[191287] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Don't press the big red buttom on the wall!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tony Finch)
Thu Sep 1 09:00:30 2016
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Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2016 14:00:25 +0100
From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
To: Ken Chase <math@sizone.org>
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Ken Chase <math@sizone.org> wrote:
> 3 of my internet-lifetimes/startups ago, we had this happen when one of the L2
> techs was doing their 'rounds' - but had a backpack on. They swung around and
> hit the safety cover on the BRS - which got knocked off. They freaked
> out a bit while putting the cover back on... and managed to activate it.
If you get a safety cover for your EPO switch, make sure it is the right
kind of cover. Following an accidental EPO outage, we got a safety cover
that was actually a latch designed to ensure the switch stays pressed
until manually reset. We discoverd this when someone tried to demonstrate
that it was now a lot harder to accidentally press the EPO. (it wasn't)
Tony.
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