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Figure2-12 Marking cage nut installation holes for attaching mounting brackets
2.
Install cage nuts (user-supplied) in the marked mounting holes in the rack posts.
3.
Align the screw holes in one slide rail with the cage nuts in a rear rack post. Use the
user-supplied M6 screws to attach the slide rail to the post, as shown in
As a best practice, use a torque of 30 kgf-cm (2.94 Nm) to fasten the M6 screws.
4.
Perform the same procedure to attach the other slide rail to the other rear rack post.
Make sure the two slide rails at the same height so the slide rails can slide into the chassis rails.
Figure2-13 Installing slide rails
Mounting the switch in the rack
This task requires two people.
To mount the switch in the rack:
1.
Verify that the mounting brackets and chassis rails have been securely attached to the switch
chassis.
2.
Verify that the slide rails have been correctly attached to the rear rack posts.
3.
Attach cage nuts (user-supplied) to the front rack posts and make sure they are at the same
level as the slide rails.
4.
One person performs the following operations:
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Attaching slide rails to the rack
Attaching cage nuts
to the rack
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