Our tape carriers used to do the same thing. The off button was just at the right height to be hit by an inadvertent push of the tape carriers.
Jon L. Veilleux veilleu...@aetna.com (860) 636-9179 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Kevin Kinney Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 8:35 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: taking down the machine - z9 series I'm afraid I was responsible for a shield, but on a bank of 3490 drives. For some reason, the (unshielded) power switch was placed at EXACTLY the same level as a button on the back pocket of suit pants. Anyone leaning against the drives... The first time an entire string of tape drives powered down, no one could figure it out. I was busted the second time it happened. Soon thereafter shields were velcroed over the power switch. For a while, I was suspected for any unexplained outage, whether it was my shift or not. To the designer of the 3490 cabinet, thanks a lot. Regards, Kevin Kinney ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html This e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information. If you think you have received this e-mail in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this e-mail immediately. Thank you. Aetna ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
