Instruction manual

2. Preparation for Installation
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can use an optional fixture that secures the Switch so that it is recessed 50 mm
from the rack pillar. For information about this separately sold fixture, see
1.11 Rack
fixture.
Table 2-14 Required brackets
Bracket Specifications
Guide rail Supplied with the rack. The width must be 56 mm or less.
#1 #2
Shelf Supplied with the rack.
#1
#1: Install the guide rail in the location described in
4.5 Mounting in a rack.
#2: Rubber pads for the Switch are attached 56 mm inward from the side of the
Switch. Use a guide rail with a width of 56 mm or less so that it does not touch the
rubber pads (see Figure 2-9 Guide rail details).
Figure 2-9 Guide rail details
(1) Rubber pad
(2) Guide rail
(3) Rack pillar
It is not possible for the provided rack fixture alone to support the
weight of a Switch. Its purpose is merely to hold a Switch on the rack.
Use the guide rails or shelves. Note that the guide rails or shelves
must be supplied with the rack and must be able to bear the weight of
the Switch (for which the maximum optional modules are mounted).
Table 2-15 Number of required screws
Purpose
Number of
screws
Specifications
For securing guide
rails and shelves
#1
For securing a Switch 8
Supplied with the rack. M5 or M6 screws.
#1: For the number of screws used to secure a guide rail or a shelf, see the
documentation supplied with your rack.