Re: Quiesced????

At 06:27 PM 4/8/99 -0500, you wrote:
>At 09:07 PM 4/7/99 , you wrote:
>>We just got a leased S20 in for Y2K testing. We were supposed to get a
>>second cable for our 3570, but it wasn't in the box. No big surprise. We're
>>debating whether we can unplug the 3570 from the S30. The 3570 manual says,
>>"The host (initiator) SCSI port must be quiesced before removing any SCSI
>>device". Does this mean that if we vary the tape library off  (it's the
>>only device on the SCSI bus) we can safely unplug it without causing a SCSI
>>reset, or must we power down the system?
>
>When I had a 3570 available to me (cool tape drive, btw) we were able to 
>just vary it off, power it down (the tape drive, not the system), and 
>disconnect.
>
>We played around with connecting the drive to a PC to act as a backup 
>server... but I quit that job before we got very far.
>
Be careful.  If you bend the pins in the connector (*EASYTODO), you will
get a *BIG bill from IBM.  Better to purchase a second cable.

Al




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