Timoty, I don't think that the customer get it as n emergency power switch, but as a physical risk. You are right about the regulations, they are applied here as well.
Itschak | Itschak Mugzach | Director | SecuriTeam Software | | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Mob: +972 522 986404 | Skype: Itschak Mugzach | Web: www.Securiteam.co.il | -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timothy Sipples Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 8:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Do you protect your power switch with a lock Itschak Mugzach writes: >I was asked by a customer if there is a standard IBM mainframe power >switch lock. I checked and there is no such lock. I wonder how do you >protect your mainframe power switches other then access control to the >computer room. IBM does have a solution (and this is not snark): http://www.ibm.com/systems/z/pso Or possibly this: http://www.ibm.com/systems/z/gdps As other posters have noted, there's an important safety value to the "big red (covered) switch," and it could well be a legal or regulatory requirement in your particular country. (I know electrical safety regulations are quite stringent in many parts of the world.) Similar laws and regulations in many jurisdictions understandably prohibit locking fire escape doors, for example. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Related to System z Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan and IBM Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 __________ NOD32 3280 (20080718) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
