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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter 3 Installing the Cisco Nexus 5500 Platform or 5000 Series Switch
Grounding the System
Step 2 Grasp the spring or alligator clip on the ESD wrist strap and momentarily touch the clip to a bare metal
spot (unpainted surface) on the rack. We recommend that you touch the clip to an unpainted rack rail so
that any built-up static charge is then safely dissipated to the entire rack.
Step 3 Attach either the spring clip or the alligator clip to the ground lug screw as follows:
a. If you are using the ESD wrist strap that is supplied with the FRUs, squeeze the spring clip jaws
open, position the spring clip to one side of the system ground lug screw head, and slide the spring
clip over the lug screw head so that the spring clip jaws close behind the lug screw head.
Note The spring clip jaws do not open wide enough to fit directly over the head of the lug screw or
the lug barrel.
b. If you are using an ESD wrist strap that is equipped with an alligator clip, attach the alligator clip
directly over the head of the system ground lug screw or to the system ground lug barrel.
To attach the ESD wrist strap to the system ground lug screw for the Cisco Nexus 5548 switch, you can
follow the same procedure that is used for Cisco Nexus 5000 switch.
Figure 3-9 Attaching the ESD Wrist Strap to the System Ground Lug Screw
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1 ESD ground strap 3 Side view of grounding lug (clip slid behind
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2 Clip and grounding lug 4 Clip installed (behind screw)
5 System ground connector