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Chapter 2
Installing the Server
Installing the Server In a Rack
This section describes how to install the server in a rack.
To prevent bodily injury when mounting or servicing this unit in a rack, you must take special
Warning
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 heaviest component
at the bottom of the rack.
If the rack is provided with stabilizing devices, install the stabilizers before mounting or servicing the unit in the rack.
Statement 1006
To install the slide rails and the server into a rack, follow these steps:
Step 1
Install the slide rails into the rack (see
a.
b.
Figure 2-2
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1
2
3
c.
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Align the slide-rail assembly inside the rack posts with the length-adjustment bracket
item 4) toward the rear of the rack.
Compress the length-adjustment bracket until the mounting pegs (item 5) and locking clips (item 6)
on the slide-rail assembly engage the desired rack holes on the front and rear rack posts.
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The #12-24 mounting pegs fit square or round holes. They fit the shape of the hole when the
pegs are compressed.
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The #10-32 mounting pegs are enclosed in the center of the compressible #12-24 rear pegs.
However, to use the #10-32 pegs, you must use a slotted screwdriver to remove the #12-24 front
pegs.
Attaching a Slide-Rail Assembly
3
6
Front-right rack post
Rear-right rack post
Slide-rail assembly
Attach the second slide-rail assembly to the opposite side of the rack. Ensure that the two slide-rail
assemblies are level and at the same height with each other.
Figure
2-2):
4
4
Length-adjustment bracket
5
Mounting pegs (two on each end of assembly)
6
Locking clip (one on each end of assembly)
Cisco UCS C260 Server Installation and Service Guide
Installing the Server In a Rack
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2-2,
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