On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 10:07:46AM -0500, Perry E. Metzger wrote: > > If you do structured wiring "right", you can extract the MAC addresses > automatically via SNMPing the switches you attach them to. Just ask > the switch to tell you which MAC addresses are on which lines going > out. Assuming you had the port-to-shelf mapping fixed, you know which > box is which automatically. You can also get the switch to send you a trap when a new mac address appears, when link changes on a port, etc. All useful info. > You can do a low-labor solution like > having the machines beep in sequence to confirm that they're in the > right places post install. Heh. I know at least one place that configured racks full of 1 and 2 RU machines all with CD-ROM drives - specifically so that sysadmins could say "It's the machine with the ejected CD" to the onsite hands. -- Dan.