Root Cause Analysis:

Production Server outage caused by field tech misreading instructions.
Instructions indicated: “Check serial numbers on Data Center servers. Do not touch.”
Tech’s interpretation: “Unrack all equipment, stack in corner, and go to lunch”
Management is pushing for clearer instructions in attempt to mitigate risk of this happening in the future.

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				Ol’ Rack and Stack
				description Never Underestimate Stupid

no logging console

no ip domain-lookup

no directions

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