diff --git a/frontend/src/rack/README.md b/frontend/src/rack/README.md
index 1ea8cc5..7ce29c3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/rack/README.md
+++ b/frontend/src/rack/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Create one from **New Canvas → Kind → Rack**.
 | Faceplates | Declarative templates in `faceplates.ts`, drawn as SVG in unit coordinates so a plate scales with U height and rack width. Applying a template seeds ports; the user edits them afterwards. `suggestFaceplate()` picks one from the device's discovery type. Chosen from `FaceplatePicker` — a visual catalog, not a `<select>`: every template is drawn with the canvas renderer at its real relative width and U height, grouped, searchable, and filterable by `kind` (accessories are offered only to accessories). |
 | Ports | RJ45 and SFP/SFP+ only, drawn as real jack artwork at a fixed pixel size so plates of different U heights line up. Manual list per device. Power outlets are artwork, never a cable endpoint. |
 | Port visibility | Patch-facing gear (switches, patch panels) shows its ports permanently. Everything else reveals them on hover, on selection, or when cables are on — a cable never ends on an invisible port. |
-| Plate zones | Each template reserves three non-overlapping bands: status LED (fixed left), `labelBox` (name, clipped), then artwork and ports. A test asserts no port lands on the name band. |
+| Plate zones | Each template reserves three non-overlapping bands: status LED (fixed left), `labelBox` (name, clipped), then artwork and ports. A test asserts no port lands on the name band. `labelBox.y` (default 0.5) moves the name band *and* the LED off mid-height — desktop NAS boxes are drive doors over a badge strip at the bottom. |
 | Cables | Port-to-port, a relation of their own — not React Flow edges. One cable per port. Drawn in a `ViewportPortal` so they pan/zoom with the canvas and can cross racks. |
 | Cable visibility | Hidden by default; shown on hover/selection, or all-on via patch mode / the header. Plates fade to 40 % when cables are on. Copper vs fibre follows the port the patch starts from. |
 | Colours | `rackTheme.ts` derives the whole rack palette from the active app theme rather than declaring one per theme, so a new theme works here for free. Per-rack chrome (frame, rails, interior) stays user-editable; only its default comes from the theme. |
diff --git a/frontend/src/rack/__tests__/Faceplate.test.tsx b/frontend/src/rack/__tests__/Faceplate.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be4497a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/rack/__tests__/Faceplate.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/**
+ * The renderer places the name band and the status LED; a template can move
+ * both off mid-height, which is what makes a desktop NAS look like one.
+ */
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest'
+import { render } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { Faceplate } from '../components/Faceplate'
+import { getFaceplate } from '../faceplates'
+
+const HEIGHT = 100
+
+function draw(faceplateId: string) {
+  const plate = getFaceplate(faceplateId)
+  const { container } = render(
+    <Faceplate
+      faceplateId={faceplateId}
+      label="nas-01"
+      status="online"
+      ports={plate.ports.map((p, i) => ({ ...p, id: `p${i}` }))}
+      width={200}
+      height={HEIGHT}
+      revealed
+    />,
+  )
+  return {
+    led: container.querySelector('circle'),
+    text: container.querySelector('text'),
+  }
+}
+
+describe('Faceplate — name band', () => {
+  it('keeps rack gear labelled across the middle', () => {
+    const { led, text } = draw('server-1u')
+    expect(led).toHaveAttribute('cy', String(HEIGHT / 2))
+    expect(text).toHaveAttribute('y', String(HEIGHT / 2))
+  })
+
+  it('drops the badge and the LED to the bottom strip of a desktop NAS', () => {
+    const band = getFaceplate('nas-desktop-2').labelBox.y!
+    const { led, text } = draw('nas-desktop-2')
+    // Drive trays own the height; the badge belongs under them, not across them.
+    expect(led).toHaveAttribute('cy', String(band * HEIGHT))
+    expect(text).toHaveAttribute('y', String(band * HEIGHT))
+  })
+})
diff --git a/frontend/src/rack/__tests__/faceplates.test.ts b/frontend/src/rack/__tests__/faceplates.test.ts
index fc0ed1d..9f19372 100644
--- a/frontend/src/rack/__tests__/faceplates.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/rack/__tests__/faceplates.test.ts
@@ -95,8 +95,18 @@ describe('faceplate catalog', () => {
       const tray = plate.elements.find((e) => e.kind === 'bays')
       expect(tray).toMatchObject({ cols: bays, rows: 1 })
       expect(plate.ports.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
-      // Trays own the upper half; the name band and the ports share the lower.
-      expect(tray!.kind === 'bays' && tray.y + tray.h).toBeLessThanOrEqual(0.5)
+
+      // The front is tray doors, portrait, over a thin bottom strip carrying the
+      // badge, the LED and the sockets — not a mid-height band like rack gear.
+      const band = plate.labelBox.y!
+      expect(band).toBeGreaterThan(0.7)
+      const trayBottom = tray!.kind === 'bays' ? tray.y + tray.h : 1
+      expect(trayBottom).toBeLessThan(band)
+      expect(plate.ports.every((p) => p.y === band)).toBe(true)
+      // Doors taller than they are wide, at the plate's real aspect (3U on a
+      // third of the rack is roughly as tall as it is wide).
+      const doorW = (tray!.kind === 'bays' ? tray.w : 0) / bays
+      expect(doorW).toBeLessThan(tray!.kind === 'bays' ? tray.h : 0)
     }
   })
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/rack/components/Faceplate.tsx b/frontend/src/rack/components/Faceplate.tsx
index 3729358..c303b33 100644
--- a/frontend/src/rack/components/Faceplate.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/rack/components/Faceplate.tsx
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ function drawElement(el: FaceplateElement, i: number, w: number, h: number) {
     case 'bays': {
       const cellW = (el.w * w) / el.cols
       const cellH = (el.h * h) / el.rows
+      // Tray doors are rounded; a flat 1.5px radius reads as a square hole once
+      // the cells get big, as they do on a tall desktop NAS.
+      const rx = Math.max(1.5, Math.min(cellW, cellH) * 0.14)
       const cells = []
       for (let r = 0; r < el.rows; r++) {
         for (let c = 0; c < el.cols; c++) {
@@ -85,7 +88,7 @@ function drawElement(el: FaceplateElement, i: number, w: number, h: number) {
               y={el.y * h + r * cellH + 1}
               width={Math.max(2, cellW - 2)}
               height={Math.max(2, cellH - 2)}
-              rx={1.5}
+              rx={rx}
               fill={el.fill ?? '#1b1f26'}
               stroke="#0d1117"
               strokeWidth={0.5}
@@ -191,6 +194,7 @@ export const Faceplate = memo(function Faceplate({
 
