Design fail flashback: This Cisco product may win the award for the worst design of all-time

Cisco switches expensive group released a few years ago set a new bar for industrial design idiot. Of course, it's very frustrating to potentially harm your Galaxy Note 5 by inserting the stylus in the wrong direction, but it is worse for monumental and completely accidental clean one server using the wrong type of Ethernet cable.

Initially discovered by The Next Web, Cisco in 2013 issued an alert advising users to be extremely careful with Champ line cables used in the 3650 and 3850 series switches Company.

The following figure shows now one of the network switches in question. At first glance, everything seems to be above board.

The problem, however, is that the reset button on the switch is located just above one of the ports. A closer look at the back of the device look reveals the glaring design error.

"Some types of Ethernet have locked protective boots that are too far forward and cables above the plastic locking tongue" warning bed Cisco "When this type of cable is installed in port 1 of any port model 48 C3650 or C3850 Cisco Catalyst Series switches, the shoe can hold down the mode button, which invokes the Quick Setup and reboots the system .... Where occurs, the device is restored. The startup configuration is erased once the device enter Express Setup ".

And a side view.

Of course subsequently deployed Cisco hardware upgrades to resolve the issue. While some switches have isolated the reset button, another place strategically the reset button between the two ports, as shown in the pictures below.