Chapter 3: Safety And Equipment Care Information; Fiber Optic Equipment Care; Fiber Optic Cable Care - Avaya ERS 3500 Series Manual

Chapter 3: Safety and equipment care
This chapter contains important safety and regulatory information.
Read this section before you install Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) and Small Form Factor
Pluggable Plus (SFP+).

Fiber optic equipment care

Use the information in this section to properly maintain and care for fiber optic equipment.
Transceivers are static sensitive.
Dust contamination can reduce the performance of optical parts in transceivers. When you store a
transceiver, or after you disconnect it from a fiber optic cable, always keep a dust cover over the
optical bore.
Dispose of this product according to all national laws and regulations.
To prevent equipment damage, observe the following electrostatic discharge (ESD) precautions
when you handle or install the components:
• Ground yourself and the equipment to an earth or building ground. Use a grounded workbench
mat (or foam that dissipates static charge) and a grounding wrist strap. The wrist strap must
touch the skin and you must ground it through a one megaohm resistor.
• Do not touch anyone who is not grounded
• Leave all components in their ESD-safe packaging until installation, and use only a static-
shielding bag for all storage, transport, and handling.
Clear the area of synthetic materials such as polyester, plastic, vinyl, or styrofoam because
these materials carry static electricity that damages the equipment.

Fiber optic cable care

Although reinforcing material and plastic insulation protects the glass fiber in fiber optic cable, it is
subject to damage.
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July 2015