>From what I've observed, the 3584 doesn't' just drop in.
There is a lot of positioning and leveling and connecting and wiring and 
testing by the FE when you have multiple frames.
I'd say 8 hours might be enough to do a single L-frame.
But 7 drive frames is a lot.

OTOH, when he says "burn in", I'm assuming he means the time to run the test 
exercises of the actuator that they do, and they do need to run it a 
significant amount of time.  But I've never had an FE tell me that the customer 
needs to do a "burn in".  They've always turned them over to me ready to rock 
and roll.

W

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Zoltan Forray
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 9:58 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] TS3500/3584 installation time frame

As you are aware from previous posts, we are heading into a "deinstall 3494
- install 3584".  This is a pull-push since we don't have the floor space/power 
to run both.

We met with Mainline/IBM yesterday and concerns were raised about the time slot 
being allotted to this project - roughly 24-hours and if needed, 48-hours.  The 
comment from the IBM SE/FE was they usually allow a week for an install/burn-in 
of a 3584.  Originally, the Mainline (sales) person threw out 8-hours for 
deinstall of the 3494 (this is for scrap/parts - no care taken in how it is 
taken apart and removed) and 8-hours for the 3584 install.

So, I am looking for experiences on how long it took for you to get your
3584 installed and what, if any, issues there were.

We are removing a 12-frame 3494 and pushing in a 7-frame TS3500/3584 (1-L23
6-D23)

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*Zoltan Forray*
TSM Software & Hardware Administrator
Virginia Commonwealth University
UCC/Office of Technology Services
zforray AT vcu DOT edu - 804-828-4807
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