> On Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 09:34:34 AM PDT, Tom Brennan wrote:
> So I pointed out there's only 12 I/O drawers max on a z16

Sorry Tom and all. I don't recall anyone saying max of 12 I/O drawers otherwise 
it would have been obvious my number was wrong. Yahoo mail does strange things 
with tab, backspace, space and other keys.  

> which is 12 x 16 = 192 slots or 384 ports max.

Thanks to youtube, the first IBM z I've seen was the z16 tour at 
https://youtu.be/ZDtaanCENbc. You say 192 slots or 384 ports. I understand 
slots being PCIe but was is ports? Is this fiber optic cables or does it 
somehow split a PCIe slot? 

> I've had to untangle some 150+ cable rats nests, but> for that one I'd just 
> say, Naw... I'm going home :)

Towards the end of the video, they show the patch panels which are true rats 
nests. Looks like some of the network rooms I've seen. Some people don't mind 
dealing with a mess.
   
  

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