User`s manual

Preliminary
Place or Mount the Equipment
SANbox-8 Fibre Channel Switch
2-2 Installation 59008-03 Rev. A Installer’s/User’s Manual
Place or Mount the Equipment
The Switch may be placed on a flat surface and stacked, or mounted in a 19” EIA
rack. The Switch comes with rubber feet on the bottom for placing it on a flat
surface.
Air flow may be front-to-back or back-to-front depending on the Switch model.
The top of each chassis has dimples for the rubber feet of a chassis stacked on top.
Allow 163mm (6.5”) front, left side, and back.
Shelf Mount
If you are not going to rack-mount the Switch, simply place it on a flat surface
being careful not to obstruct the air flow through the chassis.
Rack Mount
If you mount the Switch in a rack, you must install the rack-mounting brackets
supplied with the Switch. You may also need to remove the Switch’s rubber feet.
They are easily removable in case they are not compatible with your rack. Without
the rubber feet, the Switch occupies 1U of space in an EIA rack. The following
steps describe how to mount the chassis in a rack:
1. Mount the Brackets. Refer to Figure 2-1. The Switch is shipped with a
package containing cabinet mounting brackets. The screws are already in the
chassis so you must remove them and reuse them to mount the brackets.
Mount these brackets on either the front or back corners of the chassis.
2. Place the Switch in a 19” EIA rack and secure it with six (6) 10-32 machine
screws (not supplied). If the vertical space is sufficient, you may leave the
rubber feet on the Switch chassis. If the vertical space is not sufficient, you
may remove the rubber feet by turning them counterclockwise by hand (or
with a flat-blade screwdriver). Do not obstruct airflow through the chassis.
NOTE:
If this chassis is part of a multi-chassis fabric please read Section 5 Multi-Chassis
Fabrics. It may affect the way you place or mount this chassis.