If they are Dell servers, you could always name each host in their BIOS so it shows up on the display of the host.
-Mike On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Leo Bicknell <bickn...@ufp.org> wrote: > In a message written on Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 01:08:46PM -0800, Randy Bush > wrote: > > ok, this is horribly pragmatic, but it's real. yesterday i was in the > > westin playing rack and stack for five hours. an horrifyingly large > > amount of my time was spent trying to peel apart labels made on my > > portable brother label tape maker, yes peeling the backing from a little > > label so remote hands could easily confirm a server they were going to > > attack. > > The Brother I have that takes "M" tape has the problem you describe, > it's nearly impossible to get the backing to separate from the label. > > I have another Brother that takes "TZ" tape, the backing of the tape of > slit down the middle lengthwise. Gently curling the tape by squeezing > it causes the middle to pop open, easy to grab. > > You can guess which one sits on the shelf, and which one gets used a > lot. > > The TZ tape unit I use is a P-Touch 1100QL, I don't think it's made > anymore but there are several similar curent models. > > -- > Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 > PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ > -- Mike Lyon 408-621-4826 mike.l...@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/mlyon