Security::Default Passwords

Default Password List

Cisco::Serial Numbers

From: http://www.cisco.com

To determine the serial number for the chassis and other components, issue the show idprom command, as this example shows:

6509# show idprom ?
all selects all FRU-types
backplane specify backplane
clock specify clock
earl specify earl
fan-tray specify fan-tray
interface interface name
module specify module
power-supply specify power-supply
rp specify RP (MSFC)
supervisor specify supervisor
vtt specify VTT To obtain the chassis serial number, issue the show idprom backplane command, as this example shows:

6509# show idprom backplane
IDPROM for backplane #0
(FRU is 'Catalyst 6500 6-slot backplane')
OEM String = 'Cisco Systems'
Product Number = 'WS-C6506'
Serial Number = 'TBA03270652'
Manufacturing Assembly Number = '73-3436-01'
Manufacturing Assembly Revision = 'A0'
Hardware Revision = 1.0
Current supplied (+) or consumed (-) = -ATo obtain the module serial number, issue the show idprom module slot # command. Alternatively, you can issue the show module command, as this example shows:

6509# show module
Mod Ports Card Type Model Serial No.
--- ----- -------------------------------------- ------------------ -----------
1 2 Catalyst 6000 supervisor 2 (Active) WS-X6K-S2U-MSFC2 SAD055006NE
3 0 2 port adapter FlexWAN WS-X6182-2PA SAD04350EEU
4 48 SFM-capable 48-port 10/100 Mbps RJ45 WS-X6548-RJ-45 SAD055108C2

Mod MAC addresses Hw Fw Sw Status
--- ---------------------------------- ------ ------------ ------------ -------
1 0001.6415.a602 to 0001.6415.a603 3.2 6.1(3) 7.5(0.6)HUB6 Ok
3 0001.6413.c86b to 0001.6413.c8aa 1.5 12.1(13)E1 12.1(13)E1 Ok
4 0001.63d3.e77a to 0001.63d3.e7a9 4.0 6.3(1) 7.5(0.6)HUB6 Ok

Mod Sub-Module Model Serial Hw Status
--- --------------------------- --------------- --------------- ------- -------
1 Policy Feature Card 2 WS-F6K-PFC2 SAD055004VA 3.0 Ok
1 Cat6k MSFC 2 daughterboard WS-F6K-MSFC2 SAD055006VF 2.0 Ok

Citrix::Troubleshooting::Utilities

Citrix Guide > Tools

Microsoft::Excel::Formula::Sort by IP Number

I hate that editors, excel, SQL reports, etc will not sort properly by IP address.
This great Excel formula will calculate a unique integer value for an IP address to allow sorting on that value:


=((VALUE(LEFT(A2, FIND(".", A2)-1)))*256^3)+((VALUE(MID(A2, FIND(".", A2)+1, FIND(".", A2, FIND(".", A2)+1)-FIND(".", A2)-1)))*256^2)+((VALUE(MID(A2, FIND(".", A2, FIND(".", A2)+1)+1, FIND(".", A2, FIND(".", A2, FIND(".", A2)+1)+1)-FIND(".", A2, FIND(".", A2)+1)-1)))*256)+(VALUE(RIGHT(A2, LEN(A2)-FIND(".", A2, FIND(".", A2, FIND(".", A2)+1)+1))))

And to turn that number back into an IP number:


=IF(B2<>"", CONCATENATE(INT(B2/256^3), ".", INT(MOD(B2, (256^3))/(256^2)), ".", INT(MOD(MOD(B2, 256^3), 256^2)/256), ".", MOD(MOD(MOD(B2, 256^3), 256^2), 256)), "")

Thanks to Matt Schuster, quoted at www.mvps.org

Microsoft Product Support Lifecycle

http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?LN=en-us&x=13&y=5

VMware::P2V::Uninstall hidden "stale" devices

From: VMWare Community

After a physical conversation a number of “stale devices” will exist in the new virtual machine. These are hardware devices which are no longer required.
Windows 2000 & 2003
To identify which devices are no longer physically installed on your virtual machine, use the Microsoft environment variable devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices. This is explained in the Microsoft article:

MS KB315539

1. From the command prompt, type:
set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices = 1
2. Start the search. Type:
start devmgmt.msc
3. From the Device Manager, list the devices.
Select: View > Show hidden devices.
4. Deinstall the listed devices:
Select the device and uninstall it from the Device Manager.

Configuring the Outlook 2003 RPC over HTTP Client

Outlook::Exchange::RPC over HTTP

Configuring the Outlook 2003 RPC over HTTP Client

Using Outlook 2003 to connect to Exchange 2003 using RPC over HTTPS

Outlook::Exchange::RPC over HTTP

Using Outlook 2003 to connect to Exchange 2003 using RPC over HTTPS

Configuring Outlook 2003 for RPC Over HTTP - Office 2003 Resource Kit - Microsoft Office Online

Outlook::Exchange::RPC over HTTP

Configuring Outlook 2003 for RPC Over HTTP - Office 2003 Resource Kit - Microsoft Office Online

WAN::Latency::BES::Blackberry Enterprise Server

Interesting rule of thumb from Blackberry support:
The link between the BES server and the Exchange mailbox database server should, be on average, no more than 35ms.

Windows::Crash::minidump files

Dump Analysis Blog
MSKB315263