Using Front Mounting Brackets or Cable Management Frames and Rear Mounting Brackets

Procedure

1. Wear an ESD wrist strap or ESD gloves. When wearing an ESD wrist strap, ensure that it is in close contact with your wrist and grounded properly.
2. Use M4 screws to attach front mounting brackets or cable management frames and rear mounting brackets to the switch. Figure 1 and Figure 2 show the mounting brackets and cable management frames of an S5710-HI and associated installation methods.
   Figure 1 Installing front and rear mounting brackets
   
   Figure 2 Installing cable management frames and rear mounting brackets
   

3. Install floating nuts on the mounting rails of the cabinet. See Figure 3.
   1. Determine the installation position of the switch and use a flat-head screwdriver to install two floating nuts on each front mounting rail accordingly. Leave a gap of 2 U between the two floating nuts and ensure that they are level with those on the other front mounting rail.
   2. Install two floating nuts on each rear mounting rail. Leave a gap of 1 U between the two floating nuts. Ensure that the lower floating nuts on the four mounting rails are level with one another.
   Figure 3 Installing floating nuts
   
   

4. Use a measuring tape to measure the distance between the front and rear mounting rails.

   

5. Install two rear mounting bracket guide rails on the rear mounting rails. The distance between the front and rear mounting rails determines the direction in which the guide rails should face. See Figure 4 and Figure 5.
   1. Align the holes on the guide rails with the floating nuts on the rear mounting rails.
   2. Secure the rear mounting bracket guide rails with M6 screws (two on each side) using a Phillips screwdriver.
   Figure 4 Installing rear mounting bracket guide rails (545-655 mm [21.5-25.8 in.] between front and rear mounting rails)
   
   
   Figure 5 Installing rear mounting bracket guide rails (418-528 mm [16.5-20.8 in.] between front and rear mounting rails)
   
   

6. Install the switch in the cabinet.
   • If you have installed front and rear mounting brackets on the switch, perform the following steps:
     1. Place M6 screws on the two lower floating nuts on the front mounting rails. Reserve a clearance between the top of the screws and the floating nuts for installing front mounting brackets.
     2. Align the rear mounting brackets with the rear mounting bracket guide rails. Then, gently slide the switch into the cabinet along the guide rails.
     3. Align the holes on the front mounting brackets with floating nuts on the front mounting rails, place the recesses at the bottom of the front mounting brackets on the M6 screws, and then use a Phillips screwdriver to tighten the M6 screws.

     In Figure 6, the distance between front and rear mounting rails is 545-655 mm (21.5-25.8 in.).

     Figure 6 Supporting the switch using front and rear mounting brackets
     
     
   • If you have installed cable management frames and rear mounting brackets on the switch, perform the following steps:
     1. Align the rear mounting brackets with the rear mounting bracket guide rails. Then, gently slide the switch into the cabinet along the guide rails.
     2. Align the holes on the cable management frames with the floating nuts on the front mounting rails, and secure the cable management frames with M6 screws using a Phillips screwdriver.
     

     Do not hold the cable management frames to move the switch as doing so may damage the cable management frames.

     In Figure 7, the distance between front and rear mounting rails is 545-655 mm (21.5-25.8 in.).

     Figure 7 Supporting the switch using cable management frames and rear mounting brackets