General Safety Guidelines and Warnings
The following guidelines help ensure your safety and protect the device from damage. The list of
guidelines might not address all potenally hazardous situaons in your working environment, so be
alert and exercise good judgment at all mes.
• Perform only the procedures explicitly described in the hardware documentaon for this device.
Make sure that only authorized service personnel perform other system services.
• Keep the area around the device clear and free from dust before, during, and aer installaon.
• Keep tools away from areas where people could trip over them while walking.
• Do not wear loose clothing or jewelry, such as rings, bracelets, or chains, which could become caught
in the device.
• Wear safety glasses if you are working under any condions that could be hazardous to your eyes.
• Do not perform any acons that create a potenal hazard to people or make the equipment unsafe.
• Never aempt to li an object that is too heavy for one person to handle.
• Never install or manipulate wiring during electrical storms.
• Never install electrical jacks in wet locaons unless the jacks are specically designed for wet
environments.
• Operate the device only when it is properly grounded.
• Follow the instrucons in this guide to properly ground the device to earth.
• Replace fuses only with fuses of the same type and rang.
• Do not open or remove chassis covers or sheet-metal parts unless instrucons are provided in the
hardware documentaon for this device. Such an acon could cause severe electrical shock.
• Do not push or force any objects through any opening in the chassis frame. Such an acon could
result in electrical shock or re.
• Avoid spilling liquid onto the chassis or onto any device component. Such an acon could cause
electrical shock or damage the device.
• Avoid touching uninsulated electrical wires or terminals that have not been disconnected from their
power source. Such an acon could cause electrical shock.
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