Safety notices
Lists the danger and caution notices without labels, organized alphabetically by language.
The following notices and statements are used in IBM documents. They are listed in order of
decreasing severity of potential hazards.
Danger notice denition
A special note that calls attention to a situation that is potentially lethal or extremely hazardous to
people.
Caution notice denition
A special note that calls attention to a situation that is potentially hazardous to people because of
some existing condition, or to a potentially dangerous situation that might develop because of
some unsafe practice.
Labels
Lists the danger and caution notices that are accompanied with a label, organized by label reference
number.
Text-based labels
Lists the safety information labels that might be attached to the hardware to warn of potential
hazards, organized by label reference number.
Note: This product was designed, tested, manufactured, and certied for safe operation. It complies with
IEC 60950-1 and/or IEC 62368-1 and where required, to relevant National Differences/deviations (NDs)
to these IEC base standards. This includes, but is not limited to: EN (European Norms including all
Amendments under the Low Voltage Directive), UL/CSA (North America bi-national harmonized and
marked per accredited NRTL agency listings), and other such derivative certications according to
corporate determinations and latest regional publication compliance standardized requirements.
Finding translated notices
Each safety notice contains an identication number. You can use this identication number to check the
safety notice in each language. The list of notices that apply to the product are listed in the “Danger
notices” on page 143 and the “Caution notices” on page 137 topics.
To nd the translated text for a caution or danger notice:
1. In the product documentation, look for the identication number at the end of each caution notice or
each danger notice. In the following examples, the numbers (D002) and (C001) are the identication
numbers.
DANGER:
A danger notice indicates the presence of a hazard that has the potential of causing
death or serious personal injury. (D002)
CAUTION: A caution notice indicates the presence of a hazard that has the potential of causing
moderate or minor personal injury. (C001)
2. Open the IBM Systems Safety Notices (G229-9054) publication.
3. Under the language, nd the matching identication number. Review the topics concerning the safety
notices to ensure that you are in compliance.
To view a PDF le, you need Adobe Reader. You can download it at no charge from the Adobe website
(get.adobe.com/reader/).
Caution notices
Ensure that you understand the caution notices.
Caution notices
Use the reference numbers in parentheses at the end of each notice, such as (C001), to nd the matching
translated notice in IBM Systems Safety Notices.
Notices
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