Psychotomy

spent the afternoon face down in the server rack today. i’ve come to the conclusion that PS/2 connectors are the brainchild of some moron who’s never had to reach through a crowded rack and try to hook them to something.

belkin’s KVM cables have other problems, too. first off: it’s a male-male cable. Works fine for the female end on the back of the system. works POORLY on the male connector for the belkin KVM. you’d think their cbles would fit their kvm! Also, the PS/2 plugs? other than looking head on, or near enough, there’s no distinguishing marks. Some setups it has a little arrow or something, that still wouldnt’v'e been that helpful, but itwould have been something. top and bottom are IDENTICAL, down to where it says BELKIN on it. i mean, come ON! just put that on top, so i can tell top from bottom!!!

spent an hour with my torso, head and arms stuck into a rack trying to hook up the KVM for the new boxes.

not that i have port waivers to let me USE them for anything yet. oi. and 100G at 1Mbit SUCKETH!

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