IBM SAN50C-R, Installation, Service And User Manual

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Safety and environmental notices
This section contains information about:
v “Safety notices and labels”
v “Rack safety” on page xviii
v “Product recycling and disposal” on page xx
Safety notices and labels
When using this product, observe the danger, caution, and attention notices
contained in this guide. The notices are accompanied by symbols that represent the
severity of the safety condition. The danger and caution notices are listed in
numerical order based on their IDs, which are displayed in parentheses, for
example (D004), at the end of each notice. Use this ID to locate the translation of
these danger and caution notices in the Safety Notices publication that is shipped
with this product.
The following notices and statements are used in IBM documents. They are listed
below in order of increasing severity of potential hazards. Follow the links for
more detailed descriptions and examples of the danger, caution, and attention
notices in the sections that follow.
v Note: These notices provide important tips, guidance, or advice.
v “Attention notices” on page xvii: These notices indicate potential damage to
programs, devices, or data.
v “Caution notices”: These statements indicate situations that can be potentially
hazardous to you.
v “Danger notices” on page xiii: These statements indicate situations that can be
potentially lethal or extremely hazardous to you. Safety labels are also attached
directly to products to warn of these situations.
v In addition to these notices, “Safety labels” on page xvi may be attached to the
product to warn of potential hazards.
Caution notices
A caution notice calls attention to a situation that is potentially hazardous to
people because of some existing condition. A caution notice can be accompanied
by different symbols, as in the examples below:
Example
symbol
Symbol meaning
A hazardous electrical condition with less severity than electrical danger.
A generally hazardous condition not represented by other safety
symbols.
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