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