Vertiv VR3100-006 42U 600x1100mm Perforated Steel Rack Enclosure
Overview
The Vertiv VR3100-006 is a 42U, 600mm-wide by 1100mm-deep steel rack enclosure designed for data center floors, server rooms, and network equipment deployments where structural reliability and airflow management both matter. At 2000mm tall with front and rear perforated doors, this cabinet handles high-density IT loads without resorting to custom fabrication. If you're speccing a rack that needs to hold a full complement of servers, patch panels, and active networking gear over a long service life, the VR3100-006 (often searched as VR3100 006) is a straightforward candidate to evaluate against your footprint constraints.
Built from steel in a black (Nero) finish, this enclosure is part of the broader Vertiv rack and enclosure catalog — a line that spans open-frame racks through fully enclosed cabinets with integrated cooling options. The VR3100-006 sits in the enclosed perforated-door segment, targeting facilities that need passive airflow through the cabinet without sacrificing front-to-back containment.
Key Features
- 42U Rack Capacity: Forty-two rack units of usable vertical space is the practical standard for a full-height cabinet — enough to house a complete blade chassis, ToR switching, patch infrastructure, and cable management without splitting your stack across two enclosures. Fewer cabinets on the floor means fewer inter-cabinet cable runs and cleaner hot/cold aisle layout.
- 1360 kg Static Load Rating: A 1360 kg maximum weight capacity covers virtually any combination of enterprise servers, storage arrays, and networking hardware you're likely to populate a single 42U cabinet with. This is not a light-duty office rack — the steel frame is sized for production data center loads.
- 1022 kg Rolling Weight Capacity: The 1022 kg rolling rating means you can fully populate this server rack enclosure and still relocate it on its casters without unloading equipment first — useful during initial floor placement or when reconfiguring a row layout after installation.
- 600mm Width: The 600mm-wide footprint is the industry-standard rack width, compatible with virtually all 19-inch rackmount equipment and standard raised-floor tile layouts. If your floor plan is already optimized for 600mm rows, the VR3100-006 drops in without special aisle accommodations.
- 1100mm Depth: 1100mm of interior depth accommodates deep 1U and 2U servers — many enterprise compute nodes run 900mm or longer — plus rear cable management and patch panels without forcing the power supplies to overhang the rear door. Check your deepest installed device against the usable interior depth after accounting for vertical cable managers if installed.
- Perforated Front and Rear Doors: Both doors use a perforated structure, which supports front-to-back airflow for convection-cooled or fan-driven equipment without requiring active in-cabinet cooling as a baseline. For hot-aisle/cold-aisle containment setups, perforated doors maintain the pressure differential your data center cooling infrastructure depends on.
- Steel Construction (Nero Black Finish): The all-steel build provides the rigidity needed to maintain square, stable rail geometry under a fully populated load. The Nero (black) finish is standard for production data center environments and integrates cleanly with mixed-vendor equipment rows.
- RoHS Compliance: RoHS compliance confirms the enclosure meets EU hazardous substance restrictions — relevant for facilities with sustainability reporting requirements or EU-based operations. It also signals a manufacturing standard that aligns with most enterprise procurement checklists without requiring a variance.
Integration and Compatibility
The VR3100-006 uses a standard 19-inch EIA rack rail pattern, making it mechanically compatible with rackmount equipment from any vendor following that standard. The 1100mm depth is compatible with rack accessories including vertical cable managers, horizontal cable management panels, blanking panels, and shelf units sized for 600mm-wide enclosures. Verify that any in-cabinet power distribution units (PDUs), cooling units, or cable management you plan to add are sized for a 600mm-wide, 1100mm-deep cabinet before ordering. Vertiv offers a range of complementary PDUs and accessories within their VR product family that are dimensioned for this enclosure series.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is the maximum static weight capacity of the VR3100-006?
A: The VR3100-006 is rated for a maximum static load of 1360 kg, making it suitable for fully populated enterprise server and storage configurations.
Q: Can the VR3100-006 be moved when fully loaded?
A: Yes — the rolling weight capacity is rated at 1022 kg, which covers most fully populated configurations and allows relocation on the cabinet's integrated casters without unloading equipment first.
Q: What are the external dimensions of the VR3100-006?
A: The enclosure is 600mm wide, 1100mm deep, and 2000mm tall. Confirm your floor plan clearances account for door swing and cable egress before finalizing placement.
Q: Is the VR3100-006 compatible with standard 19-inch rackmount equipment?
A: Yes. The VR3100-006 uses a standard EIA 19-inch rail pattern and accommodates standard rackmount equipment from all major vendors.
Q: Are the doors on the VR3100-006 perforated or solid?
A: Both the front and rear doors are perforated, supporting passive front-to-back airflow and compatibility with hot-aisle/cold-aisle containment configurations.
Q: Is the VR3100-006 RoHS compliant?
A: Yes, the VR3100-006 carries RoHS compliance, confirming it meets EU restrictions on hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment.
The spec that gets overlooked on the VR3100-006 is the 1022 kg rolling load rating. Most facilities teams assume a fully populated cabinet has to be emptied before it moves — with this enclosure, that's not the case. That matters on initial deployment day when the cabinet arrives pre-staged and needs to roll into position on a raised floor without a full unload-reinstall cycle.
Technical Highlights:
- 1360 kg Static Capacity: Covers even high-density storage configurations — a full rack of 2U NVMe storage nodes or blade chassis won't approach this ceiling under normal enterprise loading.
- 42U x 1100mm Depth: The depth accommodates servers running up to approximately 900mm in chassis length with room remaining for rear cable management — no shelf overhangs, no forced tight bends on patch cords at the rear door.
- Perforated Front and Rear Doors: Dual perforated doors mean you're not fighting the enclosure when you bring in in-row cooling or blanking-panel airflow management — the cabinet works with your containment strategy rather than against it.
Deployment Considerations:
- At 2000mm tall and 1100mm deep, confirm ceiling clearance and aisle depth before delivery — particularly in older facilities where drop ceilings or structural beams can reduce usable vertical clearance below 2000mm.
- The 600mm width is standard, but if you're mixing this cabinet with 800mm-wide enclosures in the same row, plan your aisle containment panels accordingly — mismatched widths create bypass airflow gaps that undermine hot/cold aisle efficiency.
The VR3100-006 is well-suited for enterprise server room builds where a facility team needs a production-grade, fully enclosed 42U cabinet with a standard footprint and a load rating that doesn't require conservative derating under real-world populate-out scenarios.
