Safety information – Chatsworth Products GF-Series GlobalFrame® Gen 2 Cabinet User Manual

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Safety Information

WARNINGS:

• Unload equipment from the cabinet before moving it.

• Two or more cabinets can be bayed together (coupled) to enhance their stability.

Each cabinet should be anchored to the floor.

• Before loading equipment in the cabinet, be sure to adjust and lock the leveling feet

to level the cabinet. Do not use casters to stabilize the cabinet; always anchor the
leveling feet or the cabinet frame to the floor.

• Always load heavy equipment, such as a UPS, at the bottom of the cabinet first, and

add lighter equipment on higher levels.

• A safety risk exists when equipment is mounted on a shelf installed more than 30

inches (760 mm) above the floor in a cabinet without doors and/or side panels. The

equipment may accidentally slide or be accidentally pushed off the shelf and fall on

personnel. When equipment is mounted on a shelf in this condition, securely fasten

the equipment to the shelf or cabinet frame in a manner that will prevent the

equipment from accidentally sliding off the shelf. The following accessories may be

used to secure certain equipment on shelves: monitor tie-‐down kit (P/N 11725-‐701),

seismic equipment tie-‐down bracket (P/N 14061-‐719), or equipment tie-‐down

bracket (P/N 16356-‐719).

• The cabinet can support many system configurations. The amount of force required

to tip or make the cabinet unstable differs with each. Read and follow your

equipment manufacturer’s specific assembly, installation, and safety instructions.

• When servicing slide-‐mounted equipment such as servers:

Secure all equipment, other than the unit being serviced, in position to prevent

it from sliding out and destabilizing the cabinet.

Slowly extend only one unit at a time. Extending multiple units may cause the
cabinet to tip over. Rapid deployment of the unit could cause the cabinet to tip.

• For protection of the equipment and personnel, ground each cabinet individually to

the Telecommunications Equipment Bonding Conductor (TEBC) or Signal Reference

Structure (SRS).

• Provide the minimum spacing between the accessories/components and the

housing that shall be maintained for safe operation of the equipment when installed

in accordance with the National Electric Code, ANSI/NFPA 70.

• As appropriate, all wiring and equipment should be installed in accordance with

NFPA 70, “National Electrical Code,” and the applicable sections of ANSI C2,

“National Electrical Safety Code."