Installing with Adjustable Guide Rails

Adjustable guide rails are for a cabinet with a depth of 543.5 mm to 848.5 mm (21.40 in. to 33.41 in.) between the front and rear mounting bars. See Figure 5-8.

Figure 5-8 Distance between the front and rear mounting bars

The servers are stackable onto adjustable guide rails.

1. Install the adjustable guide rails.
   1. Use a screwdriver to fasten one dowel pin on the front and two dowel pins on the rear of the guide rail. Figure 5-9 shows the positions of dowel pins.

      Three types of dowel pins are shipped with the guide rails, and their diameters are 6.8 mm (0.27 in.), 8.7 mm (0.34 in.), and 9.2 mm (0.36 in.). Choose dowel pins with the largest diameter that can pass through the holes.

      Figure 5-9 Installing dowel pins
      

   2. Place a guide rail horizontally in the planned position and stretch the guide rail and align the holes on the guide rail with the holes on the inner guide rail of the rack. Lead the front and rear dowel pins out of the holes to pre-position the guide rail. See (1) in Figure 5-10.

      Guide rails are divided into left and right guide rails (labeled with L and R). A pair of guide rails should be installed together and cannot be installed reversely.

      Figure 5-10 Installing an adjustable guide rail
      

   3. Use a screwdriver to tighten two screws on the front and two screws on the rear of the guide rail. See (2) in Figure 5-10. The figure shows the positions of screws.
   4. Install the other guide rail in the same way.

2. Install the server.
   1. Lift the server. This task requires at least four people.
   2. Place the server on the guide rails and slide it into the cabinet. See (1) in Figure 5-11.
      Figure 5-11 Installing the server
      

   3. When the two mounting ears of the server come into contact with the mounting bars on the cabinet, tighten their captive screws to secure the server. See (2) in Figure 5-11.

3. Connect the power cables and all signal cables.
4. Power on the server. For details, see Powering On the Server.