[149872] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: time sink 42
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher Morrow)
Thu Feb 16 16:22:12 2012
In-Reply-To: <CAFFgAjDmTMnwFDa8SrYQk+hYPMBVY4qZR-UguobjjrmroDjvXg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:21:21 -0500
From: Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists@gmail.com>
To: Mike Lyon <mike.lyon@gmail.com>
Cc: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Mike Lyon <mike.lyon@gmail.com> wrote:
> If they are Dell servers, you could always name each host in their BIOS s=
o
> it shows up on the display of the host.
provided the dell actually had that display, and provided the server
didn't toss a PS ...
http://www.amazon.com/RHINO-101-WITH-SELF-LAM/dp/B001O84KYE
sort of looks neat, wonder if the tape is the split-type.
> -Mike
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org> wrote:
>
>> In a message written on Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 01:08:46PM -0800, Randy Bus=
h
>> wrote:
>> > ok, this is horribly pragmatic, but it's real. =A0yesterday i was in t=
he
>> > westin playing rack and stack for five hours. =A0an horrifyingly large
>> > amount of my time was spent trying to peel apart labels made on my
>> > portable brother label tape maker, yes peeling the backing from a litt=
le
>> > label so remote hands could easily confirm a server they were going to
>> > attack.
>>
>> The Brother I have that takes "M" tape has the problem you describe,
>> it's nearly impossible to get the backing to separate from the label.
>>
>> I have another Brother that takes "TZ" tape, the backing of the tape of
>> slit down the middle lengthwise. =A0Gently curling the tape by squeezing
>> it causes the middle to pop open, easy to grab.
>>
>> You can guess which one sits on the shelf, and which one gets used a
>> lot.
>>
>> The TZ tape unit I use is a P-Touch 1100QL, I don't think it's made
>> anymore but there are several similar curent models.
>>
>> --
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 Leo Bicknell - bicknell@ufp.org - CCIE 3440
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Mike Lyon
> 408-621-4826
> mike.lyon@gmail.com
>
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/mlyon
