I'm going to be renovating my home in 6 months. I have a full home Elan G! automation system with a large storage server for backed up video. I have a home built DVR with dual gigabit ethernet for 8 IP security cameras. Other connected equipment: HTPC single gigabit, synology 2 drive unit with dual gigabit ethernet, all Elan G! equipment; and a ton of wifi connected devices including all of my light switches, Elan G! remotes, 6 ipod touches as remotes, 6 wifi door locks, 4 in-wall iPads and a roaming iPad I also like to edit video on my current workstation. I plan on moving up to 4k video and see this as a reason to spend some $$ to upgrade 
Well that's what I tell my wife anyways.
I have a server room in my basement and all runs will be updated to cat 6A (currently a mixture of cat 5 & 6). I'd like to keep 10g as the backbone for as much of the network as 802.11ac wave2 requires more than a gigabit bandwidth.
Other background. I'm a physician and not IT network engineer. I don't have the time to learn CLI so everything needs to have a GUI. My home automation installer outsources to a company that works with Cisco equipment. I have a feeling that to keep as much as possible 10g that I will have to mix and match brands and as such support this thing myself as I do now with a bunch of netgear prosafe switches.
I know this is overkill for a home environment but I love this stuff. My Elan G! will be on a separate VLAN from my data.
Cable modem - 250 Mbps for now but hoping to change to fiber to the home eventually as it's just been run on my street.
Router - Mikrotik CCR1036-8G-2S+EM. This is the only router I found with SFP+ I like that it had dual SFP+ so I can connect each to a switch and keep the backbone 10g or LACP??.
Switch - Here's where I need help.
Single Gigabit port connections: Elan G! equipment - 4 ports, 8 x IP cameras with single gigabit (need POE .at), HTPC x 1, Oppo blu-ray x 1, 3 x Integra AVRs with single gigabit, PS3 x 1, pool & hot tub integration x 4 ports, watercop or other leak protection device x 1 port, data port for connected TVs x 8, synology 2 x gigabit in LACP, data port for IP printer and fax x 2, USB via IP for scanner x 1, irrigation controller x 1 port, low voltage light controller x 1, 6 to APs (3 x dual gigabit)
TOTAL 46 ports
10gBaseT - office workstation 25m away and will have an Intel X540T2 card and two Cat 6a runs,
SFP+ - I'm going to upgrade my server to X710-DA2 since it sits in my rack with all the other equipment. I guess I could use another X540T2 instead if it's easier.
The APs can all be run with dual gigabit using 802.11at and LACP. I would use the cat 6a with an .at POE switch. I haven't found any 10gBaseT POE+ switches. I guess I could use an injector once the IEEE wave 2 gets ratified in 2020.
I've looked at -
10gBaseT with SFP+: Netgear XS728T ; Dlink DXS-1210-12TC, Cisco SG350XG-2F10 or SG350XG-24T
IP camera POE+ Netgear S3300-52X-PoE+ for IP camera .at POE. I couldn't find a Cisco gigabit switch with SFP+ and POE+ for under $7500 Cdn, I found the catalyst 3850 .
Any other suggestions? Can the Cisco
Question: What is the best way to interconnect everything? One SFP+ from Mikrotik to the 10gBaseT switch and the POE+ switch respectively? The Mikrotik will do the DHCP and static IP assignments and VPN.
Is it possible to LACP the SFP+ ports if the switch has more than one?
Wireless 802.11 AC wave 2. The issue as I see it that these are multigigabit APs but are only fed by a gigabit pipeline. I know cisco has just announced multigigabit ports (2.5, 5 & 10) to be included in their APs in the future?? There are only 3 AP options currently - Aruba 320 (dual gigabit ports) has an instant mode not requiring a separate controller, Ruckus R710 (dual gigabit ports) which also has a standalone mode and cisco 1850 Series (dual gigabit ports). The throughput is higher with Aruba and Ruckus. The cisco catalyst 3850 series has a built in AP controller so I guess I would save there and maybe justify the $7500 price?? It makes sense to have a controller so I don't have to set diff channels and such as I do now with my apple airport extremes (x3). However, the Ruckus and Aruba perform better.
