Chapter 2 Preparing to Install the Wide Area Virtualization Engine
Safety Guidelines
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Cisco Wide Area Virtualization Engine 274 and 474 Hardware Installation Guide
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Safety Guidelines
To reduce the risk of bodily injury, electrical shock, fire, and damage to the
equipment, observe the precautions in this section.
This section contains the following topics:
• General Precautions, page 2-4
• System Reliability Considerations, page 2-6
• Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge, page 2-7

General Precautions

Observe the following general precautions for using and working with the WAVE
appliance:
• Observe and follow service markings. Do not service any Cisco product
except as explained in your system documentation. Opening or removing
covers that are marked with the triangular symbol with a lightning bolt may
expose you to electrical shock. Components inside these compartments
should be serviced only by a trained and qualified service technician.
Warning
To prevent bodily injury when mounting or servicing this unit in a rack, you
must take special precautions to ensure that the system remains stable. The
following guidelines are provided to ensure your safety:
• This unit should be mounted at the bottom of the rack if it is the only unit in the rack.
• When mounting this unit in a partially filled rack, load the rack from the bottom to the
top with the heaviest component at the bottom of the rack.
• If the rack is provided with stabilizing devices, install the stabilizers before mounting
or servicing the unit in the rack.
Statement 1006