Beware of EMC switches sold as Mellanox SX6XXX on eBay

[Freebsd1976]

It's a 6018. I've done a few with no issues. Was just bad luck this time I guess. It was really cheap so not the end of the world. I'll probably put it to one side to fix at some point. Thank you all for the input. Has been educational

desolid nor flash, use a programmer write uboot to nor flash, then resolid, the switch will have uboot and kernel and ftd in the nor flash, and run remanufacture again. this is not so difficult , especially someone already post image of nor flash in this thread.

 

[Marc_]

desolid nor flash, use a programmer write uboot to nor flash, then resolid, the switch will have uboot and kernel and ftd in the nor flash, and run remanufacture again. this is not so difficult , especially someone already post image of nor flash in this thread.

It's time for me at the moment is this issue. I'll get to it soon and give it a go. I like learning so I'm looking forward to it.

 

[miloman]

I can buy a SX6012 and it;s mentioned 'NO OS'. Would it still be possible to flash it with mellanox firmware using (part of) the guide which is mentioned here>

 

[Stephan]

I can buy a SX6012 and it;s mentioned 'NO OS'. Would it still be possible to flash it with mellanox firmware using (part of) the guide which is mentioned here>

Can fix it up completely unless boot loader is wiped. If there is absolutely no output on serial on all baud rates, and you tried two cables, only way to rescue is JTAG (BDI 2000) and a bunch of files.

 

[miloman]

Ok, thanks. Took the gamble, my offer was accepted very quick, so expecting the worst

Can fix it up completely unless boot loader is wiped. If there is absolutely no output on serial on all baud rates, and you tried two cables, only way to rescue is JTAG (BDI 2000) and a bunch of files.

 

[86turbodsl]

I've got a freshly updated SX6036. Updated to 3.6.8012. Can some kind soul help me understand how to get licensing figured out? I haven't a clue how to sort that.

 

[Tim111]

LK2-EFM_SX-5L11-5M11-5K11-5T11-5U11-5G22-05J2-205N-2205-P220-88A2-L5T5-3MYW-9

 

[86turbodsl]

Working well now. Thanks for the help.

 

[bekax]

Anyone knows if after activating an IPL cluster between two SX6012 for ethernet MLAG, do I loose the chance to manage IB SM ?

It shows my IB HA VIP as 0.0.0.0, and I am unsure how to change this one since the option is greyed out and states:
"Please change SM configuration from Virtual management IP (VIP)."

 

[Marc_]

Morning all, got a strange one. Picked up a cheap EMC sx6012 and sx6018. Converted as I have in the past with no issues following the guide. Did the first update to update from the manufacture image. When both rebooted they failed in exactly the same way - would not configure the modules. Attempted to re-load again from the beginning, which was fine. Checked everything over and I am stumped. They both boot, and I can log in but eventually I get to the CLI but the switch prompt on both is unknown. PSID of each is correct and displaying correctly. I just can't make them function. Any help here is much appreciated.

 

[Marc_]

Think I've found the problem but not sure why I can't read the info

switch-5d084c [standalone: *unknown*] # show inv
=================================================================================================
Module Type Part number Serial Number Asic revision HW Revision
=================================================================================================
CHASSIS N/A N/A (null) N/A (null)
No managed modules found.

I've double checked everything from the guide (I've done a few with no issue) but this actually has me stumped. Everything looks correct.