[62455] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Worst design decisions?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Justin Shore)
Thu Sep 18 11:34:41 2003
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 10:19:20 -0500 (CDT)
From: Justin Shore <listuser@numbnuts.net>
To: David Barak <thegameiam@yahoo.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20030918144633.79146.qmail@web14904.mail.yahoo.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, David Barak wrote:
>
>
> --- Matt <acheron@qwest.net> wrote:
> > I've got a couple others in my head from 3Com and a
> > couple of others,
> > but I thought I'd get the ball rolling. So, what do
> > you think?
> >
>
> Personally my issues are console-cable related: is
> there a benefit to the HUGE variety of console pinouts
> used by the various hardware vendors? Just look at
> vendor C as an example (I can think of four types
> immediately) - not only are the types of console port
> not standardized, but process for determining the
> location of the port clearly involved the reading of
> entrails...
<Applause>
I can think of 6 different console cable pinouts and connectors that
Enterasys (Cabletron) has used over the years. No wait, make that 7. How
could I forget the inherited Fore ATM architecture and subsequent blades.
Could people just pick ONE pinout and connector and stick with it?
Please! Of course I also have a Cisco 675 that I've been unable to use
for years simply because I have yet to figure out what ungodly pinout
Cisco used in it.
Justin
