Insert a DE2-24C Drive Enclosure Into a Rack

Carefully lift the Drive Enclosure to the location of the prepared slot and rest the Drive Enclosure on the bottom ledge of the left and right rails.
Caution
- The DE2-24C Drive Enclosure weighs approximately 102 lbs (46 kg). The DE2-24P Drive Enclosure weighs approximately 53 lbs (24 kg). Use a mechanical lift when handling fully populated Drive Enclosures.
- If you are working alone or you do not have access to a mechanical lift, you can reduce the weight of a Drive Enclosure by removing the drives, the I/O modules, and the power cooling modules from the chassis. An empty DE2-24C Drive Enclosure chassis weighs approximately 20 lbs (9.07 kg). An empty DE2-24P Drive Enclosure chassis weighs approximately 15.6 lbs (7.07 kg).
- The reduced weight enables one person to handle an empty Drive Enclosure chassis. If you are not comfortable managing the weight of the chassis, request help from the local account team.
- Be careful not to drop a Drive Enclosure. Dropping a Drive Enclosure can cause damage and can reduce the life of the drives.
Caution
Do not use the power supply handles to lift the chassis. Using the power supply handles to lift the chassis can damage the power cooling modules and disrupt electrical power to the Drive Enclosure.
Carefully slide the Drive Enclosure into the rack.
The DE2-24C Drive Enclosure rails have a ledge along the bottom of the rail to allow you to slide the Drive Enclosure into the rack. To verify that the Drive Enclosure is seated correctly in the rails, ensure that the bottom edges on both sides of the Drive Enclosure slide along the left and right rail ledges.

Figure 1: The rail ledge for the DE2-24C Drive Enclosure
At the back of the chassis, insert and fully tighten a Phillips Number 2 pan head screw with patch lock into the side of the rail.
Figure 2: Phillips Number 2 pan head screw with patch lock

Legend

1 Phillips Number 2 pan head screw with patch lock
Remove the front-side caps on both sides of the Drive Enclosure and secure a Phillips 13mm head hex flange screw.
Note: The front-side cap on the right side of the Drive Enclosure contains the RFID tag, which uniquely identifies the Drive Enclosure. Take care not to mix up the right front-side caps among Drive Enclosures.

Figure 3: Left front-side cap and Phillips 13mm head hex flange screw

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1 Phillips 13mm head hex flange screw 2 Left front-side cap

After you have secured the Drive Enclosure to the rails, attach the front-side caps to the Drive Enclosure.
Insert the I/O modules, the power cooling modules, and all of the drives into their corresponding slots in the chassis.