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Grounding the System
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Step 2 Grasp the spring or alligator clip and momentarily touch the clip to a bare metal spot (unpainted surface)
on the rack. We recommend that you touch the clip to an unpainted rack rail so that any built-up static
charge is then safely dissipated to the entire rack.
Step 3 Attach the ESD strap to the system ground in one of the following ways:
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Figure 2-7
1
Insert the ESD strap plug into the hole for the
system ground.
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If you are using a wrist strap that is equipped with a plug, insert the plug into an open screw
hole used for the grounding lug as shown in
Plugging the ESD Wrist Strap to the Cisco UCS 6120XP System Ground
If you are using a wrist strap with spring or aligator clips, attach either the spring clip or the
alligator clip to the ground lug screw as follows (see
Chapter 2 Installing the Cisco UCS 6100 Series Fabric Interconnect
Figure 2-7.
2
ESD strap plug
Figure 2-8 or
1
2
Figure 2-9.):
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