Hi, yes I am running the correct image. The ICX6450 that I upgraded using its appropriate image hasn't changed temps. It is not located in the same rack, but temps are pretty uniform in the room it's in also, as it's in the livable space. Interestingly enough, I looked back further in the logged history and it shows that it was infact running these temps prior to the last cold boot. The last cold boot was about 9 months ago and during the entire 9 months, the temps remained low. Out of curiosity, when I'm next able to, I'm going to perform a cold boot and log the temps. Perhaps it's a sensor or firmware glitch. I don't see why the temps would run any different between warm vs cold boot.
Brocade ICX Series (cheap & powerful 10gbE/40gbE switching)
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dual mode did die in a fire ~3 years ago with firmware 8070, how old of firmware are you running? 200+ people in this thread quite happy with no issues lmao
I just received the ICX7250-48 switch.
I just realized I need a console cable to make any changes mentioned in this thread. The one @fohdeesha posted sometime ago is already expired.
@fohdeesha Do you have any console cable you can recommend on eBay or amazon?
Thanks!
I just realized I need a console cable to make any changes mentioned in this thread. The one @fohdeesha posted sometime ago is already expired.
@fohdeesha Do you have any console cable you can recommend on eBay or amazon?
Thanks!
OEM Brocade 50-1000059-01 DB9 Female to USB Mini Serial Console Cable switch | eBay
Condition is Used.
www.ebay.com
I saw this one, but not sure if it is going to work. Thanks for confirming.OEM Brocade 50-1000059-01 DB9 Female to USB Mini Serial Console Cable switch | eBay
Condition is Used.www.ebay.com
Do you have any recommendation for the rack ears of the 7250?
Is there any generic rack ear I can use for 7250?
Few pictures of the noise of the ICX7259-48, measured by Decible X app on iphone right in front of the port
Booting
After the boot
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@fohdeeshaIf you really want to hack something up (I am not responsible if you fry the serial port):
I have this usb to serial adapter
So reading from this diagram,
All I need is to connect the cable to the correct pin, then I can use the usb serial adpater to talk to the switch?
It is going to be a lot cheaper than the proprietary cable.
Apologize if somebody already tried this before. I still haven't complete the 180 pages thread yet.
Thank you for the notes. Yes, it is 10GBase-T RJ45. I've tried setting the Speed & Duplex in the Driver Properties box (Windows 10 Pro, see attached), but still no change in behavior. I also are unable to activate the activity LEDs by jumping the the 2 ports on the same NIC, or between the 10Gb NIC and the 1Gb NIC on the Mobo, or conencted to one of the transceivers on the switch.
I've got a replacement NIC coming tomorrow. Hopefully that one will work. The transceivers for the switch arrived today. They installed and tested at 1Gb with the Mobo NIC without issue.
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If a $10 Cisco cable doesn't work, have you considered the console port is broken or locked out? I had to return my first ICX6450 because of a bad console port. Spent two weeks and $200 chasing down cables assuming it was me...when my second switch arrived, the first cable I purchased work perfectly.
Well, that doesn't sound very healty indeed... Probably a bad card; let's hope for the best for your second one
.Thanks for you info.
I have ICX7250, it is different from ICX6450 according to @fohdeesha It use brocade proprietary mini-usb to db9 cable. The standard console to RJ45 cable will not work on ICX7250.
I am forming a picture of you covered up to your neck in ICX hardware, clinging to a CAT6 cable dangling from a ceiling as you try to escape...
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I recently purchased an ICX6610 and I'm struggling with a few issues. Any help is greatly appreciated.
- dual-mode
dual-mode is rather annoying on the ICX6610. I'm guessing there are no new firmware release that removes dual-mode like on the ICX7150. Is there any way to keep an interface in the default VLAN without having to dual-mode it? - licensing
It appears not all the ports on my switch are licensed. I guess I'll message @fohdeesha about licensing per his instructions on the first post. - SFP+ ports not working as expected
Most of the SFP ports won't recognize transceivers or come up with any link status. All cables are DAC from FS.com with brocade firmware flashed on the brocade side. I'm wondering if I'm just missing something simple here or if this is possibly faulty ports/cables.
Code:
SSH@ICX6610#show interface brief ethernet 1/2/1 to 1/3/8
Port Link State Dupl Speed Trunk Tag Pvid Pri
1/2/1 Up Forward Full 40G None No 1 0
1/2/2 Up Forward Full 10G None No 1 0
1/2/3 Down None None None None Yes 1 0
1/2/4 Down None None None None Yes 1 0
1/2/5 Down None None None None No 1 0
1/2/6 Up Forward Full 40G None No 1 0
1/2/7 Down None None None None No 1 0
1/2/8 Down None None None None No 1 0
1/2/9 Down None None None None No 1 0
1/2/10 Down None None None None No 1 0
1/3/1 Up Forward Full 10G None Yes 1 0
1/3/2 Down None None None None No 1 0
1/3/3 Down None None None None No 1 0
1/3/4 Up Forward Full 10G None Yes 1 0
1/3/5 Down None None None None No 1 0
1/3/6 Down None None None None No 1 0
1/3/7 Down None None None None No 1 0
1/3/8 Down None None None None No 1 01. Yes, the "dual-mode" command went away but in the 8070 code train, that IIRC is available only for the ICX7xxx series... But, if I read correctly, you want to change the physical VLAN instead of it being in the VLAN 1? If it's what you want, simply configure inside the specified VLAN the port as untagged
conf t
vlan 100
untagged ethernet 1/1/10
(I don't remember the exact syntax, it might be untagged interface ethernet... but the point is there; it's the same as the "switchport access vlan xxx" in the Cisco world).
