And I've worked in many places where the janitorial staff isn't allowed access to the datacenter / comm closets. It was strictly up to the IT staff to keep the place clean. Having a low tolerance for unpleasant looking curly hairballs on the floor, I was generally the one using the broom even though I was, in most every case, a project consultant. :-)
Craig At 04:49 PM 5/14/2002 -0400, you wrote: >hahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > >you know, in many places, the janitorial staff will refuse to even open the >door to a comms room, knowing they get blamed for anything bad that happens. >I've always kept a broom handy for those little chores.... > >""Gaz"" wrote in message >[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > How about this one: > > > > We used to provide troubleshooting support for a forces network which > > included some large sites and a few very minor (one or two user) sites. > > There had been problems with one of these small sites intermittently for a > > few weeks, but things got worse until it was dropping three or 4 times per > > day. > > > > The router seemed to be rebooting every time there was a problem. We found > > no relevant bugs, and though the site wasn't on UPS, site services didn't > > believe there was any problem with power and assured us that the power to > > the cabinet was an unswitched fused spur. > > We initially upgraded the image and then swapped the router out, leaving >the > > old router in the cabinet powered up as well, but not connected. > > The new router rebooted as well, and when we went back to site with the > > intention of putting a small UPS in the cabinet, the old router had >rebooted > > at exactly the same time, which seemed to support our idea. > > The previous 2 times on site I had just carried out the work and left. >This > > time I accepted the offer of a coffee while I fitted the UPS in. > > All of a sudden the power went off to the whole cabinet. > > What a relief. What a laugh. Next to the kettle in the room next door was >a > > double socket, one of them labelled "Do not unplug", the other connected >to > > a radio. The cable ran through trunking, and through the wall, then >trunking > > all the way around the room to the comms cabinet. > > Experience had taught the caretaker that nothing seemed to go wrong when >the > > plug was taken out, but he always plugged it back in just in case. It was > > either that or his radio. > > > > Doh! > > > > Gaz > > > > > > > > > > While > > ""Chuck"" wrote in message > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > my favorite story was the company whose network went down every morning > > for > > > a few minutes just about the time the work force was sitting down, >turning > > > on their PC's, and getting ready for the day. Now the obvious conclusion > > is > > > "it's just busy that time of day" Except that it didn't necessarily >happen > > > every day. > > > > > > To make a long story short, a couple of power users had decided they > > needed > > > more data jacks in their area, had purchased some switch or other at one > > of > > > the chain stores, and dual homed it into the LAN infrastructure. Being > > > conservation conscious folks, they powered down all their equipment when > > > they went home for the day, and turned it on every morning when they >came > > > in. > > > > > > the result was a campus wide spanning tree recalculation every time they > > > brought their switch on line. > > > > > > I forget how the customer told me this was discovered. > > > > > > > > > ""Priscilla Oppenheimer"" wrote in message > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > > And add to that cranky users who are entirely dependent on the network > > but > > > > won't tell you the whole story when reporting problems. ;-) > > > > > > > > Priscilla > > > > > > > > At 09:52 PM 5/12/02, Michael L. Williams wrote: > > > > >"Larry Letterman" wrote in message > > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > > > > A 40 router lab is nice, but its not the same as troubleshooting a > > > > > > production network with 20,000 + users at multiple sites. > > > > > > > > > >Here here.... and to add to that..... "... a production network with > > > > >20,000+ users at multiple sites..." running a variety of >multiprotocol, > > > > >quirky, sometimes custom-written (read: homemade) applications that >are > > > > >trying to do whatever on the network.... coupled with devices from > > > whatever > > > > >manufacturers that don't play nice ("oh, you need this device in it's > > own > > > > >VLAN because broadcast traffic makes it crash"), etc, etc.... > > > > > > > > > >Mike W. > > > > ________________________ > > > > > > > > Priscilla Oppenheimer > > > > http://www.priscilla.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=44285&t=43969 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
