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    Beware of EMC switches sold as Mellanox SX6XXX on eBay

    As far as I've seen, EFM_SX is actually the only thing you need besides RESTRICTED_CMDS_GEN2. Look at the -o options for genlicense. Use those with EFM_SX license type to enable everything else, including fabric inspector (set efm_sx_max_ufm_ports to some value).
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    EXPIRED Mellanox SX6036 36ports QSFP €150

    The SX6036 was a little bit quieter and the SX6018 could run the fans quite a bit slower and was a lot quieter. I'm unsure if my SX6036 being single PSU and the SX6018 being dual PSU had any difference on how slow I could run the fans before tripping the fan alarm which ramps everything to full...
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    Beware of EMC switches sold as Mellanox SX6XXX on eBay

    I'm not sure if this is being directed at me and I'm not sure what 3.3.4402 has to do with things. I never stated anything to the contrary, step 4 and setting the mgmt0 / mgmt1 interfaces in /etc/mactab is still most definitely required. I'm sure if I spent enough time fiddling with...
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    Beware of EMC switches sold as Mellanox SX6XXX on eBay

    This thread has had many useful hints and information that has let me get my EMC OS SX6018 cross-flashed. I also have a native MLNX-OS SX6036 and have come up with a bit of a hybrid approach to dealing with these EMC OS units. Instead of flashing mlnxbase into the first OS area...
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    EXPIRED Mellanox SX6036 36ports QSFP €150

    This thread has had a load of useful hints and information that has assisted me with both my EMC OS (now cross-flashed) SX6018 and my native MLNX-OS SX6036. If anyone comes across this and wanted bash CLI access and hasn't figured it out yet here's a guide. First off get your switch flashed up...