How long does it take to rack it up and configure it? I got quoted for 2 hours.

i had mine shipped here, plugged it into my serial port, opened it up, took 10 minutes, added network info, shut down, packed up

Noc had it online in a matter of 10 minutes when it arrived there

Originally posted by ClusterMania
How long does it take to rack it up and configure it? I got quoted for 2 hours.

Ouch.. 2 Hours?

I agree with Wolf, if your talking about the AP9211 Masterswitch, your talking about 5 or 10 minutes MAX. All you really need to do is give it an IP, Subnet, Default Gateway. Everything else can be configured over the Web from that point on.

Just my 2 cents

Even if they have to configure it for you, it only takes <30 mins.

OS Installation/Configuration for Datahawk: 1 Hour
Physical Installation (Datahawk, CRT Monitor) on Separate Trip 1 Hour
Installation of Apache, Big Brother, and MRTG on Datahawk 2 Hours
Misc kernel modifications to BSD1 1 Hour
OS Reload/Configuration on BSD2 1 Hour
APC Power Switch Install/Configure 2 Hours

Heres his quotes I am being charged $100 a hour. Does this look right? He's a nice guy, I am sure he will work with me.

No more than 5 minutes. Especially with the setup cd. It takes longer to screw it in the rack than to configure it.

Originally posted by ClusterMania
OS Installation/Configuration for Datahawk: 1 Hour
Physical Installation (Datahawk, CRT Monitor) on Separate Trip 1 Hour
Installation of Apache, Big Brother, and MRTG on Datahawk 2 Hours
Misc kernel modifications to BSD1 1 Hour
OS Reload/Configuration on BSD2 1 Hour
APC Power Switch Install/Configure 2 Hours

Heres his quotes I am being charged $100 a hour. Does this look right? He's a nice guy, I am sure he will work with me.

If he's a nice guy, might just want to check if he's familiar with the product, i know when i do consulting, i take the amount of time i think it's gonna take, and multiply it by 4 for a quote, and often times that works out quite well (believe it or not). If he's not familiar with the product, and is preparing for a potential nightmare, that 2 hour quote sounds about right, so just check if he knows the product, if so, ask why so long :) The other time quotes look quite reasonable, only the APC stands out in my eye.

Originally posted by emoore
It takes longer to screw it in the rack than to configure it.

lol...very true ;)

Now wheres that screwdriver.......


Cheers,

Originally posted by raq4less


Ouch.. 2 Hours?

I agree with Wolf, if your talking about the AP9211 Masterswitch, your talking about 5 or 10 minutes MAX. All you really need to do is give it an IP, Subnet, Default Gateway. Everything else can be configured over the Web from that point on.

Just my 2 cents

I got a 9211 (9210?) Masterswitch off Ebay, sans manual, including downloading the PDF from apcc.com (I think is their web site) about 20 minutes :)

One of the most user friendly devices ever. I love it, best $240 I've EVER spent.

2hours? Is that guy a comedian or what.

Hook up a console cable: 10 seconds
Login to apc: 10seconds
Assign Ip: 1min
Change Login/Pass:1min
Mount in Rack:5min
Plug in servers:1min

Yeah that looks like 2 hours to me =0

He said he's going to bill me for 6 hours worth of work instead of 8. I guess he knocked the two hours off. He said

"For some reason the web console would not work for me at
all while I was in the datacenter so I spent some time troubleshooting that.
It kept returning 403 (Authorization) errors to my browser. When I got home
it had begun to work perfectly. Plus there is the time involved to make
cat5 for it and reboot/move all the servers on to it."

You need to add coffee time, beer time......:D

Ironically enough i had the same problem today with 2 of my APC's, trying to set them up, their software is supposed to be able to pull them off of the network within 1-2 minutes, but never found them, and me without my null modem cable.. had to leave them ... dead :(