Installing HyperFabric

Installing HyperFabric Switches

With the Rail Kit

HP recommends that you install the HF2 switch using the rail kit that is shipped with the switch. The rail kit includes two adjustable rails, screws, nuts, and washers.

To install the HF2 switch, you need eight screws and four nuts. Use the square cage nuts if you are installing the HF2 switch in a square-hole rack. Use the u-type clip nuts if you are installing the HF2 switch in a round-hole rack.

Figure 3-4 shows various parts that are shipped with the rail kit.

Figure 3-4 Parts of the Rail Kit

 

 

The rail kit does not include hold-down brackets for the rear of the switch. HP does not

 

 

recommend transporting the rack with the switch installed. HP recommends that two

 

 

people install the HF2 switch.

 

 

Installing the HF2 Switch With the Rail kit

 

 

When you install the HF2 switch, you must put the front of the switch—the end with the

 

 

flanges (“wings”)—at the back of the rack. To install the HF2 switch using the rail kit,

 

 

complete the following steps:

Step

1.

Prepare the rack for rail and switch installation.

Step

2.

Remove all the screws if you receive the rail kit with all ten screws secured in to the

 

 

rails.

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