RE: Now I'm Buying my first i5. :)

["Bradley V. Stone" <bvstone@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Why, then, did I have 3 or 4 people (hardward dudes) tell me the cable
wasn't needed?  Can you get it somewhere else cheaper than with the machine
purchase?

Bradley V. Stone
BVSTools - www.bvstools.com
eRPG SDK - www.erpgsdk.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Eric Lehti
> Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 11:35 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: RE: Now I'm Buying my first i5. :)
>
>
> Bradley,
> Another advantage of buying the IBM-recommended Powerware UPSs from
> Eaton is so that the i5 can sense when utility power has failed (via the
> 9-pin cable) and begin an orderly shutdown.  If the 9-pin cable is not
> attached, the i5 will not know when utility power is lost.
>
> Here are the messages.
>
>
> Message ID . . . . . . :   CPF1816       Severity . . . . . . . :   80
>
> Message type . . . . . :   Information
>
> Date sent  . . . . . . :   09/08/07      Time sent  . . . . . . :
> 15:34:22
>
>
> Message . . . . :   System utility power failed at 070908153422.
>
>
>
> Message ID . . . . . . :   CPF1817       Severity . . . . . . . :   60
>
> Message type . . . . . :   Information
>
> Date sent  . . . . . . :   09/08/07      Time sent  . . . . . . :
> 15:37:18
>
>
> Message . . . . :   System utility power restored at 070908153718.
>
> Recovery  . . . :   The system power switched to the utility source.
>
>
>
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