kevin_lane Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 we have HP procurve switches and i'm having an argument with our site manager, about our switches around the school and the fact he wants to put timers on them, and im trying to argue my case on the fact that switches are not designed to be kept turning on and off so does anyone have any info that backs this up if you have been in this kind of position
ITGURU Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 we have HP procurve switches and i'm having an argument with our site manager, about our switches around the school and the fact he wants to put timers on them, and im trying to argue my case on the fact that switches are not designed to be kept turning on and off so does anyone have any info that backs this up if you have been in this kind of position Timers?! They should be on fuse Spurs! Network backbones should be running 24/7. If you have phones, updates etc which deploy out of hours then if the switches are down, they won't be able to update! If they want to turn the switches off, ask them do they want the server room shut down every night too! 1
Tesla Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 Can't you use the power of techno-waffle? It'd be the same as people not just switching off a computer at the mains with a shut down etc?
kevin_lane Posted January 23, 2017 Author Posted January 23, 2017 no cus hes saying its an insurance thing
Tesla Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 ask him to back that up with evidence? That's absurd.
mikeprice Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 no cus hes saying its an insurance thing WHAT - never heard of anything like that - seems like he might be reading too much into something such as all electrical items must be switched off when the building in unoccupied but probably doesn't mean network etc
Willott Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 Ask him if the burgalar alarm and fire alarm, school phone system, all lights, any electrical equipment in the boiler room are turned off when the building is unoccupied if that's the reasoning. Network equipment should be treated as any other infrastructure, and nowadays, quite a few alarm systems report back over network rather than phone line.
mikeprice Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 Is there anyone out there that actually does anything like this?? or has heard of it I think site manager has the wrong end of the stick about something - I cannot believe an insurance company would insist on that or he/she is an idiot - dunno them so.....
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