diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c5e714a..993e0f3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -154,7 +154,11 @@ The rack front, drawn from the rack units set on cutsheet items, top first.
   enp2s0 (left) and enp3s0 (right), and the status glow follows the host. The "ZimaBoard 832 +
   ConnectX-3" drawing adds the single-port SFP+ card lying flat in the side PCIe slot, as in the rack,
   with a DAC attached; its round dot is Gandalf's link mark for enp1s0 (the slot is PCI bus 1), not an
-  LED on the card. Anything else is a labelled box.
+  LED on the card. UniFi desk switches (Flex Mini, Flex) on a shelf are drawn with their live faceplate
+  at their real width. Anything else is a labelled box.
+- **Gear resting on other gear**: a shelf item with Front drawing "No shelf: gear resting on what is
+  below" draws no tray, so a switch lying on top of the NVR is a "shelf" in the unit above the NVR whose
+  contents sit directly on it.
 - **Racks**: admins name a rack and set its height with **Rack settings** on the page, and add more with
   **+ Rack** (a tab per rack). Renaming a rack moves its items; an empty rack can be deleted. Each item
   has a rack (empty means the first). Until a rack is saved, racks come from config:
diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index b18fba1..4b49211 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -1210,7 +1210,8 @@ def api_rack():
                  'status': _device_status(dev(c), snapshot) if dev(c) in known else '',
                  'model': next((u.get('model') for u in snapshot.get('unifi') or [] if u.get('name') == dev(c)), '')
                  or '', 'notes': c.get('notes') or '', 'chassis': c.get('chassis') or '',
-                 'slot': c.get('slot'), 'interfaces': _physical_interfaces(dev(c), snapshot)}
+                 'slot': c.get('slot'), 'interfaces': _physical_interfaces(dev(c), snapshot),
+                 'device': dev(c), 'ports': (switches.get(dev(c)) or {}).get('ports') or {}}
                 for c in sorted(on_shelf.get(name, []), key=lambda c: (c.get('slot') or 999, c['name'].lower()))
             ]
         out.append(entry)
diff --git a/cutsheet.py b/cutsheet.py
index 3f13b1d..9111bfd 100644
--- a/cutsheet.py
+++ b/cutsheet.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ CHASSIS = {
     'rosewill-rsv-l4500u': 'Rosewill RSV-L4500U 4U (15-bay)',
     'zimaboard-832': 'IceWhale ZimaBoard 832 (shelf gear)',
     'zimaboard-832-cx3': 'IceWhale ZimaBoard 832 + ConnectX-3 SFP+ in PCIe (shelf gear)',
+    'resting': 'No shelf: gear resting on what is below (for a shelf item)',
     'server-1u': 'Generic 1U server',
     'server-2u': 'Generic 2U server',
     'server-4u': 'Generic 4U server',
diff --git a/static/faceplates.js b/static/faceplates.js
index fc33088..3f04150 100644
--- a/static/faceplates.js
+++ b/static/faceplates.js
@@ -595,6 +595,15 @@ function faceplateLegendHtml(spec, marks) {
 // ctx: { swName, portMap, outlets, online, titleFor(port, idx, role), cutsheetFor?(idx) -> {mark, text},
 //        rack? (draw only the front, spec.rackView, as mounted in a rack) }
 function renderFaceplate(model, ctx) {
+  const { svg, marks } = faceplateSvg(model, ctx);
+  return `<div class="fp-wrap">
+    <div class="fp-frame ${FACEPLATES[model].frameClass}">${svg}</div>
+  </div>${faceplateLegendHtml(FACEPLATES[model], marks)}`;
+}
+
+// The faceplate's SVG on its own, for drawing inside another picture (a shelf). `attrs` adds
+// attributes to the <svg> (x, y, width, height to place it). Returns { svg, marks }.
