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Installing HyperFabric

Installing HyperFabric Switches

sliding the switch. If so, try lifting the switch over the rail screws. If you cannot do this, remove the rail screws, slide the switch into position, and put the rail screws back in.

Step 4. Align the two holes in each flange (“wing”) on the switch’s front with the holes in the rack frame. Fasten each flange of the switch to the rack by putting a screw in each of the four holes in the flanges. Be sure to use screws with over-sized heads. The following figure shows the rack with the switch in this position.

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Step 5. From the front of the rack, install a bracket on the outside of each rail, using two screws per bracket. Be sure to use the upper screw holes on each bracket. Put the screws in the two square holes closest to the back of the switch, so that the brackets—referred to as “bracket 1” and “bracket 2” in these steps—are snug against the switch. Be sure that the brackets make contact with the beveled (sloped) part of the switch (not

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