purty colors

[Collins Richey]

On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 12:57 PM, David A. Bandel
<david.bandel at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 25, 2008 8:01 AM, Jerry McBride <mcbrides9 at comcast.net> wrote:
>  > On Friday 25 January 2008 12:10:56 am Lonni J Friedman wrote:
>  > > http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=240
>  >
>  > That is just plain wrong... There are some really sick people out
>  > there.... :')
>  >
>  > On the serious side though... I don't see one single label any where... could
>  > you imagine tracking a failure?
>
>  yep.  don't need labels (which fall off over time) if you use a simple
>  database. Switch #/port # connects to: socket #/office #/floor # or
>  other switch#/port# (and you know where the switches are because their
>  numbers tell you).
>
>  I also have a database of systems/MAC/IP(or dhcp) and I know who
>  "owns" what.  So even traffic is easy to identify by who it is.
>
>  Makes tracking down problems super easy.
>

Yep, we're in the process of doing that very thing at work, at long
last. Up to 300 plus offices and cubicles and 500+ PCs and dozens of
switches. The inventory and database will be a real time saver.

-- 
Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.