+function faceplateSvg(model, ctx, attrs = '') {
   const spec = FACEPLATES[model];
   const anyPort = Object.values(ctx.portMap)[0];
   const marks = new Set();
@@ -612,9 +621,7 @@ function renderFaceplate(model, ctx) {
   const outlets = (spec.outlets || []).map(o => faceplateOutletSvg(o, outletData[o.idx])).join('');
   const body = spec.noBody ? ''
     : `<rect class="fp-body" width="${spec.width}" height="${spec.height}" rx="3"/>`;
-  return `<div class="fp-wrap">
-    <div class="fp-frame ${spec.frameClass}">
-      <svg class="fp-svg" viewBox="${((ctx.rack && spec.rackView) || [0, 0, spec.width, spec.height]).join(' ')}" role="group" aria-label="${lt.escHtml(spec.label)} front panel">
+  const svg = `<svg class="fp-svg" ${attrs} viewBox="${((ctx.rack && spec.rackView) || [0, 0, spec.width, spec.height]).join(' ')}" role="group" aria-label="${lt.escHtml(spec.label)} front panel">
         <defs>
           <linearGradient id="fp-metal" x1="0" y1="0" x2="0" y2="1">
             <stop offset="0" stop-color="#e4e4e6"/><stop offset=".08" stop-color="#d6d6d8"/>
@@ -628,9 +635,8 @@ function renderFaceplate(model, ctx) {
         ${spec.decor({ online: ctx.online })}
         ${outlets}
         ${ports}
-      </svg>
-    </div>
-  </div>${faceplateLegendHtml(spec, marks)}`;
+      </svg>`;
+  return { svg, marks };
 }
 
 // Where an fp-scroll panel should start: its port area
diff --git a/static/fronts.js b/static/fronts.js
index c068120..f7a38b6 100644
--- a/static/fronts.js
+++ b/static/fronts.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 'use strict';
-/* exported RACK_FRONTS, CHASSIS_FACEPLATES, rackFrontSvg, shelfSvg, SHELF_GEAR */
+/* exported RACK_FRONTS, CHASSIS_FACEPLATES, rackFrontSvg, shelfSvg, SHELF_GEAR, DESK_FACEPLATES */
 // Drawn fronts for rack gear Gandalf can't read a faceplate from: custom-built servers. Chosen per cutsheet item ("Front drawing"). Each one
 // shows the device's live status on its power light when the item is linked to a device.
 //
@@ -256,42 +256,70 @@ const SHELF_GEAR = {
   },
 };
 
+// UniFi desk gear drawn from its live faceplate when it sits on a shelf: the real width of the
+// face (Ubiquiti tech specs) and the span of that face in the faceplate drawing, to scale it.
+const DESK_FACEPLATES = {
+  USMINI: { mm: 107, body: [2, 661], label: 'UniFi Switch Flex Mini' },    // 107 x 70 x 21 mm
+  USF5P: { mm: 122.5, body: [66, 488], label: 'UniFi Switch Flex' },      // 122.5 x 107.1 x 28 mm
+};
+
 // A shelf at true scale (1100 units = 482.6 mm, a 19" panel) with what sits on it, left to right.
-// Gear with a SHELF_GEAR drawing is drawn to its real width; anything else is a labelled box.
-function shelfSvg(item, esc) {
+// Gear with a SHELF_GEAR drawing, or UniFi desk gear with a live faceplate, is drawn to its real
+// width; anything else is a labelled box. A shelf with Front drawing "resting" has no tray: its gear
+// lies directly on whatever is below it (a switch on top of the NVR).
