Administrator's Guide

Installing HyperFabric

Installing HyperFabric Switches

Chapter 362

sliding the switch. If so, try lifting the switch over the rail screws. If you

cannot do this, remove the rail screws, slide the switch into position, and

put the rail screws back in.

Step 4. Align the two holes in each ﬂange (“wing”) on the switch’s front with the

holes in the rack frame. Fasten each ﬂange of the switch to the rack by

putting a screw in each of the four holes in the ﬂanges. Be sure to use

screws with over-sized heads. The following ﬁgure shows the rack with

the switch in this position.

Step 5. From the front of the rack, install a bracket on the outside of each rail,

using two screws per bracket. Be sure to use the upper screw holes on

each bracket. Put the screws in the two square holes closest to the back

of the switch, so that the brackets—referred to as “bracket 1” and

“bracket 2” in these steps—are snug against the switch. Be sure that the

brackets make contact with the beveled (sloped) part of the switch (not

front

back

rack

front of switch

(with flanges)