On 1/12/11 8:08 PM, William Donzelli wrote:
Will, *who once had to Sawzall an big RS/6000 to get
it out without
breaking a FDDI ring.
Why? FDDI works just fine if a ring is broken. Breaking it twice,
though, causes problems...was the customer really so anal about a, what,
six- or eight-second loss of redundancy?
(Yes, I know there are people who are that anal and
procedure-oriented. I just try really hard not to associate with them
or validate them in any way.)
I can't think of any other reason for not just unplugging it. FDDI's
built-in redundancy (when operated as a ring with DAS stations anyway)
would've taken care of things.
And after typing that, it occurred to me that, if they really were
that anal, they'd have used optical bypass switches, yet further
isolating the system in question.
WTF?
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL