Dell PowerEdge 2800, Hardware Installation Manual

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Rack Installation Guide
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Flush-Mount Installation
The two-post rack kit is shipped with the brackets configured for center-mount installation.
To prepare the slide assemblies for flush-mount installation in the two-post rack, perform the
following steps:
1
Locate the two slide assemblies and place them, side by side, on a smooth work surface, with
the front ends of the slide assemblies toward you. Position both slide assemblies so that the
center brackets are facing upward (see Figure 1-17).
NOTE:
To prepare the slides for flush-mount installation, remove the front mounting bracket, rotate
it 180 degrees, and reinstall it on the opposite slide assembly.
2
Using a #2 Phillips screwdriver and an 11/32-inch wrench or nut driver, remove two 12-24 x
0.5-inch pan-head Phillips screws, two nuts, and two shoulder washers from each front center
bracket (see Figure 1-17).
3
Remove the front bracket from both slide assemblies.
4
Place the bracket from one slide assembly onto the threaded studs on the opposite slide
assembly, with the bracket turned 180 degrees so that the mounting flange faces forward
(see Figure 1-17).
5
Secure each front center-mount bracket (by its nuts and shoulder washers) by finger-
tightening them on their opposite slide assemblies using the two shoulder washers and
two nuts you removed in step 2 (see Figure 1-17).
The joined bracket becomes the new extended back bracket.