Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions 7700 Manuel D’Utilisation

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Installing the Hardware

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

To properly ground yourself, follow the steps below.

1 Fasten the provided grounding strap to your wrist.
2 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 at 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 

Chassis 

Grounding Lug