I look forward to your thoughts
Well that's what I tell my wife anyways.I have a server room in my basement and all runs will be updated to cat 6A (currently a mixture of cat 5 & 6). I'd like to keep 10g as the backbone for as much of the network as 802.11ac wave2 requires more than a gigabit bandwidth.
Other background. I'm a physician and not IT network engineer. I don't have the time to learn CLI so everything needs to have a GUI. My home automation installer outsources to a company that works with Cisco equipment. I have a feeling that to keep as much as possible 10g that I will have to mix and match brands and as such support this thing myself as I do now with a bunch of netgear prosafe switches.
I know this is overkill for a home environment but I love this stuff. My Elan G! will be on a separate VLAN from my data.
Cable modem - 250 Mbps for now but hoping to change to fiber to the home eventually as it's just been run on my street.
Router - Mikrotik CCR1036-8G-2S+EM. This is the only router I found with SFP+ I like that it had dual SFP+ so I can connect each to a switch and keep the backbone 10g or LACP??.
Switch - Here's where I need help.
Single Gigabit port connections: Elan G! equipment - 4 ports, 8 x IP cameras with single gigabit (need POE .at), HTPC x 1, Oppo blu-ray x 1, 3 x Integra AVRs with single gigabit, PS3 x 1, pool & hot tub integration x 4 ports, watercop or other leak protection device x 1 port, data port for connected TVs x 8, synology 2 x gigabit in LACP, data port for IP printer and fax x 2, USB via IP for scanner x 1, irrigation controller x 1 port, low voltage light controller x 1, 6 to APs (3 x dual gigabit)
TOTAL 46 ports
10gBaseT - office workstation 25m away and will have an Intel X540T2 card and two Cat 6a runs,
SFP+ - I'm going to upgrade my server to X710-DA2 since it sits in my rack with all the other equipment. I guess I could use another X540T2 instead if it's easier.
The APs can all be run with dual gigabit using 802.11at and LACP. I would use the cat 6a with an .at POE switch. I haven't found any 10gBaseT POE+ switches. I guess I could use an injector once the IEEE wave 2 gets ratified in 2020.
I've looked at -
10gBaseT with SFP+: Netgear XS728T ; Dlink DXS-1210-12TC, Cisco SG350XG-2F10 or SG350XG-24T
IP camera POE+ Netgear S3300-52X-PoE+ for IP camera .at POE. I couldn't find a Cisco gigabit switch with SFP+ and POE+ for under $7500 Cdn, I found the catalyst 3850 .
Any other suggestions? Can the Cisco
Question: What is the best way to interconnect everything? One SFP+ from Mikrotik to the 10gBaseT switch and the POE+ switch respectively? The Mikrotik will do the DHCP and static IP assignments and VPN.
Is it possible to LACP the SFP+ ports if the switch has more than one?
Wireless 802.11 AC wave 2. The issue as I see it that these are multigigabit APs but are only fed by a gigabit pipeline. I know cisco has just announced multigigabit ports (2.5, 5 & 10) to be included in their APs in the future?? There are only 3 AP options currently - Aruba 320 (dual gigabit ports) has an instant mode not requiring a separate controller, Ruckus R710 (dual gigabit ports) which also has a standalone mode and cisco 1850 Series (dual gigabit ports). The throughput is higher with Aruba and Ruckus. The cisco catalyst 3850 series has a built in AP controller so I guess I would save there and maybe justify the $7500 price?? It makes sense to have a controller so I don't have to set diff channels and such as I do now with my apple airport extremes (x3). However, the Ruckus and Aruba perform better.
I look forward to your thoughts
