[AusNOG] Urgent- cisco rollover cable brisbane

[Damien Luke]

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

 

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!   J   

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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   J

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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> wrote:


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

Sent from my iPhone 

 

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