RE: Should we put the system i on a UPS for the entire room?

["Chuck Lewis" <chuck.lewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We have two UPS's here. I inherited it all but our 810 is on one and
everything else (2 Windows servers and all the network equipment, etc.) are
on the other.

If your keep your 520 and network folks separate might make sense to keep it
the way it is so if they are messing with their UPS or there is an issue
with it, it doesn't impact the 520 and vice versa ?


Chuck

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Burns, Bryan
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 12:42 PM
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Subject: Should we put the system i on a UPS for the entire room?

Our network people are getting a quote on putting the server room on one UPS
which will feed the entire circuit going into the server room.  This
includes our IBM 520 which is currently connected to a Powerware 5125 UPS
still under warranty.  The room will not have a generator.  From the iSeries
side of things, I don't see any advantage to going to a UPS that will
protect 20 other servers.

What precautions do the network guys need to take with respect to the IBM
520?  That is, are there any unique UPS requirements for a 520 server
versus, let's say a Dell server? 

Thanks in advance.

Bryan