User's Manual

7
Safety first
To prevent personal injury, equipment damage, and service interruptions, you must
follow all precautionary messages given in the document in addition to all the local safety
standards required by your company. The following symbols used in the document at
various places represent important situations.
Table 1: Safety Sign Conventions
Symbols
Meaning
Represents
Caution
Situations that could result in equipment damage or
loss of data.
Danger
Situation that could cause physical injury. Failure to
observe this precaution may result in personal
injury, death, or equipment damage.
Hot Surface
Situation that could result in personal physical injury
including burns.
Optical Safety
Staring directly into the optical connector output
beam may cause irreparable damage to your eyes.
It could even lead to loss of eye sight.
Electric Shock Risk
Observe this precaution to prevent personal injury,
or death. This can cause equipment damage.
Static Discharge
Warning
Handle the equipment wearing an anti-static ESD
wrist strap properly grounded to discharge the static
buildup. Failure to observe this precaution may
result in equipment damage.
Table 2: Environmental Regulatory Conventions
Symbols
Meaning
Represents
European
Conformity
Abbreviation of original French words Conformité
Européenne which translates to European
Conformity.
CE Marking on a product is a manufacturer's
declaration that the product complies with the
essential requirements of the relevant European
health, safety and environmental protection
legislation.
China RoHS
China RoHS chasing arrow symbol with a “50”
indicating that hazardous material is not released
into the environment until 50 years after the date of
manufacture.