[rescue] Challenge, anyone?

[Steve Hatle]

On 10/6/06 4:10 PM, "Jonathan C. Patschke" wrote:

> On Fri, 6 Oct 2006, Steve Hatle wrote:
> 
>> The person at the other end also has an SGI Challege XL of an unknown
>> configuration.
> 
> One gotcha when moving a Challenge XL:  There are retainer brackets in
> each card cage to keep the cards from sliding out of their connectors.
> They're not optional.  The full-rack challenge I got in 2003 was DOA
> with a cracked midplane thanks to the seller not putting the rear
> bracket back in place after taking photos of the system.
> 
> If you have to move it without the bracket, remove all the cards from
> the cage.

That's good to know! Thanks for the heads up.

Steve