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.