Open bridge rack

A kit for configuring an equipment rack comprising a frame, the kit comprising:

• a first pair of mounting rails and a second pair of mounting rails, each pair of mounting rails comprising:
• a front mounting rail comprising:
• a first plurality of front equipment-mounting apertures being disposed substantially adjacent to an outer edge of a first planar surface of the front mounting rail,
• the first planar surface having a first width sized to align the first plurality of front equipment-mounting apertures at a first predefined position defining in part a first equipment-mounting interface when the front mounting rail is coupled to the frame through a second planar surface of the front mounting rail substantially perpendicular to the first planar surface;
• and
• a second plurality of front equipment-mounting apertures being disposed in:
• (i) a third planar surface of the front mounting rail substantially perpendicular to the second planar surface, and
• (ii) a fourth planar surface of the front mounting rail surface substantially perpendicular to the third planar surface,
• the second planar surface having a second width sized to align the second plurality of front equipment-mounting apertures disposed in the third planar surface at a second predefined position defining in part a second equipment-mounting interface, and the third planar surface having a third width sized to align the second plurality of front equipment-mounting apertures disposed in the fourth planar surface at a third predefined position defining in part the second equipment-mounting interface when the front mounting rail is coupled to the frame through the first planar surface;
• and
• a rear mounting rail comprising:
• a first plurality of rear equipment-mounting apertures being disposed substantially adjacent to an outer edge of a first planar surface of the rear mounting rail,
• the first planar surface having a fourth width sized to align the first plurality of rear equipment-mounting apertures at a fourth predefined position defining in part the first equipment-mounting interface when the rear mounting rail is coupled to the frame through a second planar surface of the rear mounting rail substantially perpendicular to the first planar surface;
• and
• a second plurality of rear equipment-mounting apertures being disposed in:
• (i) a fourth planar surface of the rear mounting rail substantially perpendicular to a third planar surface of the rear mounting rail, the third planar surface being substantially perpendicular to the second planar surface,
• the second planar surface having a fifth width sized to align the third planar surface at a fifth predefined position defining in part the second equipment-mounting interface, and the third planar surface having a sixth width sized to align the second plurality of rear equipment-mounting apertures at a sixth predefined position defining in part the second equipment-mounting interface when the rear mounting rail is coupled to the frame through the first planar surface,
• wherein the first equipment-mounting interface is defined by a first configuration of the first and second pairs of mounting rails;
• and
• wherein the second equipment-mounting interface is defined by a second configuration of the first and second pairs of mounting rail.

A method for configuring an equipment rack comprising a frame, the method comprising:

• coupling a first pair of mounting rails and a second pair of mounting rails to the frame in a first configuration defining a first equipment-mounting interface, the first pair of mounting rails being coupled to a first side of the frame, the second pair of mounting rails being coupled to a second side of the frame, each pair of mounting rails comprising a front mounting rail and a rear mounting rail, the front and rear mounting rails each comprising a first planar surface defining in part the first equipment-mounting interface when the front and rear mounting rails are coupled to the frame through a second planar surface of each of the front and rear mounting rails;
• decoupling the first and second pairs of mounting rails from the frame;
• rotating the first and second pairs of mounting rails substantially ninety degrees about a longitudinal axis;
• and
• coupling the first and second pairs of mounting rails to the frame in a second configuration defining a second equipment-mounting interface, the front and rear mounting rails of the first and second pairs of mounting rails each further comprising a third planar surface and a fourth planar surface defining in part the second equipment-mounting interface when the front and the rear mounting rails are coupled to the frame through the first planar surface of each of the front and rear mounting rails.