Take proper ESD precautions
CAUTION
: Computer components and disk drives are sensitive to electrostatic discharge (ESD).
Always ground any electrostatic charge from your person before touching components with your
hands or with any tools. Always use an anti-static wrist strap (one ships with each unit) while
installing or performing maintenance on any Nexsan RAID storage unit.
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To protect the unit from electrostatic discharge:
1. Ground any electrostatic charge from your person by touching a metal part of the rack or any properly
grounded conductive object (such as the ground point at an anti-static workstation).
2. Attach the clip end of the anti-static wrist strap to the rack’s ESD grounding pin or to any bare metal part
of the rack (for a racked unit) or to any proper grounding point (for an unracked unit). Secure the loop end
around your wrist.
Figure 2-1: Attaching and putting on the anti-static wrist strap
CAUTION
: Do not attach the anti-static wrist strap to any powder-coated part of the equipment
rack or RAID storage unit. The powder coating can interfere with the transmission of current,
resulting in improper grounding which can allow a static charge to build.
3. When working on unracked units or components, place the unit or component on an anti-static surface.
Take proper ESD precautions
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