Blank Front Panels
BlackDiamond 8800 Series Switches Hardware Installation Guide 111
Installing a Blank Front Panel
To install the blank front panel:
1Attach the ESD-preventive wrist strap to your bare wrist and connect the metal end to the ground
receptacle at the top left corner of the BlackDiamond chassis.
2Align the blank front panel over the open slot on the chassis (see Figure66).
Make sure that the EMI gasket is on the top of the panel and the stenciled part number is right side
up.

Figure 66: Blank Front Panels in a BlackDiamond 8800 Series Chassis

3Use a #2 Phillips screwdriver to tighten the captive screws at each end of the blank front panel.
NOTE
Tighten the screws of each installed blank front panel before inserting additional modules or blank front panels.
Otherwise, you might unseat modules or blank front panels that you have not secured.
NOTE
Leave the ESD-preventive wrist strap permanently connected to the chassis so that it is always available when you
need to touch ESD-sensitive components.
Removing a Blank Front Panel
To remove a blank front panel:
1Attach the ESD-preventive wrist strap to your bare wrist and connect the metal end to the ground
receptacle at the top left corner of the switch front panel.
2Loosen the captive screw at each end of the blank front panel, using a #2 Phillips screwdriver (see
Figure 67).
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