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Chapter 4: Safety and equipment care
This section contains important safety and regulatory information. Read this section before you install
small form factor pluggable (SFP) and SFP plus (SFP+) transceivers.
SFPs and SFP+s are static sensitive.
Dust contamination can reduce the performance of optical parts in transceivers. When you store a
transceiver, or after you disconnect it from a fiber optic cable, always keep a dust cover over the optical
bore.
Dispose of this product according to all national laws and regulations.
To prevent equipment damage, observe the following electrostatic discharge (ESD) precautions when you
handle or install the components:
• Ground yourself and the equipment to an earth or building ground. Use a grounded workbench mat
(or foam that dissipates static charge) and a grounding wrist strap. The wrist strap must touch the
skin and you must ground it through a one megaohm resistor.
• Do not touch anyone who is not grounded.
• Leave all components in their ESD-safe packaging until installation, and use only a static-shielding
bag for all storage, transport, and handling.
• Clear the area of synthetic materials such as polyester, plastic, vinyl, or styrofoam because these
materials carry static electricity that damages the equipment.
Job aid
You must keep fiber optic equipment connections clean and damage-free. Use the information
in this job aid to properly maintain and care for fiber optic equipment.
Fiber optic cable care
Although reinforcing material and plastic insulation protects the glass fiber in fiber optic cable ,
it is subject to damage. Use the following precautions to avoid damaging the glass fiber.
• Do not kink, knot, or vigorously flex the cable.
• Do not bend the cable to less than a 40 mm radius.
• Do not stand on fiber optic cable; keep the cable off the floor.
• Do not pull fiber optic cable harder than you do a cable containing copper wire of
comparable size.
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