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So I just went through a painful process of re-installing SONiC numerous times on my DX010. I wanted to try the newest builds in the pipeline: https://sonic-build.azurewebsites.net/ui/sonic/pipelines New builds work for QSFP28 transceivers but the breakout functionality is broken. The...

If they're the same style as mine, you can shuck these from the metal enclosure, add a fan, and power it from a molex drive power cable. https://www.ebay.ca/itm/295733363088

I thought I'd create a new post about this and share some pics. Due to an accidental fan unplugging, my PCIe cards got extremely hot and ran for an hour before my 100G connection dropped. The transceiver was extremely hot, way beyond normal, and after it cooled it no longer works. Luckily the...

FS: Cisco Nexus 5020 N5K C5020B-BF - 40x10G Switch - $250 USD shipping included to USA/Canada - UPS may charge you additional brokerage and customs fees. This is old, heavy, uses lots of power, L2 only, and is loud, and works perfectly! It was my primary homelab switch for many years before I...

I have 2 excellent Dell enterprise switches for sale. Local pickup or buyer pays shipping from Ottawa, ON, Canada. Prefer local sale w/ e-Transfer, but I know it's unlikely. UPS seems to have the best shipping estimates, but you might get dinged with brokerage/import fees. I originally wanted...

I bought a few of these earlier today. https://www.ebay.ca/itm/234826973241

I get amazing SMB-RDMA performance when uploading from my Win11 (Pro for Workstations) client to my Server 2022 VM; 4.4 GB/s... But only 1.1 GB/s downloading from the same server. I see no reason why I shouldn't get at least 3 GB/s in both directions. A clue: When I try an HPE-branded QLogic...

Hi everyone, I'm wondering if any fellow homelab architects can shed some light on this. I can also help others with their DX010 configs. I have the 32x100G DX010 switch configured with VLANs in separate VRFs, with static routes for each VLAN pair that I want to talk, and default routes...