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Cisco Content Delivery Engine 100/200/300/400 Hardware Installation Guide
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Preparing to Install the Content Delivery Engines
This chapter contains site requirements and important safety information you should know before
working with the CDEs. Use the guidelines in this chapter to ensure your own personal safety and to help
protect your device from potential damage.
This chapter contains the following sections:
• Site Requirements, page 2-1
• Safety Warnings, page 2-3
• Safety Guidelines, page 2-6
• Safety Information, page 2-8
Note Read the Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information for the Cisco Content Delivery Engine
100/200/300/400 document that came with your device before you begin the installation.

Site Requirements

This section provides site requirements for the CDEs. You should verify the site power prior to installing
the CDEs.

Preventing Electrostatic Discharge Damage

The CDEs have no user-serviceable parts inside their chassis. The only field-replaceable units are the
AC and DC power supplies and hard disk drives.
Warning
No user-serviceable parts inside. Do not open.
Statement 1073
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) damage, which can occur when disk drives, electronic cards or
components are improperly handled, results in complete or intermittent failures. The following are
guidelines for preventing ESD damage:
• Always use an ESD wrist or ankle strap and ensure that it makes good skin contact.
• Connect the equipment end of the strap to a bare metal, unpainted surface on the rackmount.