Safety And Environmental Notices; Safety Notices - IBM A10 Series Appliance Manual

Safety and environmental notices

Review the safety notices, environmental notices, and electronic emission notices for IBM
Storage System before you install and use the product.
Suitability for telecommunication environment - This product is not intended to connect directly or
indirectly by any means whatsoever to interfaces of public telecommunications networks.
Examples of a caution and a danger notice. Numbers in parentheses refer to message numbers in the IBM
Safety Notices publication G229-9054, which is included with your product.
CAUTION: A caution notice indicates the presence of a hazard that has the potential of causing
moderate or minor personal injury. (C001)
DANGER: A danger notice indicates the presence of a hazard that has the potential of causing
death or serious personal injury. (D002)

Safety notices

Safety notices for this product.
Familiarize yourself with the IBM Safety Notices publication G229-9054, which is included with your
product.
DANGER: An electrical outlet that is not correctly wired could place hazardous voltage on the
metal parts of the system or the devices that attach to the system. It is the responsibility of the
customer to ensure that the outlet is correctly wired and grounded to prevent an electrical shock.
(D004)
DANGER: When working on or around the system, observe the following precautions:
Electrical voltage and current from power, telephone, and communication cables are hazardous.
To avoid a shock hazard:
• If IBM supplied the power cord(s), connect power to this unit only with the IBM provided power
cord. Do not use the IBM provided power cord for any other product.
• Do not open or service any power supply assembly.
• Do not connect or disconnect any cables or perform installation, maintenance, or reconfiguration
of this product during an electrical storm.
• The product might be equipped with multiple power cords. To remove all hazardous voltages,
disconnect all power cords.
– For AC power, disconnect all power cords from their AC power source.
– For racks with a DC power distribution panel (PDP), disconnect the customer's DC power
source to the PDP.
• When connecting power to the product ensure all power cables are properly connected.
– For racks with AC power, connect all power cords to a properly wired and grounded electrical
outlet. Ensure that the outlet supplies proper voltage and phase rotation according to the
system rating plate.
– For racks with a DC power distribution panel (PDP), connect the customer's DC power source
to the PDP. Ensure that the proper polarity is used when attaching the DC power and DC power
return wiring.
• Connect any equipment that will be attached to this product to properly wired outlets.
• When possible, use one hand only to connect or disconnect signal cables.
• Never turn on any equipment when there is evidence of fire, water, or structural damage.
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