Cisco Nexus 9396PX Hardware Installation Manual page 35

Installing the Chassis
• Make sure that the bottom-support rails are installed so that the fan modules will be in the appropriate
• 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
Statement 1006—Chassis Warning for Rack-Mounting and Servicing
Warning
To prevent bodily injury when mounting or servicing this unit in a rack, you must take special precautions
to ensure that the system remains stable. The following guidelines are provided to ensure your safety:
• This unit should be mounted at the bottom of the rack if it is the only unit in the rack.
• When mounting this unit in a partially filled rack, load the rack from the bottom to the top with the
• If the rack is provided with stabilizing devices, install the stabilizers before mounting or servicing
Step 1 Slide the power supply end of the chassis onto the bottom-support rails that are installed on the rack.
Be sure that the sides of the chassis by the power supplies clips into the chassis stops on the bottom-support rails and
the front-mount brackets come in contact with the rack (see the following figure).
If the bottom-support rails are extended a long distance, they can bend outwards slightly when you install the
Note
chassis and the chassis stops at the far end of the rails might not fit into the end of the chassis. If this happens,
press the side rails toward the sides of the chassis so that the chassis stops can go inside the chassis and hold it
in place on the rack.
aisle as follows:
◦ Burgundy (port-side intake airflow) fan modules are positioned in a hot aisle (the chassis stop on
the bottom-support rails is positioned by the hot aisle).
◦ Blue colored (port-side exhaust airflow) fan modules are positioned in a cold aisle (the chassis
stop on the bottom-support rails is positioned by the cold aisle).
for the vertical mounting rails on the rack).
heaviest component at the bottom of the rack.
the unit in the rack.
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