10 Hardware Maintenanc e Manual: IBM PC Server/Enterprise Racks

Dual latch rail tray

To remove a sliding tray with dual latch rails:
1. Power-off the rack.
2. Open the rear door of the rack cabinet and remove the pin 1 that secures the
sliding tray to the cable management arm.
3. Loosen the thumbscrews 2 on the s liding tray and fully extend the sliding t ray.
4. Push in on the spring of the right rear locking tab 3 and push the sliding tray
approximately two inches into the cabinet.
5. Release both left and right forward loc king tabs 4. Then, while holding the
sliding tray in place, push both left and right outside sliding rails 5 into the rack
cabinet until it d isconnects from the sliding tray.
Note: Left side view for 4 and 5 are not shown.
Sliding rails
This procedure is for single latch sliding rails and dual latch sliding rails.
For single latch sliding rails, the right rail is t he one that has the front latch. The left
rail does not have a front latc h .
For dual latch sliding rails, the right rail i s the one that has the rear latch. The left rail
does not have a rear latch.
To remove the sliding rails:
1. Power-off the rack.
2. Remove the sliding tray that is att ached to the sliding rails that you want to
remove. See Sliding trays on page 9.
3. Use a 3/32-inch allen wrench to remove the four screws that secure each of the
sliding rails to the rack cabinet.