If you have requirements for secure erasure, ICKDSF TRKFMT CYCLE(1) does 3 writes to each track, 00000000s, 11111111s, and 01010101s for 3 erasures. No problems with connecting or unconnecting any ESCON or FICON cables as each port is independent.
On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 3:59 PM, McBride, Catherine <[email protected]> wrote: > At long last we're taking down our IBM 2105. My question has to do with > the fact that the 2105 shares a McData switch with another SAN, and that > other SAN is live production. Powering down the 2105 and carefully > removing the cables and electrical power source should have no negative > effect on the McData switch or second SAN, correct? All cables and > power feeds are clearly marked, and we readily know which cables are the > correct ones. Anything else we need to be concerned about? -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
