Installing The Chassis In A Four-Post Rack - Cisco Nexus 9396PX Hardware Installation Manual

Installing the Chassis in a Four-Post Rack

Installing the Chassis in a Four-Post Rack
You need to slide the chassis onto the bottom-support rails so that the power supply end locks onto the chassis
stops at the end of the rails and so that the front-mount brackets on the chassis come into contact with the
front-mount rails on the rack.
Statement 1074—Comply with Local and National Electrical Codes
Warning
Installation of the equipment must comply with local and national electrical codes.
Statement 1032—Lifting the Chassis
Warning
To prevent personal injury or damage to the chassis, never attempt to lift or tilt the chassis using the
handles on modules (such as power supplies, fans, or cards); these types of handles are not designed to
support the weight of the unit.
Before You Begin
• Make sure that the four-post rack is properly installed and secured to the concrete subfloor.
• Make sure that the bottom support rails are installed so that the fan and power supply modules will be
• Make sure that two front-mount brackets are securely fastened to the sides of the chassis at the port end.
• Make sure that you have two customer-supplied rack-mount screws (M6 x 10 mm or appropriate screw
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in the appropriate aisle as follows:
◦ Burgundy striped (port-side intake airflow) modules are positioned in a hot aisle (the chassis stop
on the bottom-support rails is positioned by the hot aisle).
◦ Blue stripped (port-side exhaust airflow) modules are positioned in a cold aisle (the chassis stop
on the bottom-support rails is positioned by the cold aisle).
If DC power supplies are included with the switch, they have port-side intake airflow
Note
with green handles and the ports must be positioned in the cold aisle.
for the vertical mounting rails on the rack).
Installing the Chassis