Installing The Switch In A 19-Inch Rack; Prerequisites; Attaching The Mounting Brackets To The Chassis - HP A5500 HI Series Installation Manual

Installing the switch in a 19-inch rack

Every A5500 HI switch comes with a pair of mounting brackets (see
Figure 6 Rack-mounting procedure
Figure 7 Mounting bracket
(1) Hole for attaching to a rack (by using an M6 screw)
(2) Hole for attaching to the switch chassis

Prerequisites

If you are installing an LSP5GP8P0 (JG314A) interface card, make sure the rack depth is 800 mm (31.50
in) or 1000 mm (39.37 in). This card adds 69.75 mm (2.75 in) to the chassis depth (see
addition to the clearance required for installing transceiver modules and cables.

Attaching the mounting brackets to the chassis

To attach the mounting brackets to the chassis:
Identify the front mounting position (see
1.
two sides of the chassis.
Align the round holes in the wide flange of one front mounting bracket with the screw holes in the
2.
front or rear mounting position on one side of the chassis
Use M4 screws (supplied with the switch) to attach the mounting bracket to the chassis.
3.
Repeat the preceding two steps to attach the other mounting bracket to the other side of the
4.
chassis.
NOTE:
The screw holes in the figures in this section are for illustration only.
Figure 8) and rear mounting position (see
8
Figure 7) for rack mounting.
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