Hi Lance,
If you have 700 series machines, there's a slot for labling below the LCD, accessible from behind (ie. you have to pull the front panel off to access it.)
"And not many people know that" (think nasal cockney ala Michael Caine :)
Matt.
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-----Original Message----- From: Lance R. Mehle [mailto:mehlel001@hawaii.rr.com] Sent: 14 July 2000 22:31 To: toasters@mathworks.com Subject: RE: filer Olympics
For the "Design Improvements" I would like to nominate the following:
A panel on the front, ala Sun's e series, with a removable clear panel that you can put in labels for names and IP's.
We have over 40 of these machines and wind up having to put stick labels on the front so we can tell which machine is which. If/when we rename or assign a new IP you have to scrap off the old label which scratches the front or leaves a sticky residue on the bezel. This way you could jus pop of the clear plate and stick a new piece of paper in there with the new info!
-----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com]On Behalf Of Stephen J. Wilcox Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 9:51 AM To: Todd C. Merrill Cc: toasters@mathworks.com Subject: RE: filer Olympics
Maybe we have some new design improvements for Netapp then!
Sounds like we need more edge connectors so that the board slips in and out with the cables etc plugging into an external bus or something?
And for the motherboard reduce the number of screws and what about some sort of easy release system? I'm thinking bicycle wheels here but I'm sure the same applies for motherboard screws!
2 Questions on a slightly different thread tho; what is the life expectancy of a drive, what is the life expectancy of a motherboard?
Steve
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On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Todd C. Merrill wrote:
On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Mark Simmons wrote:
time. Calm, unflapped, neatly executed work by one or two guys may take a hair longer than a biff-bang-bosh job slapped
together by three
or four adrenaline addicts but I know which I'd rather
have serving my
data afterward.
Indeed. Though posted in jest, I did not rush the whole affair. I wanted to do this once, and I wanted it to be
clean so that
our local NetApp engineer wouldn't notice anything sloppy if he were the next person to open the filer.
As hinted at, I unscrewed what I could beforehand, broke the torque or loosened other screws/nuts, had the new
motherboard lined up
on a table, had static bags lined up for the PCI cards, etc. After halting, it was a matter of just unplugging all the wires, finger unscrewing the hex bolts, etc. The longest segment of time
indeed came
from the motherboard screws. Installation was the reverse of removal--slide case closed, finger tight all hex bolts, connect all wires, and power up. Final tightening happened during and
after boot.
Not kosher with the hardware field guide, I'm sure!
Call it cheating or what you will, but being "prepared" does shave off a valuable 5-10 minutes. And, due to lots of swaps in the recent future, practice helps. (Previous times were
something like 32
and 25 minutes.) I would not suggest someone try this if
they haven't
done it a few times before.
Until next time...
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