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Attaching the slide-rail assemblies to the rack, Attaching bolt-on slide-rail assemblies – Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X4150 Server User Manual

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Chapter 2

Installing the Sun Fire X4150 Server Into a Rack with Slide-Rails

15

Attaching the Slide-Rail Assemblies to
the Rack

Do one of the following procedures to attach the slide-rail assemblies to the rack:

“Disassembling Bolt-On Slide-Rails” on page 12

“Disassembling Tool-less Slide-Rails” on page 13

Attaching Bolt-On Slide-Rail Assemblies

To attach bolt-on slide-rail assemblies to the rack:

1. Position a slide-rail assembly in your rack so that the brackets at each end of the

slide-rail assembly are on the outside of the front and rear rack posts. (See

FIGURE 2-3

.)

2. Attach the slide-rail assembly to the rack posts, but do not tighten the screws

completely.

Choose one of the following methods to attach the slide-rails. The method you use
varies, depending on the type of rack:

If your rack has threaded mounting holes in the rack posts, first determine
whether the threads are metric or standard, then insert the correct mounting
screws through the slide-rail brackets and into the threaded holes.