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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.

  • Keep static-sensitive parts in their static-protective packages until installation to prevent exposure to static electricity. Handle the parts with an electrostatic-discharge wrist strap or other grounding systems. Place the parts on a static-protective surface.

Procedure

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.