Cisco Nexus 3600 Hardware Installation Manual page 31

Installing the Chassis
• The rack is installed and secured to its location.
Step 1 Install two front-mount brackets to the switch as follows:
a) Determine which end of the chassis is to be located in the cold aisle as follows:
• If the switch has port-side intake modules (fan modules with burgundy coloring), position the switch so that its
ports will be in the cold aisle.
• If the switch has port-side exhaust modules (fan modules with blue coloring), position the switch so that its fan
and power supply modules will be in the cold aisle.
b) Position a front-mount bracket so that four of its screw holes are aligned to the screw holes on the side of the chassis.
Note
1 Front rack-mount bracket aligned to the port end of
the chassis
• Slider rails (2)
• M4 x 0.7 x 8-mm Phillips countersink screws (12)
You can align any four of the holes in the front rack-mount bracket to four of the six screw holes on the
side of the chassis (see the two ways to mount these brackets on a typical chassis, in following figure).
The holes that you use depend on the requirements of your rack and the amount of clearance required
for interface cables (3 inches [7.6 mm] minimum) and module handles (1 inch [2.5 mm] minimum).
Installing the Switch Using the N3K-C3064-ACC-KIT Rack-Mount Kit
5 Front rack-mount bracket aligned to the module end
of the chassis
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