On ebay: Quanta 48p GbE + 2x 10GbE L3 switch @ 289USD

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ewheelerinc

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It looks like the biggest stumbling block to running Indigo on the LB4m is the lack of U-Boot.

The flash image (lb4m_flash_0) does contain the bootloader, so if someone knows how to splice this flash properly we can replace it with U-Boot.

I've uploaded my flash rips here:
http://www.globallinuxsecurity.pro/src/quanta-lb4m/

If you have an LB4m that boots using U-Boot, then please contact me. I would like to have a copy of your flash image.

You can copy your flash image from the cisco-like console over tftp:
copy nvram:flash tftp://1.2.3.4/foo/

Also it might be a good idea to start collecting different lb4m build flash images. Copy your nvram:image1 and nvram:image2 out as well and open the file with less (or whatever you view files with). Its binary, but toward the top you'll have a string like these:

RELEASE_CUST_HUSKY_LB4M_REL1_0_2_13B_1.0.2.14-Ent-esw-xgs3-LB4M-dni8541-VSM-QHr1v0m2b14.opr
H-GNS-Ent-esw-lb4m-qc8541-V66S-CS-QHr1v1m0b8.opr


These are the original filenames of the images flashed to the device. Some may have different features than others and it would be great to build a repository of what is available in the wild.
 
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ben

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I was able to purchase 2 for $150 each + $18 shipping!

But I'm quickly finding I'm out of my league here, I don't understand 1/2 of what you guys are saying about installing Indigo firmware but I don't think I need that.

How do I access the web-interface? I'm guessing its through the Management port as that is the only port my computer will link with. but what is the IP address?

Sadly I don't own a serial to rj-45 cable to connect to the console port...

Any advice would be awesome!

Thank you!
 

Tbg-NET

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How do I access the web-interface? I'm guessing its through the Management port as that is the only port my computer will link with. but what is the IP address?

Thank you!
This switch has dhcp-client. So connect it to any router with dhcp-server and see what address it gets
 

Patrick

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I was able to purchase 2 for $150 each + $18 shipping!

But I'm quickly finding I'm out of my league here, I don't understand 1/2 of what you guys are saying about installing Indigo firmware but I don't think I need that.

How do I access the web-interface? I'm guessing its through the Management port as that is the only port my computer will link with. but what is the IP address?

Sadly I don't own a serial to rj-45 cable to connect to the console port...

Any advice would be awesome!

Thank you!
Ben, did you make any progress on this? I am considering purchasing one or two.
 

iugoideas

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I just picked up 3 of these off ebay. Good to find some dialog about these as there's not much info out there on these. I'll post findings when they arrive.
 

Patrick

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Ok I am in for one too. Why not at $205 not a ton of downside and cheaper than the HP V1910-24G's.
 

iugoideas

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manual pdf

the pdf manual for this beast.

Code:
http://www.mediafire.com/view/dpbe0r0i0euxgg8/LB4M.pdf
 

iugoideas

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Here are a few pix of one of the LB4M's I ordered from an Omaha, NE eBay seller outfit brandon-nettech to clarify, these are not from the seller linked in the first post, if that matters to anyone. Mine listed at $205 + free shipping but I got a few bucks off since I got three. The 55 pound box that the three LB4M's arrived in was very well packed - with bubble wrapped and packed tightly in styrofoam peanuts.

It seems these units are very serviceable. Only two phillips screws to take the top lid off and 5 to remove the daughter card.




















 
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Martin2341

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Nice pics iugoideas. I'm sure I'm just stating the obvious here but contrary to what the link says, these are not Brocade (or Foundry) switches.
 

MiniKnight

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GREAT PICS!

Hey - reading through here. Is this time to create a new thread instead of having a deal thread / about the LB4M all in one thread? Seems confusing to me?!?
 

jingjing

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I'm also very curious to know if it will actually do line speed on all ports, and what the stability is like.
 

brocko

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I snagged one of these off eBay last week and so far it's working quite well. No problem getting 10G transfers using Solarflare NICs and Cisco SFP cables (no SFP+ modules needed, yay :D ). I'm not sure where you got that 281W at idle figure. Mine has dual power supplies and pulls about 80W (confirmed using Kill-a-watt). Granted that's with only three devices plugged in, but still...

So far the only disappointing thing about this switch is that, as configured, it definitely is not a layer 3 switch. It's a layer 2 managed switch. Default username is admin. Uses a standard serial cable for the console port. The command line interface isn't bad - if you've used Cisco switches or similar before, it's pretty much self-explanatory. Once I had the network settings configured (why someone would want to DHCP their switch IP by default is beyond me :confused: ), I was able to pull up a basic GUI using the built-in web server (even without having Java installed on my machine).

All-in-all, for the $250 I paid, to get two working SFP+ 10G ports and 48 gigabit ports, all in a managed switch with all of the expected layer 2 features (vlan, qos, spanning-tree, port security, etc.), redundant PS ... definitely one of the better finds on eBay, IMO. Would I trust it in an enterprise environment? Probably not, but I guess we'll see how stable it is once I replace my aging Cisco switch with it and start pushing more data through it. ;)

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Can you give me instructions on how you actually got into the switch? I cannot find the IP configuration anywhere in the config. When I look at the ip section of the cmd line I see a dhcp server and that's about it. I'm looking for how to get the management port on an IP so I can actually GUI into this thing. Thanks
 

jingjing

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I'm not sure where you got that 281W at idle figure. Mine has dual power supplies and pulls about 80W (confirmed using Kill-a-watt). Granted that's with only three devices plugged in, but still...