[evla-sw-discuss] Power outage tomorrow

K. Scott Rowe krowe at nrao.edu
Tue Oct 9 09:51:48 EDT 2012


computers are off.  I told the operater I am ready for power to be cut.


On Oct 09 07:10, Kevin Ryan wrote:
}The correlator has been powered down.
}
}Kevin
}
}On Oct 8, 2012, at 4:48 PM, James Robnett wrote:
}
}> 
}> Just so we're moderately on the same page and can ensure everything
}> is down for Bob by 8am.  This is largely for my group but so everyone
}> else knows.
}> 
}> Observing is supposed to finish by 7am.
}> Kevin will be at the AOC around 7am,  Kscott and I sometime shortly
}> thereafter.
}> 
}> Soon after 7am Operators tell Kevin it's safe to shut down correlator.
}> 
}> 7:30 Kscott checks with Operators that correlator is down.  Tertiary
}> servers (backups etc), then secondary (M&C, CBE etc) then primary
}> (Oracle, Lustre, CBE control) servers shutdown in order.
}> 
}> 7:50 or so Kscott lets Operators know servers are down and power can
}> be cut whenever.
}> 
}> 11am to whenever Jeff Long, Bob Huber and I will be in correlator room
}>  o moving WIDAR/CBE network cables to solve frame delay issues,
}>  o moving Lustre to make way for full CBE and adding infiniband cards
}>  o Installing new 120v PDUs in existing racks to better distribute power
}> 
}> 3pm or whenever power restored to then + 45 minutes
}> 
}> Jeff and I will make sure everything is up,  we'll let operators and
}> evla-sw group know when the servers are up.  Please don't randomly
}> restart software (executor,telcal) because they're not working till
}> we say everything's up.  That sometimes causes more trouble than it
}> solves.
}> 
}> Before we leave the site we'll check with Ken/Barry/Whomever and
}> see that things seem to be working at least to the extent that they
}> can be kicked remotely.
}> 
}> James
}> 
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