Re: Eliminating white storage rack (9309 rack enclosure)

Call your business partner / IBM rep !!

        V5R2 has some new tools to help with the storage migration when you
get that far !!

        JMS...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Burns, Bryan" <burnsbm@Echoincorporated.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 10:17 AM
Subject: Eliminating white storage rack (9309 rack enclosure)


> What would be involved in eliminating our white storage rack in order to
> gain space in our data center?  Even though we upgraded from a 620 to an
820
> last fall, we still have this huge cabinet (it's three times as big as our
> 820) taking up space in our data center.  We now have three boxes; the
> cabinet, a tower, which was the 620, and the 820.
>
> From what I can decipher from the rack config, the 9309 has:
>
> 2729-001 Multifunction adapter
> 2741-001 Multifunction adapter
>
> 2809-001 Combined function IOP
>
> 282C         SI  I/O Adapter
>
> 2720-001 Comm port card
> 2721-001 Comm port card (two)
> 2724-001 Comm port card
> 2838-001 Comm port card (two)
>
> Can someone give a little explanation of what these components do???  I
> cannot find any info on them on the web. All I have is the description in
> the rack config and that does not tell me very much about their functions.
> How do I know if all these components are being used?  We are running
> Harbinger EDI, FAX/400, PASTHR to and from Japan, and at one time would
> access remotely with a Perle controller on two (?) different lines.  The
> cabinet also houses a 9348 reel tape system which we no longer use and
> actually took off maintenance.
>
> Is this a straightforward project for a business partner?  What would a
> business partner need from us besides a rack config to give us a proposal?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help at all.
>
> Bryan Burns
> System Operator
> ECHO, Inc.
> Lake Zurich, Illinois
>
>
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