Dell R515 manual Rack Information, Rails

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13 Rack Information

13.1 Overview

The ReadyRails™ sliding and static rail systems for the R515 provide toolless support for 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round mounting holes including all generations of Dell racks. Both support tooled mounting in 4-post threaded racks (an optional adapter brackets kit is required for the sliding rails), with the static rails also providing tooled mounting support for 2-post (Telco) racks for added versatility. The optional cable management arm (CMA) can be mounted on either the left or right side of the sliding rails without the use of tools for fast and easy deployment.

Note: The PowerEdge R515 is not compatible with any other Dell rails including previous generation rails, but it does use the same sliding and static rails as the R510.

13.2 Rails

The rail offerings for the R515 consist of two types: sliding rails and static rails.

13.2.1 Sliding Rails

The sliding rails allow the system to be fully extended out of the rack for service and are available with or without the optional cable management arm (CMA). See Figure 16.

Figure 16. R515 Sliding Rails with Optional CMA

Sliding rail kits can be used in a threaded hole rack only if threaded rack adapter brackets are installed. The threaded rack adapter brackets are first mounted to the EIA flanges in the rack, and then the sliding rails are mounted into the brackets. The design of the brackets has been optimized to limit the forward shift of the system in the rack to only 17.3 mm.

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PowerEdge R515 Technical Guide