Install the server into the rack
Install the server into the rack
Prerequisites
Prerequisites
Get help to lift and stabilize the server during rack installation. If the
might be required to help install the server
might be required to help install the
Before you perform this procedure, review the:
Rack warnings and cautions
Server warnings and cautions
A fully populated server is heavy. Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends removing the external chassis components before
installing the server into a rack.
Before you perform this procedure, make sure that you have a T-25 Torx screwdriver available.
Procedure
Procedure
1. Install the server into the rack:
a. Insert the sliding rails into the rack mounting rails (callout 1).
b. Slide the server into the rack until the chassis ears are engaged with the rack columns (callout 2).
2. Secure the server on the rack, do one of the following:
For a server that has thumbscrew ears, tighten the captive thumbscrews.
If the server
server: : one person to support the server weight, and the other to slide the server into the rack.
server is installed higher than chest level, an additional person
is installed higher than chest level, an additional person
Install the server into the rack
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