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    Where to start? $1k budget for CPU/Memory/Ram for ESXI 8 vmware host

    You can try with Skylake - Supermicro X11 mobo's are $200 ~ $300, CPUs are ~ $30 for Xeon 20 core and RAM is the same DDR4 RAM except you can use cheaper DDR4 2666. NVMe disks cost 2x ~ 3x more than they did 6-8 months ago. Coolers like the Supermicro SNK-P0070APS4 4U cooler are ~ $75...
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    Enterprise SSD/HDD price increases :-(

    https://www.trendforce.com/news/2024/04/09/news-western-digital-customer-letter-confirms-hdd-supply-shortage-nand-flash-and-hard-drive-prices-continue-to-rise/...
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    Supermicro H12SSL-NT no BMC light

    Careful - when I mentioned folks should be wary of getting the H12SSL and that it was >>fragile<< - I was set upon and with ad hominen attacks by folks who questioned what right I had to call it "fragile" :D:)
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    Ruckus Wireless as an Unifi alternative?

    https://community.ruckuswireless.com/t5/Unleashed/200-15-6-12-304-Apple-devices-connectivity-issues/m-p/78165/emcs_t/S2h8ZW1haWx8dG9waWNfc3Vic2NyaXB0aW9ufExWM0xLSFlFNFIyMVhMfDc4MTY1fFNVQlNDUklQVElPTlN8aEs/page/10 200.15 - problems with iOS devices & roaming/deep sleep/general connectivity. I...
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    Ruckus Wireless as an Unifi alternative?

    nm - didn't read your post properly - good find on that PoE adapter
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    Brocade ICX Series (cheap & powerful 10gbE/40gbE switching)

    If you're not using the latest and greatest switches from Ruckus (8200 / 7650 / 7850 etc) just stick to 08.xx instead of 09.xx or 10.xx. The newer OS releases are super SLOW on older hardware
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    H12SSL-I Stuck at "bmc initiating"

    fail early. fail often :p
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    Tyan S8030GM2NE

    What RolloZ170 said, also ... - test the motherboard outside without any case - where did you get the CPU from? Is it vendor locked by any chance?
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    Brocade ICX Series (cheap & powerful 10gbE/40gbE switching)

    So ... upgraded the ICX7650 to 10.0.10c and I had some issues with the CLI being non functional. Simply put -after a while, the CLI would error out with CLI_SHELL_FAILED: SCP_HDLR-TASK ITC_INIT, ITC_ERR[27] and the only thing that would help is a reload. I read that Ruckus was planning fixes in...
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    Ruckus Wireless as an Unifi alternative?

    Downgraded to 200.14.6.1.179 from 200.15.6.112.52 - everything was good except my iPhone 15 just wouldn't stay connected to the WiFi - tried WPA2 and WPA2/WPA3 mixed, tried rebooting the iphone - for whatever reason it would get a self assigned IP after it had done a screen lock and wake up...
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    New Micron 7400 PRO 7.68TB NVMe U.3 (7mm) Non-SED Enterprise SSD - $349

    Has anyone started getting these annoying mails from Crucial saying the 7400 is back in stock = but on the website there's no retailers and no buying options?
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    Tyan S8030GM2NE

    What BIOS and BMC version are you on ?
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    Brocade ICX Series (cheap & powerful 10gbE/40gbE switching)

    Pretty much - it's like a crappier Netgear UI - for example here's VLANs Port settings I found some bugs - adding a VE with an IP address via the UI creates the VE without any IP assigned. WTF ?