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Cisco ASA 5505 Adaptive Security Appliance Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter 2 Preparing for Installation
Safety Recommendations
The safety guidelines are as follows:
• Keep the chassis area clear and dust-free before, during and after installation.
• Keep tools away from walk areas where you and others could fall over them.
• Do not wear loose clothing or jewelry, such as earrings, bracelets, or chains, that could get caught
in the chassis.
• Wear safety glasses if you are working under any conditions that might be hazardous to your eyes.
• Do not perform any action that creates a potential hazard to people or makes the equipment unsafe.
This section includes the following topics:
• Maintaining Safety with Electricity, page 2-2
• Preventing Electrostatic Discharge Damage, page 2-3
Maintaining Safety with Electricity
Warning
Before working on a chassis or working near power supplies, unplug the power cord on AC units;
disconnect the power at the circuit breaker on DC units.
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Follow these guidelines when working on equipment powered by electricity:
• Before beginning procedures that require access to the interior of the chassis, locate the emergency
power-off switch for the room in which you are working. Then, if an electrical accident occurs, you
can act quickly to turn off the power.
• Do not work alone if potentially hazardous conditions exist anywhere in your work space.
• Never assume that power is disconnected from a circuit; always check the circuit.
• Look carefully for possible hazards in your work area, such as moist floors, ungrounded power
extension cables, frayed power cords, and missing safety grounds.
• If an electrical accident occurs, proceed as follows:
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Use caution; do not become a victim yourself.
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Disconnect power from the system.
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If possible, send another person to get medical aid. Otherwise, assess the condition of the victim
and then call for help.
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Determine if the person needs rescue breathing or external cardiac compressions; then take
appropriate action.
• Use the adaptive security appliance chassis within its marked electrical ratings and product usage
instructions.
• Install the adaptive security appliance in compliance with local and national electrical codes as listed
in the Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information for the Cisco ASA 5500 Series document.
• The adaptive security appliance models equipped with AC-input power supplies are shipped with a
3-wire electrical cord with a grounding-type plug that fits only a grounding-type power outlet. Do
not circumvent this safety feature. Equipment grounding should comply with local and national
electrical codes.