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Logging In As root - Scalar i2000 (and maybe i6000)

  1. Connect to the service port
    1. It's that little black covered on that says not to use
  2. Set your ip to 10.10.1.100
    1. The last octet can be anything but .1
  3. Use 'telnet' to connect to 10.10.1.1
  4. Login with "root" and "dallas"

 

I found this by using john the ripper on /etc/shadow in 10.10.1.1:/tftpboot/cmboot/initrd-dmcb (NFS). The initrd is gzip'ed. Once unzipped you can mount it with a loop device.

 

/etc/passwd

 

Tape Library: Why Tape?

While discussing my new tape library a friend asked "why tape?" 

The answer is pretty simple: 

  • LTO-6 is $7.58/TiB
  • 8TB HDs are $24.83/TiB

At the end if the day I can get tape for 1/3 the price of hard drives. While the upfront cost of tape is higher ($4500 for tape vs $1500 for disk), it becomes worth it pretty quick to me. 

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