+function shelfSvg(item, esc, faceplate) {
   const units = item.rack_height || 1;
   const W = 1100, H = 105 * units, perMm = W / 482.6;
-  const floor = H - 20;
+  const resting = item.chassis === 'resting';
+  const floor = resting ? H - 3 : H - 20;
   let x = 64;
   const things = (item.contents || []).map(c => {
     const gear = SHELF_GEAR[c.chassis];
-    const w = gear ? gear.mm * perMm : 150;
-    const k = gear ? w / gear.width : 1;
-    const h = gear ? gear.height * k : 58;
+    const desk = !gear && faceplate && DESK_FACEPLATES[c.model];
+    let w, h, body;
+    if (gear) {
+      w = gear.mm * perMm;
+      const k = w / gear.width;
+      h = gear.height * k;
+      body = `<g transform="translate(${x} ${floor - h}) scale(${k})">${gear.draw(c)}</g>`;
+    } else if (desk) {
+      // Scale the faceplate so its body spans the switch's real width, then place the whole drawing
+      const spec = faceplate.spec(c.model);
+      const k = (desk.mm * perMm) / (desk.body[1] - desk.body[0]);
+      w = desk.mm * perMm;
+      h = spec.height * k;
+      body = faceplate.svg(c, `x="${x - desk.body[0] * k}" y="${floor - h}" width="${spec.width * k}" height="${h}"`);
+    } else {
+      w = 150;
+      h = 58;
+      body = `<rect class="sh-box" x="${x}" y="${floor - h}" width="${w}" height="${h}" rx="4"/>
+         <text class="sh-box-name" x="${x + w / 2}" y="${floor - h / 2 + 5}" text-anchor="middle">${esc(c.name)}</text>`;
+    }
     const top = floor - h;
     const nics = (c.interfaces || []).map(n => `${n.name} ${n.up ? 'up' : 'down'}`).join(', ');
-    const tip = [c.name, gear ? gear.label : c.kind, c.status, nics, gear && gear.specs].filter(Boolean).join(' · ');
-    const body = gear
-      ? `<g transform="translate(${x} ${top}) scale(${k})">${gear.draw(c)}</g>`
-      : `<rect class="sh-box" x="${x}" y="${top}" width="${w}" height="${h}" rx="4"/>
-         <text class="sh-box-name" x="${x + w / 2}" y="${top + h / 2 + 5}" text-anchor="middle">${esc(c.name)}</text>`;
-    const out = `<a class="sh-thing" href="${esc(c.url)}"><title>${esc(tip)}</title>
+    const label = gear ? gear.label : (desk ? desk.label : c.kind);
+    const tip = [c.name, label, c.status, nics, gear && gear.specs].filter(Boolean).join(' · ');
+    // A live faceplate's ports are links of their own, so it isn't wrapped in one
+    const open = desk ? '<g class="sh-thing">' : `<a class="sh-thing" href="${esc(c.url)}">`;
+    const tagY = resting ? top - 16 : floor + 5;
+    const out = `${open}<title>${esc(tip)}</title>
         ${body}
-        <rect class="sh-hit" x="${x - 4}" y="${top - 4}" width="${w + 8}" height="${h + 8}" rx="4"/>
-        <rect class="sh-tag" x="${x + w / 2 - 46}" y="${floor + 5}" width="92" height="12" rx="2"/>
-        <text class="sh-tag-text" x="${x + w / 2}" y="${floor + 14}" text-anchor="middle">${esc(c.name)}</text>
-      </a>`;
+        ${desk ? '' : `<rect class="sh-hit" x="${x - 4}" y="${top - 4}" width="${w + 8}" height="${h + 8}" rx="4"/>`}
+        <rect class="sh-tag" x="${x + w / 2 - 46}" y="${tagY}" width="92" height="12" rx="2"/>
+        <text class="sh-tag-text" x="${x + w / 2}" y="${tagY + 9}" text-anchor="middle">${esc(c.name)}</text>
+      ${desk ? '</g>' : '</a>'}`;
     x += w + 26;
     return out;
   }).join('');
+  const tray = resting ? '' : `${ears(W, H, 'rf-ear-dark')}
+    <rect class="sh-back" x="36" y="6" width="${W - 72}" height="${floor - 6}"/>
+    <rect class="sh-floor" x="30" y="${floor}" width="${W - 60}" height="${H - floor - 2}" rx="2"/>
+    <rect class="sh-lip" x="30" y="${floor}" width="${W - 60}" height="3"/>`;
   return `<svg class="rack-svg rack-shelf-svg" viewBox="0 0 ${W} ${H}" preserveAspectRatio="none" role="group"
       aria-label="${esc(item.name)}">
     <title>${esc(item.name)}</title>
-    ${ears(W, H, 'rf-ear-dark')}
-    <rect class="sh-back" x="36" y="6" width="${W - 72}" height="${floor - 6}"/>
-    <rect class="sh-floor" x="30" y="${floor}" width="${W - 60}" height="${H - floor - 2}" rx="2"/>
-    <rect class="sh-lip" x="30" y="${floor}" width="${W - 60}" height="3"/>
-    ${things || `<text class="sh-empty" x="${W / 2}" y="${floor - 12}" text-anchor="middle">empty shelf</text>`}
+    ${tray}
+    ${things || `<text class="sh-empty" x="${W / 2}" y="${floor - 12}" text-anchor="middle">${resting ? 'nothing here' : 'empty shelf'}</text>`}
     <text class="sh-name" x="46" y="18">${esc(item.name)}</text>
   </svg>`;
 }
diff --git a/static/rack.js b/static/rack.js
index 55aa62e..0453185 100644
--- a/static/rack.js
+++ b/static/rack.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 'use strict';
-/* global FACEPLATES, renderFaceplate, RACK_CAN_EDIT, RACK_FRONTS, CHASSIS_FACEPLATES, rackFrontSvg, shelfSvg */
+/* global FACEPLATES, renderFaceplate, faceplateSvg, RACK_CAN_EDIT, RACK_FRONTS, CHASSIS_FACEPLATES, rackFrontSvg, shelfSvg */
 // Rack page: draws the rack front from /api/rack. Switches use their real faceplates,
 // patch panels a generic panel; hovering a port lights up every port on the same cable run.
