In the immortal words of Justin Shore (listuser@numbnuts.net):
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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.
<AOL/> The hands-down winner, so far, is the Cisco CMS-formerly-known-as-Arrowpoint, which has an RJ45 console cable which WILL NOT WORK, full stop, with the RJ45 connectors on Cisco's own console servers. *wild applause* In my fevered dreams, someone with actual clout, perhaps the IEEE, defines a spec for serial login consoles over USB and all vendors start to use it, but that's never, ever gonna happen. -n ------------------------------------------------------------<memory@blank.org> "I like my beer cold, my TV loud, and my homosexuals FLAAAA-MING!" (--Homer Simpson) <http://blank.org/memory/>----------------------------------------------------