Brocade, WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK. The switch I just got uses a mini-USB port for the console. Oh, so just grab a mini-USB cable and plug it into a laptop, like with Juniper kit, right? NOPE. It's UART over mini-USB's connector, so you need a weird-ass custom cable.

IMO mis-using a USB port for anything that's not USB (with the limited exception of power-only and USB-C) should result in the company that manufactured the product to be publicly crucified, followed by being drawn and quartered by the relevant trading standards body. Same as anyone that willingly makes power-only USB cables that are not clearly marked as such.