Power Strip Replacement

Two power strips have lost their management interface and need to be replaced. They will be swapped out Thursday night starting at 11 p.m. PST. The first power strip that will be switched out will affect the following servers:

andor, beethoven, cyrax, dimarco, postac, thorin, and zebes

The second power strip replacement will follow shortly after the first and affect these servers:

avalon, boyd, burbank, cognac, jake, jawbreaker, sawtelle, and yoda

The downtime window for each swap is an hour, although actual downtime should be less than that.

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18 Responses to “Power Strip Replacement”

  1. 1
    Mark Says:

    Just pick that shit up at best buy. Don’t need to fancy “management interface.”

  2. 2
    Tom Vachon Says:

    While I would agree, but remote reboot is amazing.

  3. 3
    Jeff Says:

    Isn’t this what redundant power supplies connected to separate power sources is for?

  4. 4
    Henry Says:

    Do you mind me asking what vendor & model power strip you use?

  5. 5
    bspiral Says:

    Jeff took my question…

    I would assume that these servers are not using redundant anything, save maybe the boot/os drives.

    And Mark, you obviously don’t need a management interface for your PDU’s at home. But in a data center full of equipment that is 30 minutes away from any human interaction… it’s nice to be able to poke a server in the eye remotely.

    Or at the minimum - be able to tell if your servers are using too much power in a rack before you plug another in and blow the breakers for that rack.

  6. 6
    Kelly Says:

    Let just say, don’t buy APC managed 30 amp 0U PDU’s. We get at least one DOA in every order we make. We’ve switched back to our previous vendor for all new orders.

  7. 7
    Giovanni Says:

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  8. 8
    Angry Dog Says:

    woof.

  9. 9
    Brett D. Says:

    Angry Dog, why are you here?

  10. 10
    Angry Dog Says:

    abandoned and left here by angry owner?
    self-nominated mascot?
    too stupid to know better (wouldn’t be an issue if I were a cat)
    take your pick.

  11. 11
    Angry Dog Says:

    woof·

  12. 12
    Angry Dog Says:

    gee that was original - at least use your own identity, pathetic idolizing scum.

  13. 13
    Angry Dog Says:

    dumb humans.

  14. 14
    ben Says:

    what? theres two of you? i like dogs

  15. 15
    Patrick Says:

    They roam in packs…

  16. 16
    bspiral Says:

    Euthanize the rabid ones, neuter and spay the healthy ones.

  17. 17
    Bahamut Says:

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  18. 18
    msn nickleri Says:

    thanks.. !

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