Grounding The Chassis - Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Hardware Installation Manual

Grounding the Chassis

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Grounding the Chassis

The chassis has a grounding pad with two threaded M4 holes for attaching a grounding lug.
shows the system ground location on the Cisco Nexus 2000 Series FEX.
Warning When installing or replacing the unit, the ground connection must always be made first and
disconnected last. Statement 1046
We recommend that you ground the chassis, even if the rack is already grounded.
Caution
You must ground all power supplies. The receptacles of the AC power cables used to provide power to
Caution
the chassis must be the grounding type, and the grounding conductors should connect to protective earth
ground at the service equipment.
Figure 3-6
1 ESD socket (on device)
2 ESD plug
3 Screws, M4, with square cone washers
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Location of System Ground on a Cisco Nexus 2000 Series FEX
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4 NRTL-listed grounding lug
5 Grounding cable
6 Close-up of grounding pad on device
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