Connecting Your ESD Wrist Strap to the Chassis
Figure 39: Grounding Pad on the Rear of the Cisco Nexus 7010 Chassis
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Grounding
pad
Step 5
Prepare the other end of the grounding wire and connect it to an appropriate grounding point in your site to ensure an
adequate earth ground for the switch. If the rack is grounded, connect the grounding wire as explained in the documentation
provided by the vendor for the rack.
Connecting Your ESD Wrist Strap to the Chassis
After you connect the chassis to the data center earth ground, you can ground your ESD wrist strap by plugging
it into any one of three ESD ports shown in
7010 Chassis, on page 83
Nexus 7010 Chassis, on page 84
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Figure 40: ESD Grounding Ports on the Front of the Cisco Nexus
(front of the chassis) or
Figure 41: ESD Grounding Port on the Rear of the Cisco
(rear of the chassis).
Installing a Cisco Nexus 7010 Chassis