ATCA‐S201 Installation

2.4Before you install or Remove the ATCA carrier blade

Boards may be damaged if improperly installed or handled. Please read and follow the guidelines in this section to protect your equipment.

2.4.1Observe ESD Precautions

Emerson strongly recommends that you use an antistatic wrist strap and a conductive foam pad when installing or upgrading a system. Electronic components, such as disk drives, computer boards, and memory modules, can be extremely sensitive to electrostatic discharge (ESD). After removing the component from its protective wrapper or from the system, place the component flat on a grounded, static-free surface (and, in the case of a board, component side up). Do not slide the component over any surface.

If an ESD station is not available, you can avoid damage resulting from ESD by wearing an antistatic wrist strap (available at electronics stores) that is attached to an active electrical ground. Note that a system chassis may not be grounded if it is unplugged.

2.4.2Watch for Bent Pins or Other Damage

Bent pins or loose components can cause damage to the board, the backplane, or other system components. Carefully inspect your board and the backplane for both pin and component integrity before installation. Our suppliers take significant steps to ensure there are no bent pins on the backplane or connector damage to the boards prior to leaving our factory. Bent pins caused by improper installation or by boards with damaged connectors could void the warranty for the backplane or boards.

If a system contains one or more crushed pins, power off the system and contact your local sales representative to schedule delivery of a replacement chassis assembly.

2.5Use Caution When installing or removing the ATCA carrier

When installing boards in an empty chassis, we recommend that you start at the left of the card cage and work to the right. This helps to avoid mistakes in matching slots with the intended carrier boards.

When inserting or removing a board in a slot adjacent to other boards, use extra caution to avoid damage to the pins and components located on the primary or secondary sides of the boards.

2.5.1Preserve EMI Compliance

To preserve compliance with applicable standards and regulations for electromagnetic interference (EMI), during operation all front and rear openings on

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Emerson ATCA-S201 Before you install or Remove the Atca carrier blade, Observe ESD Precautions, Preserve EMI Compliance