Or this one.... http://www.the5thwave.com/gallery/comp_networking/318.html
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Daniel Rodriguez <[email protected]> wrote: > The 5th Wave > > http://www.the5thwave.com/gallery/comp_hardware/625.html > > On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 8:25 AM, N Parr <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Don't forget the chrome, maybe some little spinners over the fan ports >> eh.... >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Daniel Rodriguez [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Saturday, May 02, 2009 9:42 PM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Re: Rackable 'lights' etc >> >> I was going to suggest that you go to either Autozone, or some other >> auto shop, that specializes in tricking out either a car or truck. Find some >> blue or purple flouresent lights, the ones that you put under a car to make >> appear as if it were floating, hook that up to a 12vdc output and string >> them in the cage/cabinet. >> >> You could really be fancy and find some sort of LED Lights that flicker, >> or brighten, when the volume gets 'pumped up'. Find some small walkman >> radio or cd player, hook up the lights to the earphone or speaker output and >> then watch the light show. >> >> Or, you could do the Farnsworth approach. Hook up an old CRT device to the >> top of your cage and output a dollar sign on the screen. Worked for him. >> >> On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 9:10 PM, Erik Goldoff <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> put your switches in there, making sure not to block the lights with >>> the cables, nice light show with the link activity lights. >>> >>> And if you have to, setup a box with multiple multiple-port nics ( like >>> the adaptec 4 port ethernet adapter ) assigning each their own IP, and then >>> create a batch or script that will pseudo-randomly light the link activity >>> lights via PING or short copy commands. Maybe force a couple to 10mb, >>> normally a different link light color ... >>> >>> and for dog and pony shows, if you've got drive cabinets in the racks, >>> setup a box with a batch/script/command file that just copies and deletes >>> files from a sandbox folder, to make the drive lights continuosly flicker >>> nice <g> you could even remotely trigger the copy/delete sequence from >>> another machine right before they do the 'show and tell' and kill it when >>> they leave ... >>> >>> Erik Goldoff >>> >>> *IT Consultant* >>> >>> *Systems, Networks, & Security * >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:[email protected]] >>> *Sent:* Saturday, May 02, 2009 7:41 PM >>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >>> *Subject:* Rackable 'lights' etc >>> >>> I have a client that just purchased several 3u and 4u servers to go in >>> a couple of cages. The guy asked me for some lights and action to put in to >>> show investors and such. I was looking for maybe some rack mount >>> environmental device monitor or something. >>> >>> >>> >>> Nothing too expensive its mostly just for show, but I figured there had >>> to be some neat/stupid stuff out there, I just couldn’t think of anything. >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
