Their QA team is really to blame there. Did no one test the switch before launching it?
this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2025
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Maybe not with the same type of cables. While they're common in datacenters, not all cables have boots like that.
That's still a QA issue.
Design issue. The job of quality is to ensure that the item has been manufactured to meet all design criteria. A product with flaws in the design affecting the end user can still be made to high quality standards.
It's both, designer/engineer should have known but a good QA team would have caught it.
Can we compromise and say “design QA”?
A poorly designed product is still a problem with “QA” even if it’s the design quality that is poor rather than manufacturing quality.
Budgetary issues.
Only the fancy Ethernet has boots. Seems Cisco QA can only afford the rat shit Diy type.
This always reminds me of the Gavin Belson Signature Box III from Silicon Valley.
Notice how the Cisco logo is just left of the button. So I like to imagine some Gavin Belson type executive demanded the logo be put there at the last minute. Probably marketing, it's always marketing.
Reminds me of the brilliant Coca-Cola campaign of putting random names on cans. Is someone more likely to buy a Coke that says "Jerome" of their friend happens to be named Jerome? Absolutely. And if they're not? I don't think it bothers anyone.
And then it got watered down, likely by committee. Now they say "buddy", "pal", etc. so that they can apply to everyone.
Missed the Mark a bit there.
However you want to place blame, QA or cables or design, whatever, the reset switch should be obfuscated enough that you have to actively hunt for it. And yeah, on the front because you don't want to fuck about behind the rack, I get it.
I dunno, maybe make it so the user has to engage their primate tool skills, bust out a paperclip or thumbtack?
Why would an Ethernet cable have that extra rubberized pointy protrusion over the plastic locking tab? Most cables I’ve seen have a half dome that stops halfway up the tab to prevent catching/breakage.
Is it just poorly drawn? Is it supposed to be the same thing? Was the reset button on the router really not recessed?
The half dome design is terrible because it’s always made out of shitty plastic that hardens and becomes nearly impossible to unplug. I haven’t seen the specific design seen here but there’s at least 3-4 common “snagless” designs that aren’t shitty like the half-dome design you mentioned.
Edit:
Option 1. Pretty good. Probably has the problem shown for this switch.
Option 2. Probably doesn’t have this problem, still good.
Option 3. This is fine because even if the plastic hardens the boot slides down the cable and out of the way. Not perfect, the boot can slide down sometimes when you don’t want it to.
Option 4. Fuck these pieces of shit.
Option 5. No problem on the switch but less effective for preventing snags. “Good enough”
Option 6. The best. Lots of subvariants here with different curvature of the boot and flexibility of the plastic but they all work fine. Edit++: very similar to option 2 but there some difference in the designs that I can’t quite put my finger on.
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Add others stated, these are everywhere. I hate them.
It's just luck of the draw, some premade cables have a little rubber nubbin over the tab like that.
It's there to stop people from breaking the locking tab. Lots of plug covers have those.
The cable boot design shown here is better than the half-dome kind.
Which model is that?
48 port versions of the 3650 and 3850.
Also it wasn't a recall it was a field notice
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/field-notices/636/fn63697.html