Installing The Poweredge 1550 Rack Mounting Hardware; Installing The Mounting Rails - Dell PowerEdge 1550 Self-Study Manual

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Installing the PowerEdge 1550 rack mounting
hardware

Installing the Mounting Rails

Follow this procedure to install the PowerEdge 1550 mounting rails into
the rack.
# Installing the Mounting Rails
3. There are no prerequisite steps to perform before installing the mounting rails.
4. Perform the following steps to installing the mounting rails:
Starting either from the front or from the back, bend the pivoting portion of the rail (as
discussed earlier in the text) and place the hook below into a square hole in the rack.
5. Release the pivoting portion of the rail and let it go into the square cutout just above the one
the hook is through.
6. Repeat the previous step for the other side of the rail making sure that the two ends are
even.
7. Repeat the previous two steps for the other rail.
Installing the Cross Brace
Follow this procedure to install the PowerEdge 1550 cross brace into the
rack.
# Installing the Cross Brace
8. Before installing the cross brace you must install the mounting rails.
9. Perform the following steps to installing the cross brace:
Place the cross brace at an angle over the rails so that the slots in the brace can slip over
the thin posts on the rails.
10. After fitting the cross brace over the pegs on the rails rotate it back while lowering it so that
the hooks can slide over the notches in the rails.
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