Use the following safety guidelines to ensure your own personal safety and to help protect your system and working environment from potential damage.
Observe the following precautions for rack stability and safety. Also refer to the rack installation documentation accompanying the rack for specific caution statements and procedures.
Systems are considered to be components in a rack. Thus, component refers to any system as well as to various peripherals or supporting hardware.
DANGERBefore installing systems in a rack, install front and side stabilizers on stand-alone racks or the front stabilizer on racks that are joined to other racks. Failure to install stabilizers before installing systems in a rack could cause the rack to tip over, potentially resulting in bodily injury.
After installing components in a rack, never pull more than one component out of the rack on its slide assemblies at one time. The weight of more than one extended component could cause the rack to tip over and may result in serious injury.
Use caution when pressing the component rail release latches and sliding a component into or out of a rack because the slide rails can pinch your fingers.
Note Your system is safety-certified as a free-standing unit and as a component for use in a rack cabinet using the customer rack kit. It is your responsibility to ensure that the final combination of system and rack complies with all applicable safety standards and local electric code requirements.
System rack kits are intended to be installed in a rack by trained service technicians.
Important Two or more people are required to install components that are 2U or larger in a rack cabinet.
Always load the rack from the bottom up, and load the heaviest item in the rack first.
Make sure that the rack is level and stable before extending a component from the rack.
Do not overload the AC supply branch circuit that provides power to the rack. The total rack load should not exceed 80 percent of the branch circuit rating.
Ensure that proper airflow is provided to components in the rack:
Do not block any air vents. Usually 15 cm (6 in.) of space provides proper airflow.
Install the server only in a rack cabinet with perforated doors.
Do not leave open spaces above or below an installed server in your rack cabinet. To help prevent damage to server components, always install a blank filler panel to cover the open space and to help ensure proper air circulation.
Do not step on or stand on any component when servicing other components in a rack.
Do not place any object on top of rack-mounted components.