Re: A few potential requirements

[john heasley <heas@shrubbery.net>]

Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 04:48:36PM -0700, R.P. Aditya:
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 04:41:52PM -0700, john heasley wrote:
> > > While talking about hardware-access requirements, what do folks feel about
> > > "reset to factory default" requirements? or is that out-of-scope?
> > 
> > you mean 'erase config'?  REQUIRED.  as should a way to break into a box
> > who's password(s) have been forgotten (w/o flipping dipswitches - try
> > doing that with remote hands).
> 
> I meant the latter -- what method do you advocate?  I prefer dipswitches to
> inane things like "short pins 2 and 3 of the serial console port together,
> reboot, remove the short and reboot again" (honest, I'm not joking). Do your
> ops folks walk around with straightened paper-clips?
> 
> Adi

i like cisco/foundry method.  hit (break|b) before XXX is seen on the
console.  i modem in... guy on the other end of the phone can presumably
figure out how to power-cycle a box, while dips/jumpers seem to be akin to
an IQ test.