B-Line Eaton series open racks, Steel, Telco gray powder coat, 12-24 panel mounting holes, 50 mounting spaces, Top angle style, Seismic Zone 4, netwo

The SB5769096TG is drilled with 12-24 panel mounting holes and provides 50 mounting spaces over a 96 inch height. It is a 23 inch wide open frame rack, which is the standard footprint for 19 inch panel-mount gear. Your switches, patch panels and rack-mount servers need 12-24 threaded hardware, not 10-32 and not square-hole cage nuts.

Yes. The SB5769096TG is a Seismic Zone 4 network bay closed duct rack, so it is the configuration specified for the highest seismic design category used in that classification, such as California data rooms and central offices. It is also UL Listed. Anchoring to the slab and any overhead bracing still has to follow the engineer's detail for the room.

Plan for a 23 inch wide by 96 inch deep footprint and a full 96 inch of vertical clearance for the frame itself, before you add ladder rack or cable runway above it. The rack weighs 124 lb bare, so two people can stand it up, but the loaded weight is what drives your anchor and floor-loading check.

An open frame rack such as the SB5769096TG gives you access from all four sides and unrestricted air movement, which is why it is the standard in locked telecom and MDF rooms where the room itself is the security boundary. Pick an enclosed cabinet instead when the equipment sits in a shared or public space, needs lockable doors, or needs contained front-to-rear airflow. This one is a network bay closed duct style, so cable is routed in the duct channels rather than through a cabinet body.

Top angle style means the frame is finished with an angle member across the top, which is the surface you use to tie the rack into overhead cable runway or ladder rack with standard runway-to-rack mounting kits. If your design brings cable in overhead, that top angle is what the bracket lands on. Order the runway support hardware separately; the rack itself does not include it.

The finish is Telco gray powder coat over steel, the same industry-standard gray used across telecom bays and runway, so it lines up visually with existing Telco gray racks and ladder rack. Powder coat over steel also holds up to cart knocks and repeated equipment changes better than painted finishes.

It provides 50 mounting spaces across the 96 inch frame. For planning, count your gear in rack units and leave spaces for horizontal cable management and any vertical patch fields, because on a 50-space bay a full patch build plus switches typically consumes more than buyers first estimate.