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Figure 16 Installing the slide rails
Mounting the switch to the rack requires two persons.
To mount the switch to the rack:
1. Wear an ESD wrist strap and make sure it makes good skin contact and is reliably grounded.
2. Verify that the mounting brackets and chassis rails have been securely fixed on the two sides of
the switch.
3. Verify that the slide rails have been correctly attached to the rack posts.
4. Install cage nuts (user-supplied) to the front rack posts and make sure they are at the same level
as the slide rails.
5. Supporting the bottom of the switch, align the chassis rails with the slide rails on the rack posts,
as shown in Figure 17. Wo
rk with another person to slide the chassis rails along the slide rails
until the mounting brackets flush with the rack posts.
6. Use appropriate screws to fix the mounting brackets to the rack, as shown in Figure 18. T
o
ensure steadiness of the switch in the rack, make sure the front ends of the slide rails reach out
of the chassis rails, as shown in callout 1 in Figure 18.
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