   const labelX = template.labelBox.x * width
   const labelW = template.labelBox.w * width
+  const bandY = (template.labelBox.y ?? 0.5) * height
   const fontSize = Math.max(8, Math.min(11, height * 0.42))
   const showLabel = labelW > 24 && height >= 14
 
@@ -225,13 +229,13 @@ export const Faceplate = memo(function Faceplate({
       {template.elements.map((el, i) => drawElement(el, i, width, height))}
 
       {template.statusLed && (
-        <circle cx={LED_X} cy={height / 2} r={LED_R} fill={palette.status[status]} />
+        <circle cx={LED_X} cy={bandY} r={LED_R} fill={palette.status[status]} />
       )}
 
       {showLabel && (
         <text
           x={labelX}
-          y={height / 2}
+          y={bandY}
           clipPath={`url(#${clipId})`}
           fontSize={fontSize}
           fill={palette.text}
diff --git a/frontend/src/rack/faceplates.ts b/frontend/src/rack/faceplates.ts
index 2a95dfb..4f1010f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/rack/faceplates.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/rack/faceplates.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@ const LABEL_LEFT = { x: 0.055, w: 0.24 }
 const LABEL_TIGHT = { x: 0.05, w: 0.15 }
 /** Half/third-width plates: the LED is proportionally wider, so shift right. */
 const LABEL_SMALL = { x: 0.1, w: 0.4 }
+/** Bottom strip of a desktop NAS: badge, LED and sockets all sit on it. */
+const NAS_BAND = 0.86
+
+/** Drop a bank onto the NAS bottom strip — `bank` centres rows on the plate. */
+function nasPorts(ports: Omit<Port, 'id'>[]): Omit<Port, 'id'>[] {
+  return ports.map((p) => ({ ...p, y: NAS_BAND }))
+}
 
