Citrix Systems 9.3 setup guide To remove the inner rails from the rail assembly

Citrix NetScaler Hardware Installation and Setup Guide

Each appliance ships with a mounting rail kit that contains two rail assemblies, one for the left side and the other for the right side of the appliance, and screws to attach the rails. An assembly consists of an inner rail and a rack rail. The supplied rail kit is 28 inches long (38 inches extended). Contact your Citrix sales representative to order a 23-inch (33 inches extended) rail kit.

Note: The same rail kit is used for both square-hole and round-hole racks. See

"Installing the Rail Assembly to the Rack" for specific instructions for threaded, round- hole racks.

To mount the appliance, you must first install the rails and then install the appliance in the rack.

Perform the following tasks to mount the appliance:

wRemove the inner rails from the rail assembly.

wAttach the inner rails to the appliance.

wInstall the rack rails on the rack.

wInstall the appliance in the rack.

The appliance is shipped with rack-rail hardware. This hardware consists of two inner rails that you attach to the appliance, one on each side, and a rack-rail assembly that you attach to the rack. The following figure illustrates the steps involved in mounting the Citrix NetScaler appliance to a rack.

To remove the inner rails from the rail assembly

1.Place the rail assembly on a flat surface.

2.Slide out the inner rail toward the front of the assembly.

3.Depress the latch until the inner rail comes all the way out of the rail assembly.

4.Repeat steps 1 through 3 to remove the second inner rail.

To attach the inner rails to the appliance

1.Position the right inner rail behind the handle on the right side of the appliance.

2.Align the holes on the rail with the corresponding holes on the side of the appliance.

3.Attach the rail to the appliance with the provided screws: 4 per side for a 1U appliance and 5 per side for a 2U appliance, as shown in the following figure.

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