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Installing the Cisco MDS 9396V Switch
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Two M4 x 6 mm screws used to fasten the
bracket to the chassis.
Step 2
Step 2. Use two M4 x 6 mm screws to attach the bracket to the chassis. Tighten each screw to 11 to 15 in-lb (1.2 to1.7
N·m).
Step 3
Repeat Steps 1 and 2 to attach the second front-mount bracket to the other side of the chassis.
What to do next
You are ready to mount the chassis to the four-post rack.
Installing the Switch
To install the switch, perform the following steps:
Before you begin
• You need to slide the chassis onto the bottom-support rails so that the end with the fan trays and power
• Make sure that the four-post rack is properly installed and secured to the concrete floor.
• Make sure that the bottom-support rails are installed so that the power supplies and fan trays will be in
• The color of the stripe on fan trays and the color of the latch on power supplies determines which end
• Make sure that two front-mount brackets are securely fastened to the sides of the chassis at the port end.
• Make sure that you have two customer-supplied rack-mount screws (M6 x 10 mm or appropriate screw
Step 1
Slide the power supply and fan tray end of the chassis onto the bottom support rails that are installed on the rack.
Be sure that the sides of the chassis by the fan trays and power supplies clips onto the chassis stops on the bottom support
rails and the front mounting brackets come in contact with the rack (see the following figure).
If the bottom support rails are extended a long distance, they can bend outwards slightly when you install the chassis,
and the chassis stops at the far end of the rails might not fit into the end of the chassis. If this happens, press the side rails
toward the sides of the chassis so that the chassis stops can go inside the chassis and hold it in place on the rack.
supplies locks onto the chassis stops at the end of the rails and so that the front-mount brackets on the
chassis come into contact with the front-mount rails on the rack.
the appropriate aisle.
of the switch must be positioned in the cold aisle as follows:
• If the modules have burgundy coloring, position the port end of the chassis in the cold aisle.
• If the modules have blue coloring, position the fan trays and power supply end of the chassis in the
cold aisle.
for the vertical mounting rails on the rack).
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Cisco MDS 9396V Multilayer Fabric Switch Hardware Installation Guide
Installing the Switch
Front-mount bracket with two screw holes
aligned to two screw holes in the chassis and
one screw hole facing the port side of the
chassis.
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