Hardware Rack Mounting; Guidelines For Installing Mounting Rails In A Rack - Dell EqualLogic FS7500 Installation And Setup

2 Hardware Rack Mounting

For proper operation, you must install the EqualLogic FS7500 hardware (two FS7500 Controller nodes and one
FS7500 Backup Power Supply unit) in a rack.
Figure 9 shows the BPS and two controllers installed in a rack. Your FS7500 installation should look similar to
this when complete.
Figure 9: EqualLogic FS7500 Installed in a Rack

Guidelines for Installing Mounting Rails in a Rack

Before you install the EqualLogic FS7500 hardware in a rack, you must plan where to install the mounting rails
for each controller and for the BPS. Each device is a 1U device.
Dell recommends that you install the rails according to the following guidelines:
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