Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 9000 Quick Setup Guide

Installing the Hardware

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Important. Do not turn on the power supplies at this time.

Install all remaining power supplies by repeating steps 

1 through 8 for each power supply.

As electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage switch compo-
nents, such as the Network Interface (NI) and CMMs, you 
must ground yourself properly before continuing with the 
hardware installation. For this purpose, Alcatel-Lucent 
provides a grounding wrist strap and a grounding lug located 
near the bottom-right of the chassis.

To ground yourself properly, follow the steps below:

Fasten the provided grounding strap to your wrist.

Insert the wrist strap’s connector pin (located at the end 

of the strap’s tether) into the grounding lug near the 
bottom-right of the chassis, as shown:

.

Note:  The grounding lug diagram on the left is a general 
diagram only. It is intended to show the location of the 
grounding lug. No NI modules or CMMs should be 
installed in your chassis at this time.

Important. For the grounding wrist strap to be effective 
in eliminating ESD, the power supplies must be installed 
in the chassis and plugged into grounded electrical outlets 
as described on 

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OS9-XNI-U2

Chassis 

Grounding Lug