Admin Alert: Printing and Emailing a System i Rack Config
When requesting new hardware quotes for a System i, iSeries, or AS/400 server, your vendor will most likely ask you for a server garment rackconfiguration that was generated on the machine that you are upgrading. To alleviate confusion about this process garment rack, this column covers everything concerning rack configurations, including what a rack configuration is, why it's needed, and how to generate and send a configuration to your vendor.
What's a Rack Config?
A rack configuration (rack config) is exactly what it sounds like. It's a listing of all the physical components in the garmentrack(or racks) that host your System i, iSeries, or AS/400 server. A garmentrack config is a physical roadmap to your system. It tells the reader where the system units, system buses, adapters, IOPs, IOAs, disk drives, memory cards, and other components are located in each of your cabinets.
Vendors frequently request a rack config whenever they quote or order new hardware for your system. They do this so that they can determine a few basic items, including:
Can the hardware fit into your existing garment rack? For example, if you're ordering a fiber optic card to connect a new disk drive to your system, is there room in the rack for that card and where can it be installed?
