Dell PowerEdge R300 - Manual (Page 5)

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1 Four-Post Rack Installation
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Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
SAFETY: Rack Mounting of Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
General Installation Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Rack Requirements for VersaRails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Rack Stabilizer Feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Recommended Tools and Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Sliding Rails Rack Kit Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Static Rails Rack Kit Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installation Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Removing the Rack Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Marking the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Configuring the Sliding Rail Assemblies (Sliding Rail Kits Only) . . . . . . . . 13
Installing Chassis Static Rail Modules (Static Rail Kits Only) . . . . . . . . . 14
Installing the Mounting Rails in the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installing the System in the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Installing a System With Sliding Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Installing a System With Static Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Replacing the Rack Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Installing the Tray and Cable-Management Arm (Sliding Rail Kits Only) . . . 22
Installing the Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Installing the Cable-Management Arm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Routing Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Removing the System From the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Removing a System With Sliding Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Removing a System With Static Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25