2. Yep, you'll need to ask at fohdeesha
3. SFP+ ports aren't auto sensing. If you plug an SFP module, or you connect via a DAC to a SFP 1G card, you have to set the speed to 1000-full to the interface, otherwise it tries to sync at 10G and it will fail.
@infoMatt Here is where it gets weird.
In versions of FastIron that deprecated dual-mode the interface stays in VLAN1 as untagged when tagged in another VLAN.
It's harder to troubleshoot with the breakout cables as I can only swap an entire breakout cable at a time and I only have two breakout cables, but the results appear to be similar.
If I have an interface that is in VLAN1 (default VLAN) then tag it in VLAN 20 it is automatically removed from VLAN 1 altogether. This behavior is very strange to me. To place it back into VLAN 1 as untagged I am forced to configure it in VLAN 1 as dual-mode. Is there a way around this?
In versions of FastIron that deprecated dual-mode the interface stays in VLAN1 as untagged when tagged in another VLAN.
I can have a Brocade SFP+ Transceiver plugged into interface 1/3/4 that is working without issues, but then move it to interface 1/3/3 and it won't detect it.
It's harder to troubleshoot with the breakout cables as I can only swap an entire breakout cable at a time and I only have two breakout cables, but the results appear to be similar.
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No, it's correct.
Generally speaking, VLAN is ment to be used in the "distribution" side, ie. between switches, and usually you just want to carry only tagged traffic; untagged frames in this context is just signalling and control (say, STP BPDU and such) but it is not traffic that is ment to be forwarded to other ports.
On the opposite side, to the terminal side the computers and such won't understand VLAN tag, and you should put each port in its network, untagged of course.
The exceptions is covered via the dual mode property (say, for VoIP phones), and in this case best practices suggest to avoid VLAN 1 altoghether.
That is strange at best... it could be licensing related (but it shoud enable contiguous block of ports, and you can see in that case on a show interface 1/3/3 that it is err-disabled), or it could be defective... Try posting a show interface ethe 1/3/3, show licence, show pod and show optics when the module is plugged in the 1/3/3 if.
EDIT: just to be safe... are you sure the interfaces aren't DISabled in their configuration? Could you post also a show running-config interface eth 1/3/3? Thanks
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Thanks for clarifying about dual-mode.
Here is the running-config for all the SFP+ ports on the front of the switch with ports 1/3/1 to 1/3/4 having DAC cables connecting them to powered on servers.
Here is the interface brief for the same ports, again ports 1/3/1 to 1/3/4 are connected to powered on servers with DAC Cables.
I've plugged 1Gig Copper SFP into 1/3/2 and 1/3/3 and configured each interface to operate at 1Gb
I'm starting to think this may be licensing related as all the ports work when configured at 1Gbe with the same cables. The ebay seller listed this as Premium license installed, I assumed this meant all features and ports would be licensed.
Below is the output from the show license command.
Here is the running-config for all the SFP+ ports on the front of the switch with ports 1/3/1 to 1/3/4 having DAC cables connecting them to powered on servers.
Code:
SSH@ICX6610#show running-config interface e 1/3/1 to 1/3/8
interface ethernet 1/3/1
dual-mode
speed-duplex 10G-full
!
interface ethernet 1/3/2
speed-duplex 10G-full
!
interface ethernet 1/3/3
speed-duplex 10G-full
!
interface ethernet 1/3/4
dual-mode
speed-duplex 10G-full
!
Code:
SSH@ICX6610#show interface brief ethernet 1/3/1 to 1/3/8
Port Link State Dupl Speed Trunk Tag Pvid Pri
1/3/1 Up Forward Full 10G None Yes 1 0
1/3/2 Down None None None None No 1 0
1/3/3 Down None None None None No 1 0
1/3/4 Up Forward Full 10G None Yes 1 0
1/3/5 Down None None None None No 1 0
1/3/6 Down None None None None No 1 0
1/3/7 Down None None None None No 1 0
1/3/8 Down None None None None No 1 0I've plugged 1Gig Copper SFP into 1/3/2 and 1/3/3 and configured each interface to operate at 1Gb
Code:
SSH@ICX6610#show interface brief ethernet 1/3/1 to 1/3/8
Port Link State Dupl Speed Trunk Tag Pvid Pri
1/3/1 Up Forward Full 10G None Yes 1 0
1/3/2 Up Forward Full 1G None No 1 0
1/3/3 Up Forward Full 1G None No 1 0
1/3/4 Up Forward Full 10G None Yes 1 0
1/3/5 Down None None None None No 1 0
1/3/6 Down None None None None No 1 0
1/3/7 Down None None None None No 1 0
1/3/8 Down None None None None No 1 0
SSH@ICX6610#show running-config interface e 1/3/1 to 1/3/8
interface ethernet 1/3/1
dual-mode
speed-duplex 10G-full
!
interface ethernet 1/3/4
dual-mode
speed-duplex 10G-full
!I'm starting to think this may be licensing related as all the ports work when configured at 1Gbe with the same cables. The ebay seller listed this as Premium license installed, I assumed this meant all features and ports would be licensed.
