8/18/2020
HPE FlexFabric 5710 Switch Series - Installing the Switch
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Attaching the slide rails to the rack
The procedures are the same for attaching slide rails to the rack. This section uses the 1U long sliderails as an example.
To attach the slide rails to the rack:
1. Identify the rack attachment position for the slide rails.
2. Install floating nuts (user-supplied) in the mounting holes in the rack posts.
3. Align the screw holes in one slide rail with the floating nuts in the rack post on one side, and usescrews (user-supplied) to attach the
slide rail to the rack.
4. Repeat the preceding steps to attach the other slide rail to the rack post on the other side.Keep the two slide rails at the same height
so the slide rails can attach into the chassis rails.
Installing the 1U long slide rails
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Mounting the switch in the rack
The rack-mounting procedure is similar for the switches. The following procedure mounts an HPE5710-54HF switch in a rack.
This task requires two people.
To mount the switch in 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 attached to the switchchassis.
3. Verify that the slide rails have been correctly attached to the rear rack posts.
4. Install floating nuts (user-supplied) to the front rack posts and make sure they are at the samelevel as the slide rails.
5. One person performs the following operations:
Supporting the bottom of the switch, aligns the chassis rails with the slide rails on the rackposts.
Pushes the switch slowly to slide the chassis rails along the slide rails until the mountingbrackets are flush with the rack posts.
6. The other person uses screws (user-supplied) to attach the mounting brackets to the rack.
Make sure the front ends of the long slide rails reach out of the chassis rails.
The rack-mounting procedures are the same for the HPE 5710-54HT and HPE 5710-54HF switches.The following figures use the
HPE 5710-54HF switch as an example.
Mounting an HPE 5710-54HF switch in the rack (mounting brackets installed nearthe power supply side)
