Chapter 2: Technical Specifi cations and Installation 2.4 Safety Guidelines To avoid personal injury and property damage, please carefully follow all the safety steps listed below when accessing your system or handling the components: ESD Safety Guidelines Electric Static Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic com ponents. To prevent dam- age to your system. it is important to handle it very carefully. The following measures are generally suffi cient to protect your equipment from ESD. • Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge. • Touch a grounded metal object before removing a component from the antistatic bag.
• Handle the RAID card by its edges only; do not touch its components, peripheral chips, memory modules or gold contacts. • When handling chips or modules, avoid touching their pins. • Put the card and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use. General Safety Guidelines • Always disconnect power cables before installing or removing any components from the computer, including the RAID card. • Use only the correct type of bracket for the chassis. Please use a full-height bracket for a 1U, 3U, 4U, Tower, or a Pedestal system. Use a low-profi le bracket for a 2U or some of the proprietary chassis. Make sure to secure the bracket in the host system cabinet. (*Note:
When used in a 1U system, the full-height bracket is mounted into the riser card.) • Disconnect the power cable before removing the Extended LED cable, data cable or I 2 C cable from the riser card. • Make sure that the riser card is securely seated in the PCI slot to prevent damage to the system due to power shortage. • Do not force a cable connector onto the controller or a drive. 2-5