[149893] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: time sink 42
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Justin M. Streiner)
Thu Feb 16 17:12:07 2012
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:10:56 -0500 (EST)
From: "Justin M. Streiner" <streiner@cluebyfour.org>
To: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAG367gZJf5Ef6JOAwCaoOYDC32d=YsbxBiWhwxhu-NMQ5qvPfQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 16 Feb 2012, Bryan Irvine wrote:
> And watch for the removable faceplates. We've been bitten before
> after a server move by rebooting a server that had the correct label
> but the wrong faceplate. Now we label the faceplate as well as
> underneath of it too. :-)
We do the same with cabinets. Both the doors and the inner frame of the
cabinet get labeled, since doors can often be removed during rack-and-stack
work. In the event of a mismatch, the label on the inner frame is generally
the winner :)
jms