Installing The Server In A Rack - Cisco UCS C24 Installation And Service Manual

Chapter 2 Installing the Server

Installing the Server In a Rack

To install the slide rails and the server into a rack, follow these steps:
Step 1 Open the front securing latch (see
a spring-loaded securing latch that must be open before you can insert the mounting pegs into the
rack-post holes.
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b.
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Step 2 Install the slide rails onto the rack:
a.
b.
Note The mounting pegs that protrude through the rack-post holes are designed to fit round or square holes,
or smaller #10-32 round holes when the mounting peg is compressed. If your rack has #10-32 rack-post
holes, align the mounting pegs with the holes and then compress the spring-loaded pegs to expose the
#10-32 inner peg.
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On the rear side of the securing-latch assembly, hold open the clip marked "PULL."
Slide the spring-loaded securing latch away from the mounting pegs.
Release the clip marked "PULL" to lock the securing latch in the open position.
Front Securing Latch
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Clip marked "PULL" on rear of assembly
Front mounting pegs
Position a slide-rail assembly inside the two left-side rack posts (see
Use the "FRONT" and "REAR" markings on the slide-rail assembly to orient the assembly correctly
with the front and rear rack posts.
Position the front mounting pegs so that they enter the desired front rack-post holes from the front.
Expand the length-adjustment bracket until the rear mounting pegs protrude through the desired
holes in the rear rack post.
Use your finger to hold the rear securing latch open when you insert the rear mounting pegs to their
holes. When you release the latch, it wraps around the rack post and secures the slide-rail assembly.
Figure 2-2). The end of the slide-rail assembly marked "FRONT" has
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Spring-loaded securing latch on front of
assembly
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Installing the Server In a Rack
Figure 2-3).
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