1U form factor of the Cisco ASA5505.
2. This 1.5U Server Case that espouses the merits of a case height between 1RU and 2RU.

My questions are as follows:

A. (1) seems to protrude 1/8 RU above and below the rack unit it is bolted in. Is there any way to make use of the 7/8 RU remaining above and below? Or would using that bracket effectively consume 3 RU?

B. Are there any gotchas I should be aware of (like rack rail bolt patterns not working out, etc) when I consider one of these non-integer RU server cases like (2)?

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