Installing The Slide Assemblies In The Rack - Dell VersaRails Guide D'installation

To mark the rack, perform the following steps:
1
Place a mark on the rack's front vertical rails where you want to locate the bottom of the
system you are installing in the two-post rack.
The bottom of each 1-U space is at the middle of the narrowest metal area between holes.
NOTE:
2
Place a mark 88 mm (3.5 inches) above the original mark you made (or count up six holes in
a rack with universal-hole spacing (see Figure 1-13).
Each 1-U (44 mm, or 1.75 inches) of vertical space on a rack with universal-hole spacing has
three holes with center-to-center spacing between holes (beginning at the top of a 1-U space)
of 0.625, 0.625, and 0.5 inches (see Figure 1-13).
NOTE:
3
Place a mark 88 mm (3.5 inches) above the original mark you made (or count up to the fourth
hole in the rack with wide-hole spacing (see Figure 1-14).
Each 1-U (44 mm, or 1.75 inches) of vertical space on a rack with wide-hole spacing
has two holes with center-to-center spacing between holes (beginning at the top of
a 1-U space) of 31.7 mm (1.25 inches) (see Figure 1-14).

Installing the Slide Assemblies in the Rack

You can install the slide assemblies in a two-post open-frame rack having either universal-hole
spacing (see Figure 1-13) or wide-hole spacing (see Figure 1-14). You can install the 2-U slide
assemblies in either a flush-mount or center-mount configuration.
CAUTION:
for your system. Using the rack kit for another system may result in damage to the system and personal
injury to yourself and to others.
Center-Mount Installation
The two-post rack kit is shipped with the brackets configured for center-mount installation.
To complete the installation, perform the following steps:
1
Locate the right slide assembly and push the back bracket toward the back of the slide
assembly (see Figure 1-16).
2
Position the right slide assembly in the two-post rack at the location you marked, push the
back bracket forward against the vertical two-post rack, secure the front center mounting
bracket with two 12-24 x 0.5-inch pan-head Phillips screws, and secure the back center-
mounting bracket to the rack with three 12-24 x 0.5-inch pan-head Phillips screws
(see Figure 1-16).
3
Repeat steps 1 and 2 to install the left slide assembly in the rack.
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If your rack has wide-hole spacing, go to step 3.
If your rack has universal-hole spacing, you have completed the procedure for marking the rack.
Do not attempt to install another system using this rack kit. Use only the rack kit intended