9 Rack rail systems
The rack rail systems for the Dell PowerEdge R730 and R730xd provide tool-less support for 4-post
racks with square or unthreaded round mounting holes. The R730 and R730xd also support tooled
mounting in 4-post threaded racks and static rail tooled mounting in 2-post (Telco) racks for added
versatility.
Sliding and static rail systems
The sliding rails for the R730 and R730xd offer native support for threaded hole racks via the
ReadyRails II mounting interface. The rails ship in the tool-less mounting configuration but can be
converted to the tooled configuration very quickly and easily.
With the sliding rails, you can fully
extend a system out of the rack for servicing, and are available with or without the optional cable
management arm (CMA).
Figure 15 shows sliding rails with CMA.
Figure 15. Sliding rails with optional CMA
The static rails (shown in Figure 16) support a wider variety of racks than the sliding rails, but do not
support serviceability in the rack and are not compatible with the CMA.
Figure 16. Static rails
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