The "Nonfunctional" side is critical for the LPI obsessed C?O demographic, and is therefor mandatory for most products. I wish I didn't know that. Nick
On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Howard C. Berkowitz <h...@netcases.net>wrote: > On 12/23/2012 7:44 AM, Aled Morris wrote: > >> On 23 December 2012 01:07, Wayne E Bouchard <w...@typo.org> wrote: >> >> They serve quite well until I get to a switch that some douchebag >>> mounted rear facing on the front posts of the rack >>> >> >> >> I see this all the time with low-end Cisco ISR products (2... and 3... >> routers) since CIsco insist on having a "pretty" plastic fascia with their >> logo, model number, power LED etc. on the unuseful side. >> > > Such routers have two fronts: a suit side and an operational side. > > Less experienced >> installers (being generous with my terminology) assume this is therefore >> the "front" and mount it facing on the front rails, leaving the connector >> side buried half way into the rack where only a proctologist can reach the >> plugs. >> > For further detail about the latter: > http://f2.org/humour/songs/**crs.html<http://f2.org/humour/songs/crs.html> > > >> I use this as a gauge of experience in interviews for engineers... >> "Here's >> a new router and here's the rack mount ears. Show me where they go." >> >> Aled >> >> > >
