Install the Extreme 9920 in an Equipment Rack

The Extreme 9920 can be installed in any standard 19–inch (48 cm) deep four-post equipment rack in a flush-mount configuration. Take care to load the rack so that it is not top-heavy. Start installing equipment at the bottom and work up

A four-post rack-mounting kit is included in the box with your device. The kit contains an instruction sheet, along with the following components:
  • Slider assemblies, one for each side of the device. Each slider assembly consists of an outer rail, which is secured to the rack, and a sliding rail, which is secured to a side of the device and has a mounting bracket attached to it (2 count).

  • Mounting brackets that contain a thumbscrew in the lower position (2 count).

  • #6-32 mounting bracket and rail slide screws (20 count).

  • M4 screws for securing the sliding rail in place (8 count).

  • Screw hole rack to square hole rail adaptors (4 count).

  • M5 screws and washers, for the rack rail adaptors (16 count).

To attach the Extreme 9920 to a four-post rack or a cabinet, follow these steps.

  1. Locate 4U of rack space to use to install the Exteme 9920.
  2. Separate the inner sliding rails from the outer rails.

    Note which direction the sliding rails slide from the outer rails for correct installation. Separating the sliding rails from the outer rails illustrates how to separate the sliding rails from the outer rails.

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    Separating the sliding rails from the outer rails
    Separating the sliding rails from the outer rails
  3. Attach the sliding rails and mounting brackets.

    Attaching the sliding rails and mounting brackets illustrates how to attach the sliding rails and mounting brackets.

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    Attaching the sliding rails and mounting brackets
    Attaching the sliding rails and mounting brackets
    1. Fasten six #6-32 guide screws on one side and at the bottom of the device, as shown in Attaching the sliding rails and mounting brackets.

      Tighten each screw to 3.5 in-lb (0.4 N m) so that the sliding rail can fit onto them. These screws support the sliding rail when it is mounted in the rack.

    2. Position the sliding rails onto the guide screws.
    3. Fasten the M4 screws in the 4 available holes of a sliding rail while the rail is in position, as shown in Attaching the sliding rails and mounting brackets.

      Tighten the guide screws.

    4. Attach a mounting bracket using the provided #6-32 screws, as shown in Attaching the sliding rails and mounting brackets.

      The holes to attach the mounting bracket are near the top and the front of the device. The mounting bracket is flush with the faceplate of the device, and the thumbscrew is in the lower position when the mounting bracket is attached correctly.

  4. Repeat step 3 for the other side of the device.
  5. Attach the outer rails to the rack or cabinet.

    Attaching the outer rails to the rack illustrates how to attach the outer rails to the rack.

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    Attaching the outer rails to the rack
    Attaching the outer rails to the rack
    1. Prepare the rack by inserting the M5 cage nuts.

      The M5 cage nuts should be inserted into the bottom hole of the second rack unit from the top of the chosen location. For exmple, if the rack location for the device rack is units 27 through 30, the M5 cage nuts are inserted in the bottom hole of rack unit 29. No cage nuts are inserted in the bottom two rack units of the chosen location (rack unit 28 in the example).

    2. Slide the yellow locking sliders to the middle of each rail so that the retention hooks latch into the rack.
    3. Insert the rail so that the retention hooks latched in the middle hole of the two bottom most rack units for the device are spaced correctly.

      The holes are the middle holes on rack unit 27 and rack unit 28 from the previous example.

    4. Slide the yellow locking sliders outward from the middle of the rail, so that the small yellow fingers prevent the latches from being undone.
    5. Use four M5 screws and washers on the positions with threads to secure the sliding rails in place.

      This is the top hole on rack unit 27 and the bottom hole on rack unit 28 from the previous example.

  6. Insert the Extreme 9920 into the rack or cabinet.

    Inserting the Extreme 9920 into the rack illustrates how to insert the Exteme 9920 into the rack.

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    Inserting the Extreme 9920 into the rack
    Inserting the Extreme 9920 into the rack
    1. Pull the middle rails, and the raceways inside them, to full extension from the rack so that they lock into place.
    2. Align the sliding rails that are attached to the Extreme 9920 with the middle rails on the rack and slide the device along the rails until it reaches the extension latch.
    3. Toggle the extension latch on the inner rails and finish sliding the device into the rack.
    4. Secure the mounting brackets to the rack by screwing the thumbscrews on the mounting brackets into the installed M5 cage nuts.