Checking for earthquake resistance kit, feature code 1906
Procedure
- Is the Earthquake Resistance
Kit Feature (FC 1906) to be installed on this storage facility?
- No, go to the next section.
- Yes, go to step 2.
- The earthquake resistance
kit, Feature Code 1906, provides
additional hardware to be installed. The kit stiffens the rack from
flexing and also ties the rack directly to the concrete floor. The
kit can be installed on a raised floor or non-raised floor.
- If the rack is new from IBM®, the MES hardware
kit
for FC 1906 would be shipped with the rack. New racks from manufacturing will have a flyer that is similar to one of the following taped under the front cover. See the following examples:
This product manufactured for: IBM Data Storage Systems Ltd. Deakvari fasor 16-18 H-2600 Vac Hungary Machine S/N xxxxx Ucode bundle installed on this machine is: xxxxxxx PN 17P8868Assembled in the U.S.A. of U.S. and non-U.S. components. By IBM Corporation, San Jose, California Machine S/N xxxxx Ucode bundle installed on this machine is: xxxxxxx PN 17P8927 - If the rack has been discontinued from another account, and the earthquake resistance kit was originally installed there, the kit would have been removed and shipped separately. The original kit included parts to tie-down the rack to a non-raised floor, a low raised floor, and a high raised floor. Parts not used at the original installation may not have been kept and shipped. If you are installing on a different floor type than the original floor type, you may not have all the necessary parts. Call the next level of support.
- Go to the hardcopy MES instructions for the
Earthquake
Resistance Kit, feature code 1906, then return here and go to the
next step. Note: The latest version of the MES instructions are included with the hardware kit ordered from IBM. You may also consult your next level of support for this storage model.
- If the rack is new from IBM®, the MES hardware
kit
for FC 1906 would be shipped with the rack.
- Go to the next section.