Re: AS/400 panel keys

[Larry Bolhuis <lbolhuis@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Dan,

  Unless I miss my guess those 510's have electronic keys.  I believe
that only IBM can provide those. (I have also heard that there are only
4 different keys but that's just heresay) If your systems use the metal
keys you can get those duplicated. One locksmith I spoke to said he just
needed a letter from a corporate officer on letterhead indicating that
the company owned the equipment in question and he would duplicate the
key.

  HTH

    - Larry

"Bale, Dan" wrote:
> 
> How does one go about getting duplicates made for AS/400 panel keys?
> 
> We had a pseudo-disaster at one of our branches last week as I was
> enroute to my vacation destination whereby one of our protected drives
> failed and the system required a manual IPL somewhere in the midst of
> that problem.  Unfortunately, the key to the 9406-510 was nowhere to be
> found and IBM apparently has no "master" keys, so they had to replace
> the panel!
> 
> Needless to say, my primary directive for the immediate future is to get
> this remedied.  Our VP has decided that we will obtain 4 duplicates of
> each AS/400's key.  Two will remain onsite, and two will be kept here at
> corporate.  I'm looking at some keys from some old 400's we had dumped
> awhile ago; they all say "REGISTERED - DO NOT DUPLICATE".
> 
> - Dan
> Dan Bale says "BAN DALE!"
> IT - AS/400
> Handleman Company
> 248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
> D.Bale@Handleman.com
>   Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
>   (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)
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