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Don't know. This was on a 12-way Northstar, 3 LPARs. Only one device on the external connection, which I assumed was SCSI. Probably better to be safe than sorry. This was a lab situation, so we expected to have problems. <vbg> At 05:03 PM 3/14/02 +0000, you wrote: >My understanding is that the SCSI specification does _not_ support hot >plugging or unplugging. I was told that it may actually cause damage. > >-- Charly > > >-- Charly Jones >-- Gig Harbor WA 98335 USA > >-- IBM Certified Specialist - iSeries Administrator > > > > > >>From: Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@attbi.com> >> >>I've often been able to swap a 3590 tape unit between partitions on an >>iSeries - SCSI connection. No problem - just need to make sure device info >>is kept, at least. YMMV >> >>Vern >> >>At 09:41 AM 3/14/02 -0600, you wrote: >>>Pat, >>> >>> Is this true if you take the precaution of varying off >>>_all_ the related >>>resources before unplugging? >>> >>>Just wondering >>>Thanks >>> >>>Rick DuVall >>> >>> > The 400 has NEVER liked unplugging cables while it is running... >>> > >>> > Depending on the machine, you might get it to work, but often >>> > it causes a failure that can only be recovered by IPL... >>> > >>> > Always take the machine down to make cable switch... >>> > (as you now know) >>> > >>> > A interesting twist on that, is that, it doesn't mind if you >>> > plug in a new cable(it will auto-detect) but unplug is >>> > a no-no... > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > >_______________________________________________ >This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list >To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, >visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l >or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com >Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives >at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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