> > > I was asked by a customer if there is a standard IBM mainframe power > switch lock. > > I checked and there is no such lock. I wonder how do you protect your > mainframe > > power switches other then access control to the computer room. > > I agree with Kees. A lock would be contradictory to the purpose of the > switch. > Does the customer also want a lock on the main 'computer floor emergency > power off' switch? > > Access to the computer floor should be restricted and people who enter > should be registered and be knowledgeable enough to know not to touch > the switch unless it's an emergency. > And if there is an emergency, e.g. someone is being electrocuted, you > don't want a procedure to request a key from someone outside the > computerfloor. > > > -- > Maarten Slegtenhorst > -----------------------------------------------------------------
In a past life I was at a company that had the exit door button and the emergency power off button too close together - one above the other. One day an IBM maintenance man who was leaving the computer room accidentally hit the wrong button. The next day the emergency power off button was moved higher and a hinged cover was put over it, but it wasn't locked. As has already been said, you don't want to be looking for a key if you really need that emergency power off button, but it does need to be protected from accidental activation. Believe me, what occurred after it was hit was not pretty. Tom Kelman ***************************************************************************** If you wish to communicate securely with Commerce Bank and its affiliates, you must log into your account under Online Services at http://www.commercebank.com or use the Commerce Bank Secure Email Message Center at https://securemail.commercebank.com NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any attached files are confidential. The information is exclusively for the use of the individual or entity intended as the recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, copying, printing, reviewing, retention, disclosure, distribution or forwarding of the message or any attached file is not authorized and is strictly prohibited. If you have received this electronic mail message in error, please advise the sender by reply electronic mail immediately and permanently delete the original transmission, any attachments and any copies of this message from your computer system. ***************************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
