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Okay so this box at work got rooted today. Pain in the ass.

However, the bigger pain in the ass came when I powered down the server so I could work on swapping disks out.

This server has hot-swap HD bays…however they are all LOCKED! That’s right, locked hot-swap bays…from the inside of the case! Great says I, so I then unrack the server and pull it out only to find ANOTHER lock on the top of the case preventing me from even getting INSIDE the stupid POS Dell server. So I ask around “Hey where is the key for this server?”

Answer? “Oh, we’ve never opened that server because we inherited it from a company that went Chapter 11 and so we never got the keys for it”.

Great! So now I decide to pick the lock on this POS Dell. Lockpicking was unsuccessful, partly due to the fact this was a cheap-ass metal disc style lock and I had no real lockpicks on hand. So I finally give up on picking the lock and walk into the server room to get the Makita drill.

2 minutes later a nice shiny metal hole was drilled through that POS lock and I was in the case finally!

Lock: 0
Dan: 1

About the Author

Daniel Spisak was born from the fiery depths of fusion and now roams the pale blue dot known as Earth. I obtained my bachelors degree in Computer Science from UC Irvine at the end of 2007.

I am also involved in technology & security consulting firms as well as being a freelance technology writer. I also contribute to Jerry Pournelle's website and Chaos Manor Reviews. Additionally I am also a freelance photographer as well and you can find my photos either on my own personal gallery or up at my Flickr account or on Zivity.

This blog is one of the main locations where I do my writing, which is then automatically sent to my LiveJournal, VOX, and MySpace accounts. I can also be found on a variety of social networking and microblogging sites like Pownce, Twitter, Brightkite, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

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