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

[Barry Shein <bzs () world std com>]

On January 12, 2010 at 23:03 Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu (Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu) wrote:
> 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...

Sounds like RFID FTW!

Actually, I have no idea if it'd work, maybe someone else does. Seems
like it'd be nice to be able to just wand a rack and poof out comes a
list of everything in it.


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