About Required Installation Tools and ESD

You will need the following tools and supplies to install the initial hardware into the Sun Blade 8000 Series system:

Attaching the Antistatic Wrist Strap

Use the following procedure to prevent static damage when you are accessing the blades and blade options.

Caution

Printed circuit boards and hard disk drives contain electronic components that are extremely sensitive to static electricity. Ordinary amounts of static from your clothes or the work environment can destroy components. Do not touch the components themselves or any metal parts without taking proper antistatic precautions.

  1. Use an antistatic mat or similar surface.

    When installing an option onto the blade, such as a DIMM or disk drive, place those static-sensitive parts on an antistatic surface. You can use the following items as an antistatic surface:

    • The bag used to wrap a Sun part

    • The shipping container used to package a Sun part

    • Sun electrostatic discharge (ESD) mat (part number 250-1088, available through your Sun sales representative)

    • Disposable ESD mat (shipped with some Sun parts and options)

  2. Attach an antistatic wrist strap.

    Attach one end of the wrist strap to the chassis sheet metal, and the other end to your wrist. Refer to the instructions that come with the strap.

  3. Detach both ends of the strap when you are finished installing the parts.