Installing the support rails for the SAN Volume Controller 2145-CF8

Install the support rails that hold the SAN Volume Controller 2145-CF8 in the rack.

1. Optional: You might find it helpful, with some types of racks, to remove the rack doors and side panels to provide easier access during installation.
2. Prepare each slide rail for installation.
   1. Select one of the slide rails that is marked with either an R (right) or an L (left), as shown in Figure 1.
   2. Push up on the front moveable tab  1 .
   3. Pull out the front latch  2  and slide out the front side rail.
   4. If a thumbscrew is installed in the slide rail  3 , remove it.
   Figure 1. Installing the SAN Volume Controller 2145-CF8 slide rails on the rack

   
3. Install the rear of the rail into the rear of the rack.
   1. Line up the three pins on the rear of the slide rail with the three holes in the selected U on the rear of the rack.
   2. Push the rails so that the pins go into the holes, as shown by  1  in Figure 2.
   3. Drop the slide rail down  2  until it latches into place.
   Figure 2. Installing the rear of a SAN Volume Controller 2145-CF8 slide rail in the rear of the rack

   
4. Install the front of the rail into the front of the rack.
   1. Pull the slide rail forward and insert the metal of the rack between the front latch and the pins, as shown by  1  in Figure 3.

      Insert the two pins into the two lower holes in the U on the front of the rack.

   2. Drop the rail into place until it clicks.
   3. Push the front latch  2  in all the way.
   Figure 3. Installing the front of a SAN Volume Controller 2145-CF8 slide rail in the front of the rack

   
5. Install the other rail in the same manner.