Page 3 - Safety Instructions; Safety Caution and Warnings
iii Safety Instructions Use the following safety guidelines to ensure your own personal safety and to helpprotect your server, storage system, or appliance from potential damage. Notes, Notices, Cautions, and Warnings Throughout this guide, blocks of text may be accompanied by an icon and printed in...
Page 4 - Additional Safety Precautions; General Precautions
iv Additional Safety Precautions To reduce the risk of bodily injury, electrical shock, fire, and damage to the equipment,observe the following precautions. General Precautions Observe the following general precautions for using and working with your system: • Observe and follow service markings. Do...
Page 6 - Precautions for Servers, Storage Systems, and Appliances; all; Precautions for Rack-Mountable Products
vi Precautions for Servers, Storage Systems, and Appliances Observe the following additional safety guidelines for your system: • Unless your installation and/or troubleshooting documentation specifically allowsit, do not remove enclosure covers, attempt to override the safety interlocks, oraccess a...
Page 7 - Precautions for Products With Modems,; Precautions for Products With Laser Devices
vii • System rack kits are intended to be installed in a Dell rack by trained service tech-nicians. If you install the kit in any other rack, be sure that the rack meets thespecifications of a Dell rack. • Do not move large racks by yourself. Due to the height and weight of the rack,Dell recommends ...
Page 8 - When Working Inside Your Computer
viii When Working Inside Your Computer Before you remove the computer covers, perform the following steps in the sequenceindicated. CAUTION: Some Dell systems can be serviced only by trained service tech-nicians because of high voltages and energy hazards. Do not attempt to service the computer syst...
Page 9 - Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge; CAUTION: Improper or prolonged keyboard use may result in injury.
ix Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge Static electricity can harm delicate components inside your computer. To preventstatic damage, discharge static electricity from your body before you touch any ofyour computer’s electronic components, such as the microprocessor. You can do soby touching ...
Page 11 - Contents; Index
xi Contents Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Installing the Rack Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 13 - DellTM PowerEdgeTM 2400 Systems
support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge 2400 Systems Rack Installation Guide 1-1 Dell™ PowerEdge™ 2400 Systems Rack Installation Guide This installation guide provides instructions for trained service technicians installingone or more Dell PowerEdge 2400 computer systems in a Dell rack. One rack kit isrequi...
Page 15 - Before You Begin; Recommended Tools; Installing the Rack Kit; Removing the Doors From a 24-U or 42-U Rack
support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge 2400 Systems Rack Installation Guide 1-3 Before You Begin Before you begin installing your PowerEdge system in the rack, carefully read“Safety Instructions” found earlier in this guide. Recommended Tools To install the rack kit, you need the following tools: • Install...
Page 19 - Installing the Slide Assemblies in the Rack
support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge 2400 Systems Rack Installation Guide 1-7 Figure 1-5. Removing the 24-U Rack Doors Installing the Slide Assemblies in the Rack NOTE: If the slide assemblies were preinstalled by Dell, you may skip this section. You must allow 6 U (10.5 inches) of vertical space for eac...
Page 21 - Figure 1-7. Determining Where to Install the Slide Assemblies
support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge 2400 Systems Rack Installation Guide 1-9 Figure 1-7. Determining Where to Install the Slide Assemblies 5. Align the mounting tab on the front of the slide-assembly mounting bracket withthe notches in the rack (see Figure 1-8). 6. Push until the mounting tabs are secur...
Page 22 - Figure 1-8. Installing the Slide Assemblies
1-10 Dell PowerEdge 2400 Systems Rack Installation Guide Figure 1-8. Installing the Slide Assemblies slide-assemblymounting-bracketflange push button front of rack slideassemblies (2) mountingtabs
Page 23 - Installing the Rack Adapters; back of computer
support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge 2400 Systems Rack Installation Guide 1-11 Installing the PowerEdge System in the Rack The subsections that follow include instructions for installing the PowerEdge system. Installing the Rack Adapters To install the rack adapters on the computer, perform the following...
Page 25 - Figure 1-11. Removing the Computer ’s Top Cover; Installation and
support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge 2400 Systems Rack Installation Guide 1-13 Figure 1-11. Removing the Computer ’s Top Cover 8. Replace the top cover with the top cover assembly supplied in the rack kit. Use the two screws that you removed in step 6 to secure the top cover providedwith the kit. 9. Inst...
Page 26 - Figure 1-12. Installing the Rack Adapter and Shoulder Screws; Installing the Computer; pull more than
1-14 Dell PowerEdge 2400 Systems Rack Installation Guide Figure 1-12. Installing the Rack Adapter and Shoulder Screws 11. Install the rack adapter on the computer (see Figure 1-12). Secure the rack adapter to the computer with two 8-32 x 0.313-inch Phillips-headscrews. Installing the Computer To ins...
Page 27 - Figure 1-13. Installing the Computer in the Rack
support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge 2400 Systems Rack Installation Guide 1-15 3. Tilt the computer while aligning the back shoulder screws on the top and thebottom of the computer with the back rail slots on the slide assemblies. WARNING: Make sure that the server shoulder screws are securely engaged in...
Page 28 - Installing the Cable-Management Arm
1-16 Dell PowerEdge 2400 Systems Rack Installation Guide 6. Press up on the green latches and push the chassis into the rack. 7. Tighten the thumbscrews on each rack adapter bracket. Installing the Cable-Management Arm To install the cable-management arm on the computer, perform the following steps:...
Page 29 - Replacing the Rack Doors
support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge 2400 Systems Rack Installation Guide 1-17 2. Align the bracket on the end of the cable-management arm with the correspond-ing holes on the lower-right corner of the computer ’s back panel (see Figure 1-14).Secure the arm using two 8-32 x 0.313-inch Phillips-head screw...
Page 31 - See
support.dell.com Index 1 Index C cable management arm, 1-16 cables, 1-17 cautions, iii computer installing in rack, 1-11, 1-14weight, 1-11 D doors removing, 1-3replacing, 1-17 E electrostatic discharge. See ESD ESD, ix I installing cable management arm, 1-16computer, 1-11, 1-14rack adapters, 1-14sli...
