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My understanding is that the SCSI specification does _not_ support hot plugging or unplugging. I was told that it may actually cause damage. -- Charly -- Charly Jones -- Gig Harbor WA 98335 USA -- IBM Certified Specialist - iSeries Administrator >From: Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@attbi.com> > >I've often been able to swap a 3590 tape unit between partitions on an >iSeries - SCSI connection. No problem - just need to make sure device info >is kept, at least. YMMV > >Vern > >At 09:41 AM 3/14/02 -0600, you wrote: >>Pat, >> >> Is this true if you take the precaution of varying off >>_all_ the related >>resources before unplugging? >> >>Just wondering >>Thanks >> >>Rick DuVall >> >> > The 400 has NEVER liked unplugging cables while it is running... >> > >> > Depending on the machine, you might get it to work, but often >> > it causes a failure that can only be recovered by IPL... >> > >> > Always take the machine down to make cable switch... >> > (as you now know) >> > >> > A interesting twist on that, is that, it doesn't mind if you >> > plug in a new cable(it will auto-detect) but unplug is >> > a no-no... >> _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.
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