On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 01:28:38PM -0400, Joe Abley wrote: > The initial cable install for the pre-provisioned servers was done > with much planning and documentation by people who did data cabling > for a living, and was correspondingly tidy. The cables were all blue. > Any change that was required after that was installed using a red cable. > > Once per week the data cabling people would return, within a posted > window, and replace the temporary red patch cables with cut-to-length, > tested, blue cables which were run according to the larger cabling > strategy, and rigourously documented.
Ah yes, the 'purple wire' technique. I forget which book it's mentioned in, but it had to do with really old wire-wrapped computer boards. If you had to put in such a 'hack' wire, you did it in purple so it would stand out. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com '87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274 Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything. -- (Joseph Stalin)
