[10661] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Mae-WEST
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Feldman)
Fri Jul 11 14:51:54 1997
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 11:25:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: Steve Feldman <feldman@mfst.com>
To: Philip Steffora <steffora@pa.dec.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970711104555.010a2940@av-ops.pa.dec.com>
Yes, there's a generator. Unfortunately, it doesn't kick in when someone
trips or turns off the main breaker. (This is hearsay; I'm actually out
of the office and am getting my info second-hand.)
Steve
On Fri, 11 Jul 1997, Philip Steffora wrote:
>
> I have a cage in the MFS Co-Lo and insisted on having a separate UPS from
> the main.
> While I never lost power today, my FDDI did go down.
>
> This gets me thinking about the backup generator that is supposed to be
> online.
>
> Why didn't the generator kick-in before the UPS went down?
>
> Perhaps the better question is if they have a functioning generator ...
> Anyone from MFS listening?
>
> -ps
>
> At 09:15 AM 7/11/97 -0700, you wrote:
> >
> > I would guess that power to the colo cages is down.
> >
> >Mike.
>
>