Below is the output from the show license command.
Code:
SSH@ICX6610#show license
Index Lic Mode Lic Name Lid/Serial No Lic Type Status Lic Period Lic Capacity
Stack unit 1:
1 Node Lock ICX6610-PREM-LIC-SW xxxxxxxxxxx Normal Active Unlimited 65535
2 Node Lock ICX6610-10G-LIC-POD xxxxxxxxxxx Normal Active Unlimited 4- Am I correct in Interpreting that the installed license means I can only use 4 of the 10Gig SFP+ ports at any given time?
- Or does this mean that only ports 1/3/1 to 13/4 are licensed for 10Gig
- What is the licensing relationship between the rear 10Gig breakout ports and the front 10Gig ports?
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Your switch only has 4 of the 8 front SFP/SFP+ licensed for 10G. I recall it's the top half that are licensed in this situation.
Why don't you move your DAC that's in 1/3/1 throughout all the ports to get an idea what ports are licensed? Using a known-good cable is better than guessing if it's the port or the cable.
The rear QSFP+ ports don't require licensing.
Why don't you move your DAC that's in 1/3/1 throughout all the ports to get an idea what ports are licensed? Using a known-good cable is better than guessing if it's the port or the cable.
The rear QSFP+ ports don't require licensing.
Ports 1/3/1 to 1/3/4 are the licensed ports because 1/3/5 to 1/3/8 are stuck in 1Gig mode and throw the following error when I try to change them to 10Gig "No license present for port". The licensed ports are still acting problematic though.
Ports 1/1/1 to 1/1/48
1Gig copper ports and all seem to work fine
Ports 1/2/1 to 1/2/10
Ports 1/2/1 and 1/2/6 are currently working (running at 40Gbps with QSFP+ DAC cables)
Ports 1/2/2 and 1/2/7 are currently working (running at 10Gig with QSFP+ to 4 x SFP+ Breakout DAC)
Ports 1/2/3 to 1/2/5 (1st QSFP+ breakout cable) and 1/2/8 to 1/2/10 (2nd QSFP+ breakout cable) none seem to work, need to test further
Ports 1/3/1 to 1/3/8
Ports 1/3/1 and 1/3/4 working at both 1Gig and 10Gig (tested with an assortment of transceivers and DAC Cables)
Ports 1/3/2 and 1/3/3 work only at 1Gig, 10Gig not working (tested with 1Gig copper transceivers and 10Gig DAC and Copper transceivers)
Ports 1/3/5 to 1/3/8 are not licensed and thus only work at 1Gig, but may have the same issues other ports have after being licensed
So ... part of the issue could be licensing, but then once licensed ports 1/3/5 to 1/3/8 may still not work at 10Gig, just like the other misbehaving. I'm going to wait on a response back from fohdeesha on the licensing and once all ports are licensed then I'll test some more.
There is a new firmware 08.0.30u that was released at the end of last month which fixes defects....but it isn't clear what those defects are. It'd be pretty funny if this is one of those defects that is fixed, but honestly, I'm still trying to make sure it isn't some weird configuration mistake on my part.
Ports 1/1/1 to 1/1/48
1Gig copper ports and all seem to work fine
Ports 1/2/1 to 1/2/10
Ports 1/2/1 and 1/2/6 are currently working (running at 40Gbps with QSFP+ DAC cables)
Ports 1/2/2 and 1/2/7 are currently working (running at 10Gig with QSFP+ to 4 x SFP+ Breakout DAC)
Ports 1/2/3 to 1/2/5 (1st QSFP+ breakout cable) and 1/2/8 to 1/2/10 (2nd QSFP+ breakout cable) none seem to work, need to test further
Ports 1/3/1 to 1/3/8
Ports 1/3/1 and 1/3/4 working at both 1Gig and 10Gig (tested with an assortment of transceivers and DAC Cables)
Ports 1/3/2 and 1/3/3 work only at 1Gig, 10Gig not working (tested with 1Gig copper transceivers and 10Gig DAC and Copper transceivers)
Ports 1/3/5 to 1/3/8 are not licensed and thus only work at 1Gig, but may have the same issues other ports have after being licensed
So ... part of the issue could be licensing, but then once licensed ports 1/3/5 to 1/3/8 may still not work at 10Gig, just like the other misbehaving. I'm going to wait on a response back from fohdeesha on the licensing and once all ports are licensed then I'll test some more.
There is a new firmware 08.0.30u that was released at the end of last month which fixes defects....but it isn't clear what those defects are. It'd be pretty funny if this is one of those defects that is fixed, but honestly, I'm still trying to make sure it isn't some weird configuration mistake on my part.