Sun Microsystems 2500 manual Preparing for the Installation, Preparing the Universal Rail Kit

Preparing for the Installation

Use the following procedures to prepare for installation:

■“Preparing the Universal Rail Kit” on page 24

■“Preparing the Tray” on page 25

■“Preparing the Cabinet” on page 26

Preparing the Universal Rail Kit

Use the universal rail kit to mount the Sun StorageTek 2500 Series Array trays in any of the following cabinets:

■Any standard Sun cabinet, such as the Sun Rack 900/1000 cabinet

■Any 19-inch wide, 4-post, EIA-compatible rack or cabinet with a front-to-back depth between vertical cabinet rails of 24-36 inches (with threaded or unthreaded cabinet rails).

■The Sun StorageTek Expansion cabinet

Unpacking the Universal Rail Kit

Unpack the universal rail kit and check the contents.

The universal rail kit (part number 594-2489-02) comes with pre-assembled rails and contains the following items:

■Left rail assembly

■Right rail assembly

■10 8-32x3/8” panhead screws with lockwashers

■4 M4 flathead screws

■4 cabinet rail adapter plates (used for unthreaded cabinet rails only)

Loosening the Rail Adjustment Screws

To loosen the adjustment screws on the left and right rails:

Use a flathead screwdriver to loosen the two rail adjustment screws on each rail to allow adjustment of each rail length (FIGURE 2-1).

24 Sun StorageTek 2500 Series Array Hardware Installation Guide • March 2007