 
@@ -145,6 +145,15 @@ function plateHtml(item) {
   </div>`;
 }
 
+// Live faceplates for UniFi desk gear sitting on a shelf (a Flex Mini on top of the NVR)
+const shelfFaceplates = {
+  spec: model => FACEPLATES[model],
+  svg: (c, attrs) => faceplateSvg(c.model, {
+    swName: c.device || c.name, portMap: portMapOf(c.ports), outlets: [], online: c.status === 'up',
+    titleFor: (port, idx) => portTitle(port, idx),
+  }, attrs).svg,
+};
+
 function backHtml(item) {
   // A full-depth item seen from the rear: its back, not its faceplate
   return `<div class="rack-plate rack-back">
@@ -161,7 +170,7 @@ function itemHtml(item) {
   else if (item.chassis && RACK_FRONTS[item.chassis]) body = rackFrontSvg(item.chassis, item);
   else if (item.kind === 'patch_panel' && item.chassis === 'uacc-patch-24') body = uaccPanelSvg(item);
   else if (item.kind === 'patch_panel') body = panelSvg(item);
-  else if (item.kind === 'shelf') body = shelfSvg(item, esc);
+  else if (item.kind === 'shelf') body = shelfSvg(item, esc, shelfFaceplates);
   else body = plateHtml(item);
   return `<div class="rack-item rack-kind-${esc(item.kind)}" data-item="${esc(item.id)}">${body}</div>`;
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_app.py b/tests/test_app.py
index 9fb9186..8d83b6a 100644
--- a/tests/test_app.py
+++ b/tests/test_app.py
@@ -552,6 +552,7 @@ class TestRackFacesAndSettings:
         assert [(c['name'], c['slot'], c['chassis']) for c in things] == [('b-box', 1, 'zimaboard-832'),
                                                                           ('large1', 2, '')]
         assert things[1]['interfaces'] == [{'name': 'eth0', 'up': True}]
+        assert things[0]['device'] == 'b-box' and things[0]['ports'] == {}
 
     def test_saved_racks_replace_config(self, client):
         self._items()
diff --git a/tests/test_cutsheet.py b/tests/test_cutsheet.py
index 48e02f5..48bbe1e 100644
--- a/tests/test_cutsheet.py
+++ b/tests/test_cutsheet.py
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ class TestChassis:
     def test_every_drawing_has_a_label(self):
         assert all(cs.CHASSIS.values())
         assert {'sliger-cx4712', 'rosewill-rsv-l4500u', 'unvr-pro', 'uacc-patch-24',
-                'usw-pro-max-24-poe', 'usw-pro-max-48-poe', 'zimaboard-832', 'zimaboard-832-cx3'} <= set(cs.CHASSIS)
+                'usw-pro-max-24-poe', 'usw-pro-max-48-poe', 'zimaboard-832', 'zimaboard-832-cx3', 'resting'} <= set(cs.CHASSIS)
 
 
 class TestFacingAndSlots: