B-Line SB596S23106SSL Eaton series open frame racks, Steel, Silver powder coat finish, Double sided rack mounted shelf. Heavy duty, solid shelf, Four mounting spaces required, 200 lb load capacity, Shelves and #12-24 mounting hardware included

The SB596S23106SSL is rated at 200 lb load capacity. It is a heavy duty solid steel shelf, so distributed loads like switches, UPS units, or media converters are what it is built for. The shelf itself weighs 15 lb, worth accounting for if you are stacking several in one frame.

Four mounting spaces are required, so budget 4U of frame height for it. Its stated height is 6 in. Plan the rack elevation with that in mind before ordering, since a 4U solid shelf eats real estate a vented 1U shelf would not.

Yes, the shelf ships with #12-24 mounting hardware. If your open frame rack is tapped #12-24, you have everything you need to hang it. Racks with #10-32 tapped rails or cage nut square holes will need their own screws.

Solid, like the SB596S23106SSL, gives you a continuous steel surface for small or oddly shaped equipment that would fall through a vented pattern, and it keeps cable tails from dropping through. Vented shelves are the choice when the gear underneath needs airflow up through the deck. For passive equipment, patch gear, or a work surface in an open frame rack, the solid heavy duty shelf is the straightforward pick.

The shelf and #12-24 hardware come together, so nothing extra is required for a #12-24 tapped open frame rack. You do need four free mounting spaces on both front and rear rails, since it is a double sided shelf that fastens at both ends.

Steel with a silver powder coat finish. That matches the typical silver open frame racks in the Eaton B-Line series, so it blends in on an existing run of frames rather than standing out against black hardware.