Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell PowerVault 56F Switches Rack Installation Guide
- Safety Instructions
- Contents
- Dell™ PowerVault™ 56F 16-Port Fibre Channel Switch Rack Installation Guide
- Rack Components
- Before You Begin
- Installing the Rack Kit
- 1. Remove the rack’s front and back doors.
- 2. Install the slide assemblies in the rack.
- Removing the Doors From a 24-U or 42-U Rack
- 1. Open the latch on the front door.
- Figure 2. Opening the 24-U Rack Cabinet Front Door Latch
- Figure 3. Opening the 42-U Rack Cabinet Front Door Latch
- Figure 4. Removing the 24-U Rack Cabinet Doors
- a. One person should grasp the top of the door to stabilize it. The other person should grasp the...
- b. The person holding the bottom of the door should press the release lever on the bottom hinge a...
- c. The person holding the top of the door should press the release lever on the top hinge and the...
- Figure 5. Removing the 42-U Rack Cabinet Doors
- Installing the Slide Assemblies in the Rack
- Installing the Switch in the Rack
- 1. Lift the switch and align its slide rails to fit inside the slide assemblies on the rack (see ...
- 2. Slide the switch into the rack until both latch assemblies snap into place.
- 3. Lift the manifold (the component that attaches to the front of the switch and align its rails ...
- Figure 9. Installing the Manifold
- Replacing the Doors
- 1. Lift the front door into position and align the hinges with the hinge insert in the rack as sh...
- 2. Slide the hinge pins into the hinge insert in the rack until the hinges lock into position.
- 3. Verify that the hinges are latched.
- 4. Close the door latch by rotating the handle counterclockwise until it stops (see Figure 2).
- 5. Repeat steps 1 through 4 to replace the back door.
- 1. Lift the front door into position and align the hinges with the holes in the rack as shown in ...
- 2. Slide the hinges into the holes in the rack until the hinge release levers lock the hinges int...
- 3. Verify that the hinges are latched.
- 4. Close the door latch by rotating the handle counterclockwise until it stops, push in the handl...
- 5. Repeat steps 1 through 4 to replace the back door.
- Index
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If you have a 42-U rack cabinet
, perform the following steps (see Figure 5):
a. One person should grasp the top of the door to stabilize it. The other person
should grasp the bottom of the door.
b. The person holding the bottom of the door should press the release lever on
the bottom hinge and then pull the bottom of the door away from the rack
cabinet a few inches.
c. The person holding the top of the door should press the release lever on the
top hinge and then pull the door away from the rack.
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Repeat steps 1 and 2 to remove the back door from the rack.
Store the doors in an area where they will not fall over while you install the kit.
hinge
release
lever
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