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Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment


From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:03:46 -0500

On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:50:37 PST, Bill Stewart said:
A password recovery method I've found very frustrating is to use the
serial number or similar value that's on a label on the bottom of the
equipment.

Related pet peeve:  Inventory and asset control people that stick a sticker on
hardware and then expect to be able to scan the barcode at a later date. Works
fine if the barcode sticker actually ends up facing the front or the back of
the rack.  But occasionally, the sticker ends up stuck on an empty space on the
printed circuit board of a upgrade blade that's plugged into a chassis...

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