[AusNOG] Urgent- cisco rollover cable brisbane

Chris Macko cmacko at intervolve.com.au
Mon Jan 16 23:54:59 EST 2012


Teaches you to move away from MS for mgmt   :)      lol   Then again MS updates aren't all that reliable at times either!   :)
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From: Damien Luke [mailto:damien.luke at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, 16 January 2012 11:11 PM
To: Chris Macko; 'Tom Storey'
Cc: ausnog at ausnog.net
Subject: RE: [AusNOG] Urgent- cisco rollover cable brisbane

But my best rants come from Prolific chipsets no longer working under OSX Lion :)

Definitely not one of my finer moments when I needed to console in to a switch to do a change and didn't recall upgrading.  One of my biggest gripes about data centres is how poor 3G reception is (Yes, I know why, I just don't want to sit outside the DC at 4am waiting for drivers to download).

Damien

From: Chris Macko [mailto:cmacko at intervolve.com.au]
Sent: Monday, 16 January 2012 11:19 PM
To: 'Damien Luke'; 'Tom Storey'
Cc: 'ausnog at ausnog.net'
Subject: RE: [AusNOG] Urgent- cisco rollover cable brisbane

+ laptop with a DB-9 connection, or otherwise testing to ensure that your USB to console device functions correctly under the specific OS version you're running! Nothing worse than a contractor/tech turning around and saying he has console access, only to find his drivers don't function under a 64 bit OS in an emergency scenario! It's a very different thinking you're prepared and actually testing to ensure you're prepared!   :)
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From: Damien Luke [mailto:damien.luke at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, 16 January 2012 10:40 PM
To: Chris Macko; 'Tom Storey'
Cc: ausnog at ausnog.net
Subject: RE: [AusNOG] Urgent- cisco rollover cable brisbane

To be clear, if you don't have a jump bag with all of this stuff in it that you carry in your vehicle/on your person at all times you're a failed change/disaster waiting to happen.

Plan for the worst and don't be the guy who has to back out a change because he forgot a cable.  Implement as best you can, replace when possible (everything is redundant and you can get downtime on that mission critical cable, right?).

Damien

From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Chris Macko
Sent: Monday, 16 January 2012 10:37 PM
To: 'Tom Storey'
Cc: 'ausnog at ausnog.net'
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Urgent- cisco rollover cable brisbane

Necessary musts in the laptop bag   :)
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From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Tom Storey
Sent: Monday, 16 January 2012 10:00 PM
To: Bryn Loftus
Cc: ausnog at ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Urgent- cisco rollover cable brisbane

Crimping tool, RJ45 connectors, length of cat5 cable. Handy items to have in the toolkit or floating around in the back of the car. ;-)


On 14 January 2012 03:13, Bryn Loftus <bryn at wintonit.biz<mailto:bryn at wintonit.biz>> wrote:

Thanks everyone, got it sorted. Thanks for all the offers!

Sent from my iPhone

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