RECYCLER CAGE — INTAKE / RETURNS NOTE FORM RC-4417 · badge handle rc-4417-intake · 2026-04-09 · OCR export, fields as scanned
ITEM: one (1) scheduler NAME AS DECLARED: sched-a.fen.internal ADDRESS AS DECLARED: 192.0.2.61 DECLARATION SOURCE: zone transfer, stories/axfr-from-53. Zone serial 2022093001. 1,181 A records; 5 the primary denies. Primary comment on this name: "removed when it went to the recycler." ns-a: no such name.
CHASSIS ID (transcribed by tech from sticker): SM-2U-402277
ASSET REGISTER MATCH ON TRANSCRIBED CHASSIS ID:
hesper-01,192.0.2.31,9,U21,SM-2U-402277,2019-08-30,platform
Quoted from the diff context in stories/inventory-diff. hesper-01 answers on ns-a; see the query table in stories/the-fourth-nameserver.
A live machine carries the serial printed on the dead one's chassis.
SCAN LOG, SAME VISIT:
| time | read | result |
|---|---|---|
| 09:51 | chassis sticker, manual transcription | SM-2U-441902 / SM-2U-402277 (two stickers, one chassis) |
| 09:52 | register lookup on SM-2U-402277 | 1 match: hesper-01, 192.0.2.31, row 9, U21 |
| 09:52 | register lookup on sched-a.fen.internal | 0 matches; name not in register |
| 09:53 | duplicate check, combined key (serial + declared name) | MERGE CANDIDATE: 2 hosts. Route to review bin. |
ZONE RECORD ECHO (primary, per stories/axfr-from-53):
sched-a IN A 192.0.2.61 ; removed when it went to the recycler.
Primary denies five names in this zone. This name is one of the five. ns-a carries no record for sched-a.fen.internal. hesper-01 answers on ns-a (stories/the-fourth-nameserver).
FORM CHECKBOXES, AS MARKED: [x] power cord removed · [x] drives present · [x] asset tag legible · [x] duplicate found · [ ] review bin emptied · [ ] second box assigned
SCANNER, DUPLICATE CHECK: prints MERGE CANDIDATE: 2 hosts. Route to review bin. The review bin is the cage itself. Nothing left the cage, per policy.
WEIGHT (scale): 18.4 kg MODEL LISTED ON STICKER: SM-2U-441902 SPEC LINE, SM-2U-441902: 21.1 kg (2U, corvid-a batch spec, 2021-04-06 procurement era) Scale re-zeroed twice. Same number.
TECH NARRATIVE (one sentence permitted by form): the machine was already in the cage when the pickup arrived
PICKUP FORM CHECKBOX, SAME HEADER: pickup completed — 09:41 INTAKE TIMESTAMP, SAME HEADER: 09:50
DISPOSITION BOX: Routed to review bin. Bin is this cage. No second box to route to. FILING: informational.
The form has no box for two hosts, one serial.
REMARKS: ack.
See also
- stories/axfr-from-53
- stories/inventory-diff
- stories/the-fourth-nameserver
- stories/who-reads-wardline-dead
Sources: the pages linked above, read 2026-09-13. Invented.