[AusNOG] [off topic] AUSNOG's "Break Glass in Case of Emergency" :)

[Matthew Maxwell]

No doze.

On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Matthew Mace <mmace at nsane.net.au> wrote:
> Nobody has said about a IEC Male to 3 Pin Power socket..... One of these
> onsite would have DEFINITELY saved me a trip back to the office in the
> past..
> http://www.getprice.com.au/UPS-IEC-MALE-TO-3-PIN-POWER-SOCKET-150MM-Gpnc_76--35014686.htm
> Available from Jaycar or all sorts of places..
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Christopher Pollock
> <chris at ionetworks.com.au> wrote:
>>
>> Just the usual for me - console cables of various kinds, esp the unusual
>> DB9-DB9 etc.   RJ45 leads in straight and full crossover, duplex LC/LC,
>> LC/SC and SC/SC patch leads.  Cage nuts.  Maybe a Cisco CF card.  Mid-job at
>> 2am you'll pay an awful lot to not have to go back to the office to get
>> something.
>> an iPhone charger might be useful as well?  (And a mini-usb charger for
>> the androiders.)
>> --
>> Christopher Pollock,
>> io Networks Pty Ltd.
>> e. chris at ionetworks.com.au
>> p. 1300 1 2 4 8 16
>> m. 0410 747 765
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>> In-house, Outsourced.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 2:39 PM, McDonald Richards <macca at vocus.com.au>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> If it was a broken cross connect wouldn't that be the DC's responsibility
>>> -
>>> and in that case they'd have the appropriate gear to fix/test it anyway.
>>>
>>> Loopbacks are easy enough to hack up to prove that.
>>>
>>> Some of these suggestions are taking it to the extreme :)
>>>
>>> Macca
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 29/11/11 3:29 PM, "Don Gould" <don at bowenvale.co.nz> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Has anyone suggested a proper cable/fibre tester?
>>> >
>>> > I hear lots of talk of spares, but if the problem is a cross connect
>>> > cable over some distance or floors, a proper tester on site would be
>>> > helpful, though I do get the issue of cost in that question.
>>> >
>>> > Are data centres of size providing that sort of resource on site?  Or
>>> > are they just swapping out spare ports and calling for a repair?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > D
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On 29/11/2011 1:38 p.m., Sean K. Finn wrote:
>>> >> A handful of LX Single Mode SFP's, and one or two Fibre Attenuators,
>>> >> as a
>>> >> TEST KIT.
>>> >>
>>> >> S.
>>> >>
>>> >> -----Original Message-----
>>> >> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
>>> >> [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Dale Shaw
>>> >> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 4:16 PM
>>> >> To: Bevan Slattery
>>> >> Cc: ausnog at ausnog.net
>>> >> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] [off topic] AUSNOG's "Break Glass in Case of
>>> >> Emergency"
>>> >> :)
>>> >>
>>> >> Also:
>>> >>
>>> >> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 7:49 AM, Dale Shaw<dale.shaw+ausnog at gmail.com>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>> - USB to serial adapters
>>> >>> - DB9 to RJ45 adapters
>>> >>> - [... other stuff ...]
>>> >>
>>> >> - A range of consumer batteries (AAA, AA, but also PP3). Nothing like
>>> >> trying
>>> >> to get into a B-class rack only to find that the battery for the combo
>>> >> lock
>>> >> mechanism has carked it.
>>> >>
>>> >> cheers,
>>> >> Dale
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>
>
>
> Matthew Mace
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