Safety Precautions | Rack Stabilizer Feet | When Using the Rack | Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge
This rack is intended to be installed by certified service technicians. Throughout this document, there are blocks of text printed in bold type. These blocks of text are warnings that indicate the potential for bodily harm or personal injury if not heeded. When you see these warning messages in the text, carefully follow the instructions in the warning to prevent injury. An example of a warning follows:
| WARNING: A WARNING indicates the potential for bodily harm and tells you how to avoid the problem. |
| WARNING: Installing components in the rack without the front and side stabilizer feet installed could allow the rack to tip over and cause bodily injury under certain circumstances. Always install the stabilizer feet before installing components in the rack. |
Before installing the equipment in the rack, you must install the stabilizer feet. The stabilizer feet help prevent the rack from tipping over when a computer or storage system is installed and then pulled out of the rack to the fully extended position of the slide assemblies. Refer to Setting Up the Rack, for instructions on installing the stabilizer feet.
| WARNING: After installing components in a rack, never pull more than one component out of the rack on its slides at one time. The weight of more than one component extended on slides could cause the rack to tip over and injure someone. |
As you use the rack, observe the following safety guidelines:
| WARNING: To
prevent personal injury, after installing any component
of the rack, extend the slides to allow the green
push-button locks to engage the holes locking the slides
into their fully extended position. This assures
alignment of the push buttons into the holes and
reliability of the locking mechanism. Due to the weight of the components, never allow your feet or other body parts to be directly under the rack component during installation or removal of the component. |
Static electricity can harm delicate electronic components. To prevent static damage, discharge static electricity from your body before you touch any electronic components, such as an expansion card. You can do so by touching an unpainted metal surface on a computer chassis.
As you continue to work, periodically touch an unpainted metal surface to remove any static charge your body may have accumulated.
In addition to the preceding precautions, you can also take the following steps to prevent damage from ESD:
