Installing The Chassis Into An Equipment Cabinet - Dell Force10 E300 Installing And Maintaining

Step Task
4 Using the screws provided with your equipment rack, insert screws into both the chassis rack mounting bracket
and the equipment rack and tighten (see
Figure 4-2. Rack Mounting the Chassis
For 19-inch mid mount and 23-inch mid mount brackets, refer to the documentation included with those
brackets.

Installing the Chassis into an Equipment Cabinet

Prior to installing the E300 into an equipment cabinet, make sure that there is adequate space for proper
ventilation, access to cables, and access for maintenance. With the chassis installed in a cabinet, there
must be a minimum of six inches (16 cm) between the chassis sides and the cabinet walls.
To install a chassis into an equipment cabinet:
Step Task
1 At the desired location in the rack, orient the equipment rack bar with the arrows pointing up. The smooth side of
the bar should face outward.
2 Using the mounting screws provided with your rack, attach the bar to the rack (see
3
Using a hand cart, pallet jack, or forklift, align the rack-mount holes with the equipment rack hole, situating the
chassis on top of the equipment rack bar.
4
Using the screws provided with the cabinet, insert and tighten the screws into the chassis rack mounting and the
cabinet.
18 | Installing the Chassis
Figure 4-2).
Figure 4-1).