Has anyone ever tried stacking a 6610 with a 7450 using the 40G port? Thinking I might try this but given the firmware version differences, not sure this will actually work. For now both my 6610 and my 7450 are functioning independently of each other and I am using the second 40G port on both...
If you want some pointers on the fan mod, take a look at my earlier post in this thread, the whole mod is painless to do. My 6610 and my 7450 (see other thread) are both happily running for months now. My PC is louder than my switches now.
To be fair, I haven’t actually measured either of them but with no PoE load the 7450-24 is listed at 75W while the 6610-24 is listed at 120W. Fans are probably non negligible in both cases if you don’t swap them out since they’re > 10w each at full speed and you need a minimum 3/switch.
7450 has lower bandwidth than 6610 but the newer software, lower power, and higher power PoE ports are pretty nice in certain applications. I agree with you that you need to find one that has the modules already otherwise it isn't worth it.
FTLX are Finisar (now II-VI) transceivers, this one happens to be rebranded as QLogic. A quick Google shows that this is a 10GBase-SR transceiver so you'll need LC-LC duplex multimode fiber. Don't buy OM1, like you linked directly, it is obsolete; instead buy OM4 (aqua) or OM5.(lime green).
Final result with a single 140mm 1200RPM Noctua fan and the power supply fan replaced by a 40mm Noctua (both at full speed). Note this I have a couple of 40G passive cables and an RJ45s connected now but no POE being used. Noise level under same condition from same location is approximately 44...
6610 and 7450 24P both are the same fans/power supplies and quite loud. Power supply revision makes no difference to my ears. Can’t speak to the other models but anything that has Delta 40mm 23k RPM fans will be loud.
See the ICX 6610 fan mod thread, basically you scribe and cut an acrylic sheet to size and mount a fan above the asic and/or CPU. I made the fan push air down onto the asic on my 6610 but I don’t think it hugely matters whether you’re pushing or pulling air if you’re not in a datacenter. The...
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