 export const FACEPLATES: FaceplateTemplate[] = [
   // --- Servers ------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -301,10 +308,9 @@ export const FACEPLATES: FaceplateTemplate[] = [
     ],
   },
   // Desktop NAS boxes (UGREEN DXP, Synology DS…) sat on a rack shelf: not rack
-  // gear, so they take a third of the width and stand ~3U tall, with their
-  // drive trays side by side. Bays fill the upper half; the name band and the
-  // ports share the lower one, side by side, since the name is always drawn at
-  // mid-height whatever the U count.
+  // gear, so they take a third of the width and stand ~3U tall. Their front is
+  // drive-tray doors, tall and portrait, filling everything above a thin bottom
+  // strip that carries the badge, the LED and the sockets — hence `labelBox.y`.
   {
     id: 'nas-desktop-2',
     label: 'Desktop NAS — 2 bays',
@@ -313,13 +319,13 @@ export const FACEPLATES: FaceplateTemplate[] = [
     uHeight: 3,
     colSpan: RACK_COLUMNS / 3,
     statusLed: true,
-    labelBox: { x: 0.12, w: 0.5 },
+    labelBox: { x: 0.13, w: 0.42, y: NAS_BAND },
     portSize: 'md',
     elements: [
       { kind: 'panel', fill: '#262c35', stroke: '#0d1117' },
-      { kind: 'bays', x: 0.14, y: 0.06, w: 0.72, h: 0.42, cols: 2, rows: 1, fill: BLACK_BOX },
+      { kind: 'bays', x: 0.09, y: 0.07, w: 0.82, h: 0.68, cols: 2, rows: 1, fill: BLACK_BOX },
     ],
-    ports: bank({ type: 'rj45', count: 1, x: 0.68, w: 0.24, prefix: 'eth' }),
+    ports: nasPorts(bank({ type: 'rj45', count: 1, x: 0.62, w: 0.3, prefix: 'eth' })),
   },
   {
     id: 'nas-desktop-4',
@@ -329,13 +335,13 @@ export const FACEPLATES: FaceplateTemplate[] = [
     uHeight: 3,
     colSpan: RACK_COLUMNS / 3,
     statusLed: true,
-    labelBox: { x: 0.12, w: 0.5 },
+    labelBox: { x: 0.13, w: 0.42, y: NAS_BAND },
     portSize: 'md',
     elements: [
       { kind: 'panel', fill: '#262c35', stroke: '#0d1117' },
-      { kind: 'bays', x: 0.1, y: 0.06, w: 0.8, h: 0.42, cols: 4, rows: 1, fill: BLACK_BOX },
+      { kind: 'bays', x: 0.06, y: 0.07, w: 0.88, h: 0.68, cols: 4, rows: 1, fill: BLACK_BOX },
     ],
-    ports: bank({ type: 'rj45', count: 2, x: 0.64, w: 0.3, prefix: 'eth' }),
+    ports: nasPorts(bank({ type: 'rj45', count: 2, x: 0.6, w: 0.34, prefix: 'eth' })),
   },
   {
     id: 'nas-desktop-5',
@@ -345,16 +351,16 @@ export const FACEPLATES: FaceplateTemplate[] = [
     uHeight: 3,
     colSpan: RACK_COLUMNS / 3,
     statusLed: true,
-    labelBox: { x: 0.12, w: 0.5 },
+    labelBox: { x: 0.13, w: 0.42, y: NAS_BAND },
     portSize: 'md',
     elements: [
       { kind: 'panel', fill: '#262c35', stroke: '#0d1117' },
-      { kind: 'bays', x: 0.08, y: 0.06, w: 0.84, h: 0.42, cols: 5, rows: 1, fill: BLACK_BOX },
-    ],
-    ports: [
-      ...bank({ type: 'rj45', count: 2, x: 0.64, w: 0.22, prefix: 'eth' }),
-      ...bank({ type: 'sfp+', count: 1, x: 0.88, w: 0.1, prefix: 'sfp' }),
+      { kind: 'bays', x: 0.05, y: 0.07, w: 0.9, h: 0.68, cols: 5, rows: 1, fill: BLACK_BOX },
     ],
+    ports: nasPorts([
+      ...bank({ type: 'rj45', count: 2, x: 0.58, w: 0.24, prefix: 'eth' }),
+      ...bank({ type: 'sfp+', count: 1, x: 0.84, w: 0.12, prefix: 'sfp' }),
+    ]),
   },
   {
     id: 'ups-2u',
diff --git a/frontend/src/types/rack.ts b/frontend/src/types/rack.ts
index 72dd0d8..8529cce 100644
--- a/frontend/src/types/rack.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/types/rack.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@ export type FaceplateKind = 'device' | 'accessory'
 export interface LabelBox {
   x: number
   w: number
+  /**
+   * Vertical centre of the name band, 0..1, default 0.5.
+   *
+   * Rack gear wears its name across the middle. Tall desktop boxes do not —
+   * their front is drive trays, and the badge sits on a strip at the bottom.
+   * The status LED rides the same band.
+   */
+  y?: number
 }
 
 export interface FaceplateTemplate {