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Installing the Chassis
Warning
Statement 1006 Chassis Warning for Rack-Mounting and Servicing
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 the
Step 1
Use one person to position the chassis so that it is near the top of the rack with the fan and power supply modules in the
appropriate aisle and the center-mount bracket has its screw holes aligned to screw holes on the two-post rack.
If these modules have a blue or gray coloring for port-side exhaust airflow, then you must position the modules by the
cold aisle. If the modules have a burgundy or green coloring for port-side intake airflow, you must position the modules
by the hot aisle.
1
Three customer-supplied screws (typically M6 x 10
mm screws or the appropriate screws for the rack) to
hold each side of the chassis to the two-post rack.
Step 2
Use the second person to secure the three customer-supplied rack-mount screws (typically M6 x 10 mm or other appropriate
screws for the rack) on each center-mount bracket to attach the chassis to the rack. Tighten each screw to the appropriate
torque setting for the screws (for M6 x 10 mm screws, use 40 in-lbs [4.5 N·m] of torque).
heaviest component at the bottom of the rack.
unit in the rack.
Installing the Chassis in a Two-Post Rack
Installing the Chassis
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