B-Line Eaton series open racks, Steel, Flat black powder coat, 44" rack mounting units spacing qty., Swing gate wall mount equipment rack

The SB508084FB swing gate rack provides 44 rack mounting units of spacing, so you can load 44U of rack-mount gear (patch panels, switches, UPS shelves) on a wall instead of eating floor space with a full cabinet. Overall frame height is 84 inches.

Plan on a clear wall run of 23 inches wide and 84 inches tall, with 25.25 inches of depth off the wall. Because it is a swing gate design, the frame pivots out from the wall for rear access, so you also need swing clearance on one side equal to roughly that depth plus your cable bend radius. In a tight IT closet, measure the door swing and any adjacent conduit before committing.

The rack itself weighs 110 lb empty, and a 44U load of switches, patch panels and a UPS can easily multiply that, all of it cantilevered 25.25 inches off the wall. That combination of dead weight plus swing-out moment means it wants solid backing: concrete, CMU, or structural blocking/plywood lagged into studs. Do not hang it on drywall anchors or a single stud.

A swing gate frame is the right pick when you need rear access to terminations but have no room to walk behind a cabinet: the whole 44U frame pivots off the wall so you can dress and re-punch the back side, then swing it closed flat. A fixed two-post wall bracket is cheaper and shallower but leaves you working blind behind the gear. A floor cabinet is what you want when you need lockable enclosure, more than 44U, or deep server-class equipment.

Yes, the SB508084FB carries a UL Listing, which is typically what a spec or an inspector wants to see on rack and frame hardware in a commercial communications room.

No. This is an open frame rack, so there are no side panels, no door, and no enclosure. Vertical and horizontal cable managers, mounting hardware for your gear, power strips and any grounding kit are separate line items. Budget for them on the same order if the closet has to be finished in one visit.

Yes. Rack mounting units are the standard 1.75 inch EIA increment, and this frame is specified at 44 of them, so anything built to 19 inch EIA rack-mount dimensions (patch panels, switches, rack-mount UPS, shelves) lands on the rails normally.

It is steel with a flat black powder coat, which is the standard finish on B-Line Eaton series open frame racks, so it reads the same as existing black rack lines in a shared closet. Note it is flat (matte) black rather than gloss, so a side-by-side with a gloss-finished cabinet will show a sheen difference, not a color difference.