Mounting The Slide Rails On The Sides Of The Switch - HP StorageWorks Installation Manual

2. Attach four bar nuts (three-hole bar nuts) to the cabinet frame using eight (8) Phillips panhead
screws (10-32 x 1/2) with split lock and flat washers.
NOTE:
a. If you are installing the Edge Switch 2/24 in an HP 9000, 10000, or 11000 series rack,
place a square alignment washer on each panhead screw before inserting in the square
cabinet frame holes.
b. Mount the bar nut on the inside of the cabinet frame. Orient the holes in the bar nut so that
they are aligned closest to the inside edge of the cabinet frame.
c. Secure, but do not completely tighten, all screws.
3. Measure cabinet depth from inside edge to inside edge of the cabinet frame.
4. Assemble two sets of front and rear brackets so that the combined brackets are equal to the
depth of the cabinet.
5. Attach a two-hole bar nut using four (4) Phillips flathead screws (8-32 x 7/16) to hold each
assembled bracket together. Do not completely tighten but tighten enough to hold the brackets
together.
6. Install the assembled brackets in the cabinet by sliding the mounting brackets between the bar
nut and cabinet frame.
7. Tighten the three-hole bar nut screws on the mounting brackets to where the rails are stable, but
can be easily adjusted.
8. Securely tighten the two-hole bar nut screws holding the front and rear brackets together.

Mounting the slide rails on the sides of the switch

Use these steps to install the slide rails on the sides of the switch as shown in
You will need a torque driver with a T10 Torx bit (not supplied in the kit) and left and right slide rails
to complete this procedure.
NOTE: You may want to remove the Edge Switch 2/24 power supplies, as this will make the
device lighter and easier to handle.
WARNING!
service manual for details on removing power supplies.
1. On the Edge Switch 2/24, remove the six screws (three screws per side) that help hold the switch
cover in place.
NOTE:
32 Installing and configuring the Edge Switch 2/24
Do not install a screw in the center hole of each bar nut.
Before removing the power supplies, review the HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/24
Do not discard these screws, as you will use them to attach the slide rails.
Figure 6 on page 33.