Also the boards need to be set back from the ends of the housing so that the cables can fold back into the empty space when the end caps are attached. For a 7-board stack measuring just under 5 inches in height with 13 cables, we used a 10 inch CanTainer with about 2.5 inches of room at each end. In a situation with fewer cables, the CanTainer could have been only 8 inches long. Determine position of each board in the stack. Determine the connectors and cabling required and the desired locations on the housing.
Design cutouts for connectors and fabricate the panels and main housing.
Determine all configuration settings for each board in the stack and set the configurations. Assemble the cables, making sure they are long enough to allow for mating to the end caps while the end caps are detached from the main housing. Install fan into CanTainer. Attach cables to the boards. Install the stack with cables attached into one end of the CanTainer and cut off any excess rail material.