Figure 43: Attaching The Side Mounting-Rail To The Switch Chassis - Juniper EX4300 Hardware Manual

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NOTE: One person must be available to lift the switch while another secures
it to the rack.
CAUTION: If you are mounting multiple units on a rack, mount the heaviest
unit at the bottom of the rack and mount the other units from the bottom of
the rack to the top in decreasing order of the weight of the units.
To mount the switch on four posts of a rack:
Place the switch on a flat, stable surface.
1.
NOTE: The four-post rack-mount kit ships with the short front-mounting
brackets attached to the side mounting-rails. If you want to recess the
switch in the rack, you must unscrew the short front-mounting brackets
from the side mounting-rails by using the Phillips (+) screwdriver and
attach the long front-mounting brackets to the side mounting-rails.
Align the side mounting-rails along the side panels of the switch chassis. Align the
2.
two holes in the rear of the side mounting-rails with the two holes on the rear of the
side panels.
Insert 4x6-mm Phillips flat-head mounting screws into the two aligned holes and
3.
tighten the screws by using the screwdriver. Ensure that the remaining four holes in
the side mounting-rails are aligned with the four holes in the side panel. See
Figure 43 on page 171.

Figure 43: Attaching the Side Mounting-Rail to the Switch Chassis

Insert the 4x6-mm Phillips flat-head mounting screws into the remaining four holes
4.
in the side mounting-rails and tighten the screws by using the screwdriver.
Have one person grasp both sides of the switch, lift the switch, and position it in the
5.
rack, aligning the side mounting-rail holes with the threaded holes in the front post
of the rack. Align the bottom hole in both the front-mounting brackets with a hole in
each rack rail, making sure the chassis is level. See
Chapter 11: Installing the Switch
Figure 44 on page 172.
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