RE: filer Olympics

-- Mike Sphar - Sr Systems Administrator - Engineering Support Services, BOFH, GWP, MCP, MCP+I, MCSE, BFD -----Original Message----- From: Todd C. Merrill [mailto:tmerrill@mathworks.com] Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 11:57 AM To: toasters@mathworks.com Subject: Re: filer Olympics On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Bruce Sterling Woodcock wrote: > > But do you loosen the screws before or after the clock starts... :) > > A better question is - do you actually screw the PCI cards into the slot? > You can skip that step and save lotsa time (although you are more > vulnerable to a bad connection caused by someone bumping the filer). > > I assume power tools are allowed.... The only tools you are allowed are a grounding strap and a Leatherman. *All* screws *inside* the box are unsecured and secured in the timed interval. <hint,hint> The ones inside your head should definitely be loose, all the time. No connections outside the box, redundant or otherwise, can be broken until the console port shows an "ok" prompt after a proper shutdown. Depending on what pieces are being changed, you don't want to loose any data potentially on the NVRAM card! Hmmm...if these Olympics get international recognition, there are going to have to be classes of events. It's no fair to people who have multiple FCAL cards, with cluster failover cards, gig and quad ethernets cards, etc. There can be a 3 PCI card event, etc. ;) First prize? How about an F8xx? ;) A T-shirt for the gold, silver, and bronze winners at least. Until next time... The Mathworks, Inc. 508-647-7000 x7792 3 Apple Hill Drive, Natick, MA 01760-2098 508-647-7001 FAX tmerrill@mathworks.com http://www.mathworks.com ---