Connecting the FortiGate-7060E chassis to ground

The FortiGate-7060E chassis includes a ground connector on the rear the bottom of the FortiGate-7060E back panel. The ground connector consists of two terminals to be used with a double-holed lug such as Thomas & Betts PN 54850BE. Connect the double-holed lug to the chassis ground connector using two supplied M5x10 pan-head screws.

You need the following equipment to connect the FortiGate-7060E chassis to ground:

• An electrostatic discharge (ESD) preventive wrist strap with connection cord.
• One green 6 AWG stranded wire with listed closed loop double-hole lug suitable for minimum 6 AWG copper wire, such as Thomas & Betts PN 54850BE.
• Two M5x10 pan-head screws.

To connect the FortiGate-7060E chassis to ground

1. Attach the ESD wrist strap to your wrist and to an ESD socket or to a bare metal surface on the chassis or frame.
2. Make sure that the chassis and ground wire are not energized.
3. Connect the ground wire double-holed lug to the FortiGate-7060E chassis ground connector using two supplied M5x10 pan-head screws.
4. Connect the other end for the ground wire to a data center ground connector.
5. Optionally label the wire GND.