Learn how to install the console unit in the rack.
Review the documentation that comes with your rack for safety and cabling information. When you install your system in a rack, observe the following guidelines:
- Make sure that the room air temperature is below 35°C (95°F).
- Do not block any air vents; usually 15 cm (6 in.) of air space provides proper airflow.
- Plan the device installation starting from the bottom of the rack.
- Install the heaviest device in the bottom of the rack.
- Do not extend more than one device out of the rack at the same time.
- Connect all power cords to properly wired and grounded electrical outlets.
- Do not overload the power outlet when you install multiple devices in the rack.
- You can install the outer slide-rails in a square-hole rack, round-hole rack, or threaded-hole rack and no tools are required.
To install the console unit in the rack, complete the following steps:
- Place the console unit on a stable, flat surface.Attention: The video cable is connected to the flat-panel display. As you install the console unit in the rack, be careful that you do not pinch or cut the video cable.
- Select a 1U location in the rack for the console unit.
- Remove the shipping screw from each outer slide-rail.
- (For non-threaded hole racks) Install an M5 clip nut in
the front of the rack in the top hole of the 1 U-space position that
you select. The clip nuts are in the bag of screws that come with
the console unit.
- To attach the outer slide-rail to the rack, complete the following
steps.Note: Install the rear slide-rail bracket on the rear of the rack first; then, install the front slide-rail bracket on the front of the rack.
- Holding the slide-rail horizontally, align the rear slide-rail bracket so that the bracket is on the outside of the rack mounting flanges.
- Press the rear slide-rail bracket towards the rack flange and
then pull it towards the front of the rack until the locking bracket
clicks into place behind the rack flange.
- Extend the slide-rail and press the front slide-rail bracket towards
the rack flange and then push it towards the rear of the rack until
the locking bracket clicks into place behind the rack flange.
- Repeat steps 5a to 5c to attach the other outer slide-rail.Note: Make sure that the two pins in the slide-rail brackets are pressed completely into the rack holes and that the bracket is flush with the rack flange. You might have to move the slide-rail up and down several times, and press on the end of the bracket to release the pins so that they are correctly in the holes in the rack flange.
- Remove the rollers from the rail and fasten them to the display using three screws on each rail. Carefully slide the console unit into the ball-bearing assemblies in the rails. Carefully slide the rollers on the console unit into the notch in the slide-rails as shown in the illustration.
- Press in both release latches 1; then, grasp both sides of the
console unit and push it completely into the rack 2. There will be
resistance initially as the inner and outer rails are aligned. Pull
the console unit out halfway, and then push it back in to seat the
console unit in the rails. Do this a few times until the console unit
moves smoothly in the rails.
- On the right rail, align the C-channel on the end of the cable-management
arm with the bracket on the console unit. Slide the C-channel onto
the bracket until the cable-management arm thumbscrew aligns with
the hole in the bracket. Tighten the thumbscrew.
- Connect all cables to either a server or a console switch in the rack. Connect the power cord to the short jumper cord on the cable-management arm, and then connect the power cord to a properly grounded electrical outlet or power distribution unit (PDU). For information about installing a console switch behind the console unit in the rack, see Installing the Optional Console Switch.
- Fully extend the console unit from the front of the rack, and
then neatly route the cables within the rack and secure them with
cable straps along the way.Important: If you have excess video cable, do not coil it as shown in the following illustration.
To minimize the electrical interference if you have excess video cable, arrange the cable in figure-eight loops, as shown in the following illustration. Secure the cable in the middle with a cable tie or strap.
(Optional for all racks) To secure the slide-rails to the rack after installation, install an M5 flat-head stabilizer screw in the top hole on the front of each slide-rail.
Before you move a rack with a console unit to another location, secure the front of the console unit to the rack with two M5 shipping screws that come in the bag of screws (see the illustration).
See Using the TFT-LCD display for information about operating the display. See the keyboard documentation for information about operating the keyboard.
