Property management at my organization has informed me that our building will be losing power for 4 hours tomorrow. I need to be prepared for this event (we're a small organization, i'm young, therefore I am I.T). What sorts of things do I need to be aware of.
I am planning on going in and shutting down all machines and printers. Will this cover me? We have a managed switch. Does it need to be shut down? Do I need to disconnect plugs in case of a surge?
Seems like I'll be covered all around if I just unplug everything. Thanks for any insight though.
Answer
Before the outage:
- Power everything off - workstations, servers, printers, switches, the works.
- Turn off your UPS' so they don't panic when power is lost.
After outage in this order:
- Turn on UPS
- Turn on networking (router, switches etc)
- Turn on servers
- Turn on workstations
- Turn on everything else
Have a test plan ready so you can test important functionality is working
- Internet connectivity
- Email, printing etc
If possible, have a laptop with a separate network connection handy (ie: you can get to the internet without your work router working). That way you have a way to ask for help here if something goes wrong with the networking when it comes back up. :)
You should be fine though - the fact that you took the time to ask here shows you already have the requisite "clue" required for IT support!
No comments:
Post a Comment