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 potenally hazardous situaons in your working environment, so be
alert and exercise good judgment at all mes.
• Perform only the procedures explicitly described in the hardware documentaon 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 aer installaon.
• 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 condions that could be hazardous to your eyes.
• Do not perform any acons that create a potenal hazard to people or make the equipment unsafe.
• Never aempt 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 locaons unless the jacks are specically designed for wet
environments.
• Operate the device only when it is properly grounded.
• Follow the instrucons in this guide to properly ground the device to earth.
• Replace fuses only with fuses of the same type and rang.
• Do not open or remove chassis covers or sheet-metal parts unless instrucons are provided in the
hardware documentaon for this device. Such an acon could cause severe electrical shock.
• Do not push or force any objects through any opening in the chassis frame. Such an acon could
result in electrical shock or re.
• Avoid spilling liquid onto the chassis or onto any device component. Such an acon 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 acon could cause electrical shock.
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