Safety Instructions; Safety: Rack Mounting Of Systems - Dell PowerEdge 1800 Installationsanleitung

Safety Instructions

Use the following safety guidelines to ensure your own personal safety and to help protect your
system and working environment from potential damage. For complete safety information,
see the Product Information Guide.

SAFETY: Rack Mounting of Systems

Observe the following precautions for rack stability and safety.
Systems are considered to be components in a rack. Thus, "component" refers to any system as well
as to various peripherals or supporting hardware.
CAUTION:
Installing systems in a rack without the front and side stabilizers installed could cause the
rack to tip over, potentially resulting in bodily injury under certain circumstances. Therefore, always
install the stabilizers before installing components in the rack.
After installing system/components in a rack, never pull more than one component out of the rack on its
slide assemblies at one time. The weight of more than one extended component could cause the rack
to tip over and injure someone.
NOTE:
Your system is safety-certified as a free-standing unit and as a component for use in a rack
cabinet using the customer rack kit when both the rack cabinet and rack kit were designed for your
system. The installation of your system and rack kit in any other rack cabinet has not been approved by
any safety agencies. It is your responsibility to have the final combination of system and rack kit in a
cabinet evaluated for suitability by a certified safety agency. The manufacturer disclaims all warranties
and liability in connection with such combinations.
• System rack kits are intended to be installed in an approved rack by trained service
technicians. If you install the kit in any other rack, be sure that the rack meets the
specifications.
• Before working on the rack, make sure that the stabilizers are secured to the rack, extended to
the floor, and that the full weight of the rack rests on the floor. Install front and side stabilizers
on a single rack or front stabilizers for joined multiple racks before working on the rack.
• Always load the rack from the bottom up, and load the heaviest item in the rack first.
• Make sure that the rack is level and stable before extending a component from the rack.
• Use caution when pressing the component rail release latches and sliding a component
into or out of a rack; the slide rails can pinch your fingers.
• After a component is inserted into the rack, carefully extend the rail into a locking position,
and then slide the component into the rack.
• Do not overload the AC power supply branch circuit that provides power to the rack.
The total rack load should not exceed 80 percent of the branch circuit rating.
• Ensure that proper airflow is provided to components in the rack.
• Do not step on or stand on any system/component when servicing other components
in a rack.
Rack Installation Guide
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