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Install the rack latches

Use this information to install the rack latches.

About this task

Attention

  • Read Installation Guidelines and Safety inspection checklist to ensure that you work safely.

  • Prevent exposure to static electricity, which might lead to system halt and loss of data, by keeping static-sensitive components in their static-protective packages until installation, and handling these devices with an electrostatic-discharge wrist strap or other grounding systems.

Procedure

  1. Touch the static-protective package that contains the rack latches to any unpainted surface on the outside of the server. Then, take the rack latches out of the package and place them on a static-protective surface.
  2. Install the rack latch.
    Figure 1. Rack latch installation

    1. On each side of the server, align the rack latch with the pin on the chassis. Then, press the rack latch onto the chassis and slightly slide it forward as shown.
    2. Install the two screws to secure the rack latch on each side of the server.

After you finish

Complete the parts replacement. See Complete the parts replacement.

Demo video

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