A console rack for anaesthesia equipment, the rack having apparatus whereby an anesthesia unit can be plugged into position by access from the front of the rack and held in that position. The plug apparatus may be plug or socket elements for receiving mating connecting elements on an anaesthesia unit and may be appropriately interconnected by fluid circuit pipework built into the rear of the console rack. Bays on the rack for receiving anaesthesia units, and anaesthesia units for fitting in these bays may be designed on the modular principle.
