Re: SPCN

Yeah, that's what we were thinking but we didn't really have anything to 
go off of. I seem to remember having powered that tower off in the past 
without a problem, but that may be poor memory. Anyway, the only devices 
in that tape rack are 2 3590 drives. May just have to schedule an IPL of 
that machine to move the tape rack. 

Chris Whisonant
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domino400-bounces+chris.whisonant=comporium.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 
12/03/2004 08:19:22 AM:

> SPCN is a Network (that's the 'N' part!)  It is also multi-hop (like 
> Twinax) except on i5's where it is now a complete loop. Disconnecting it 

> will definately create an SPCN error on the 820 but it's hard to say 
> what the results will be. I suspect because that tower has only tape in 
> it the system won't care however I do not have enough faith in that 
> feeling to reccomend anything but powering off the 820.  The biggest 
> isseue is if the 'Network' gets disrupted and the 820 thinks the other 
> towers are gone as well, then it just shuts down everything. Not goot.
> 
>  So I agree with Rob!
> 
>    - L
> 
> ps: If you do try, please let us know the results!
> 
> rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> >Don't know.  I'd proceed with caution until you do.  Years ago, with a 
> >small row of white racks, we were running on UPS and I thought it would 

> >save battery power to hit the power off switch on the rack containing 
just 
> >the tape drive.  Immediately powered down the rest of the racks.  I 
never 
> >hit that big red power switch until the day we unplugged it.  And it 
> >broke.  Snapped off quick as a 3196 switch.
> >
> >Rob Berendt
> > 
> >
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