
Installing a Rack-Mounted System
2-2 Express5800/320Ma: System Installation Guide
Installing a Rack-Mounted System
Before installing the system, ensure that:
• Your cabinet (if you are installing the system in your own cabinet) meets the
requirements described in the Express5800/320Ma: Site Planning Guide.
• The site has been prepared as described in the Express5800/320Ma: Site
Planning Guide.
If you are using power distribution units (PDUs), install them in your cabinet as
described in Chapter 5, “Installing PDUs” before you install the system.
A rack-mounted system consists of the components shown in Figure 1-2.
To install a rack-mounted system, see the following sections:
• “Numbering the Vertical Rails” on page 2-2
• “Attaching Mounting Brackets to the Cabinet Vertical Rails” on page 2-5
• “Installing the Shelf Unit” on page 2-7
Numbering the Vertical Rails
Each system requires 4U, equal to 12 holes, of vertical space.
NOTE
The cabinet rails and the system are measured in EIA
rack units (U). One U equals 1.75 in. (4.45 cm).
Every three square holes on the EIA square-hole pattern
on the vertical rail equals one U. The square holes on EIA
rails are located in a repeating pattern of 1/2 in. (1.27 cm),
5/8 in. (1.59 cm), 5/8 in. (1.59 cm), as shown in
Figure 2-1.
The middle hole of each U has equal spacing between it
and the holes adjacent to it. In some cabinets, numbers on
the vertical rails identify the middle hole of each U.
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