Supermicro SC826BE1C-R920LPB - Appendix D BPN-SAS-826 A Backplane Specifications; D-1 ESD Safety Guidelines; D-2 General Safety Guidelines

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Appendix D: SAS-826A Backplane Specications
Appendix D
BPN-SAS-826A Backplane Specications
To avoid personal injury and property damage, carefully follow all the safety steps
listed below when accessing your system or handling the components.
D-1 ESD Safety Guidelines
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic com ponents. To prevent dam-
age to your system, it is important to handle it very carefully The following measures
are generally sufcient to protect your equipment from ESD.
• Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge.
• Touch a grounded metal object before removing a component from the antistatic
bag.
• Handle the backplane by its edges only; do not touch its components, peripheral
chips, memory modules or gold contacts.
• When handling chips or modules, avoid touching their pins.
• Put the card and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use.
D-2 General Safety Guidelines
• Always disconnect power cables before installing or removing any components
from the computer, including the BPN-SAS-826A backplane.
• Disconnect the power cord before installing or removing any cables from the
BPN-SAS-826A backplane.
• Make sure that the BPN-SAS-826A backplane is securely and properly installed
on the motherboard to prevent damage to the system due to power shortage.