From: Brian (signal@xxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Sat Apr 20 2002 - 15:53:47 GMT-3
On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, Howard C. Berkowitz wrote:
> At 11:45 PM -0500 4/19/02, Brian wrote:
> >Thats an LS1010, totally different beast than a LS100
> >
> >Brian
>
> Don't you think calling a LS100 a beast is insulting to beasts such
> as warthogs, anacondas, and hyenas? :-)
>
> Worst command syntax I have EVER seen on a networking device, even
> though the Stratacoms at least finish in the top few. It was also
> not made by Cisco, but OEM'ed, IIRC, from NEC or NET.
Yeah, NEC OEM, but it was the first switch I believe to fully support UNI
3.1, which of course now is not something to brag about.
>
> I give this award even after working with things like the Atlantic
> Research Intershake, which was the first commercial protocol analyzer
> of any type, was programmed in binary (not hex) -- you programmed
> through 8 toggle switches and a load button. The Intershake, at
> least, was logical if cumbersome. It was a major interface
> improvement when they introduced a hexadecimal dial!
Wow, you really sink into the LS100 there. Don't share your thoughts with
Cisco's marketing department :)
>
> Actually, I'm trying to remember if this is one of the devices that
> has to go back to the factory for certain resets. That is definitely
> true of some of the former Stratacom devices, where you can get the
> flash reload sequence sufficiently out of order that the board must
> be sent back to Cisco. When I was teaching the 8850 at a Cisco
> facility, we still had 3 of 8 BPX's down waiting for processor board
> swaps for this reason.
I found how to do the recovery. Press ESC after boot, and you can reload
the image and at the same time it clears config.
brian
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