On January 12, 2010 at 23:03 [email protected] ([email protected])
wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:50:37 PST, Bill Stewart said:
> > A password recovery method I've found very frustrating is to use the
> > serial number or similar value that's on a label on the bottom of the
> > equipment.
>
> Related pet peeve: Inventory and asset control people that stick a sticker
> on
> hardware and then expect to be able to scan the barcode at a later date.
> Works
> fine if the barcode sticker actually ends up facing the front or the back of
> the rack. But occasionally, the sticker ends up stuck on an empty space on
> the
> printed circuit board of a upgrade blade that's plugged into a chassis...
>
Sounds like RFID FTW!
Actually, I have no idea if it'd work, maybe someone else does. Seems
like it'd be nice to be able to just wand a rack and poof out comes a
list of everything in it.
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-Barry Shein
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