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Safety and environmental notices
Safety should be a concern for anyone using the SAN Volume Controller or an
uninterruptible power supply (UPS).
This topic describes the information about the following topics:
v Definition of the danger, caution and attention notices used in this guide
v Danger notices for the UPS
v Danger notices for the SAN Volume Controller
v Caution notices for the UPS
v Caution notices for the SAN Volume Controller
v Safety inspection checklist for the SAN Volume Controller
v
Checking the grounding of the SAN Volume Controller and UPS
v Safety inspection checklist for the UPS
v
Labels for the outside of the UPS
v Labels for the battery unit of the UPS
v
Labels for the SAN Volume Controller
v Environmental notices and statements
v Handling static sensitive devices
Definitions of notices
Ensure that you understand the typographic conventions that are used in this
publication to indicate special notices.
The following notices are used throughout this library to convey the following
specific meanings:
Note: These notices provide important tips, guidance, or advice.
Attention: These notices indicate possible damage to programs, devices, or data.
An attention notice appears before the instruction or situation in which damage
could occur.
CAUTION:
These notices indicate situations that can be potentially hazardous to you. A
caution notice precedes the description of a potentially hazardous procedural
step or situation.
DANGER
These notices indicate situations that can be potentially lethal or extremely
hazardous to you. A danger notice precedes the description of a potentially
lethal or extremely hazardous procedural step or situation.
Danger notices for the uninterruptible power supply
Ensure that you understand the danger notices for the uninterruptible power supply
(UPS).
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