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fohdeesha

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Well crap. I got some AT24C164's to use to unlock my ICX6610, but upon opening it up it appears there's no place to install the EEPROM. How do I unlock the ICX6610 so I can use the 10 gbit ports?

It looks like I may have incorrectly assumed this applied to the ICX6610 as well: EEPROM Unlocks - Fohdeesha Docs

Sidenote: It looks like I have 10x AT24C164's I don't need. I'm in the US is anyone needs one quickly. Just DM me for more info.

It looks like a software license might be my only option for this device.
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ozkan

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Hi all, I need a small help. I have Brocade ICX 7250-48 without POE (non-POE) . Basically single PSU without FAN. Running 8030u firmware. But when I upgrade 8080 or 8070 I got error at boot;

FATAL ERROR: At least one good PSU with working Fan should be present in the system
System is shutting down!!!

I can only boot 8030x; here is the sh chasis output;

ICX7250-48 Switch#sh chassis
The stack unit 1 chassis info:

Power supply 1 present, status failed
Power supply 2 not present

Fan 1 ok, speed (auto): [[1]]<->2
Fan 2 ok, speed (auto): [[1]]<->2

Fan controlled temperature: 56.7 deg-C

Fan speed switching temperature thresholds:
Speed 1: NM<----->98 deg-C
Speed 2: 67<----->105 deg-C (shutdown)

Fan 1 Air Flow Direction: Front to Back
Fan 2 Air Flow Direction: Front to Back
Slot 1 Current Temperature: 57.4 deg-C (Sensor 1)
Slot 2 Current Temperature: NA
Warning level.......: 100.0 deg-C
Shutdown level......: 105.0 deg-C
Boot Prom MAC : 609c.9f4b.a8a0
Management MAC: 609c.9f4b.a8a0
 

tozmo

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Well, it requires a fan (not the one in the PSU) in order to fully boot. You can do some command line stuff, but to actually run the switch it requires a fan module. I'll sell you mine once I finalize my fan mod that DodgyRoute is helping me concoct.
Edit: Had 7450 stuck in my head, Kylie Minogue style
 
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fohdeesha

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the 7250 doesn't have fan or PSU modules, they're all built in. Sounds like @ozkan your fan is failed or not being detected properly, on the integrated units without hotswap stuff it will report that as a generic PSU failure sometimes. Check that the fan is spinning
 

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new 7250-24 run hot in summer (ambient temperature is 32C) , cut some chopstick to attach mb6010v3-000c-a99 and fin , temperature drop from 82C to 72C. not so good due to mb6010v3-000c-a99 run slow at 4.5v when fan on speed 1.

fan.jpgfan1.jpg

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make fan contact fin closely , now temp drop to 69C
 
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ozkan

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the 7250 doesn't have fan or PSU modules, they're all built in. Sounds like @ozkan your fan is failed or not being detected properly, on the integrated units without hotswap stuff it will report that as a generic PSU failure sometimes. Check that the fan is spinning
one of the fans was not spinning before upgrade, I cleaned it with sprey. After cleaning it started spinning, then I booted the switch and upgraded. Also checked the fan, speed is normal. It was FAN1. I’ll try replacing the fan.
 

richtj99

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Hi - still playing with the 2x 7250 units.

I have stacking working with two 7250's & I like being able to control both from 'one' interface. I think that sounds good but I hate losing a 10gb port just for the 'management' end of things.

Can I stack using a 1gb port?

I would prefer a 80gb lag vs a 10gb stack port & a 70gb lag (OCD portion for me).

Is the 'whole' 10gb port used up in the stack? Does it send any data or just management linking?
 

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@richtj99
you don’t need a lag between switches that are stacked. Stacking makes them 1 logical switch. All vlans etc are available on both switches. The stack link\connection handles all management and inter switch traffic. You don’t have to run additional lags between the switches, the stack does it all.
 
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SuperMiguel

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Does stacking only work with certain port? Certain cable?

I have two 6610 want to use the 10g for stacking
 
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ozkan

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the 7250 doesn't have fan or PSU modules, they're all built in. Sounds like @ozkan your fan is failed or not being detected properly, on the integrated units without hotswap stuff it will report that as a generic PSU failure sometimes. Check that the fan is spinning
I think I found the problem, but have no idea how to solve. There is small warning when I boot the switch with 8030u;

ICX7250-48 Switch>Successfuly set IngressClassPort on CPU port to 2

PS 1, Internal Power supply detected with no power.

ICX7250-48 Switch>en

Is there any idea what causes this ?

Edit :

I've got my hands dirty and checked every point that measurable. PSU output seems good;

EMPTY
Yellow : 12.01V
Yellow : 12.01V
EMPTY
Black : GND
Black : GND

There seems 2x 12V feeding DC converter board.

12V DC connector on switch board;

1. Orange : 3.4V 6. Orange : 3.4V
2. Brown : 3.4V 7. Brown : 3.4V
3. Green : 3.4V 8. Yellow : 3.4V
4. Black : GND 9. Yellow : 11.7V
5. Black : GND 10. Yellow: 11.7V

Fan pins also read;
11.67V

PSU seems OK, but I powered the switch on, PWR led is orange and not green. I think I need to find 2x 12V DC PSU to test if inline PSU is the problem.
 
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CorvetteGS

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Haven't had a chance to re-write the guide with new instructions for getting to the recommended 8092 train - it's the new UFI images that require a bit more steps for switches with older firmware. Been working on it this week though.
Hey @fohdeesha is this going to happen in the near future? Just picked up a new switch and I'm debating on waiting for the revised guide before messing with it or if I should just use the guide as it stands now and do it all over when you update it with the latest firmware. Thanks for your hard work!
 

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if you would like to actually block anything on physical port 20 from getting out to the internet, that's also possible, but it requires creating and applying the ACL a little differently
I hate to revisit this mention from a few years back, but can you apply ACLs to a single port when running the router image on an ICX6450?

For some reason, I’m only seeing the ‘ip access-group’ option when configuring a ``ve`` not a physical interface (and because I’m looking to add 802.1p marking to packets flowing across a single, unrouted VLAN, that doesn’t seem to work).
 

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A follow up question.

Right now I am using two 6450's:

Switch 1: 1/2/1, 1/2/2, 1/2/3 are in a lag to switch 2.
Show Int brief shows a 30gb lag

With the ICX7250:

If I setup a stack, how would I be able to setup that same 30gb lag (assuming the 6450 units go away)?

Or is the best I can do is stack two 10gb connections?


@richtj99
you don’t need a lag between switches that are stacked. Stacking makes them 1 logical switch. All vlans etc are available on both switches. The stack link\connection handles all management and inter switch traffic. You don’t have to run additional lags between the switches, the stack does it all.
 

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pretty sure some of what you can do related to stacking will be dependant on the firmware version you are running.
with the 7250 up to 4 of the 10gb ports can be used for stacking. You can also configure truck stack ports, (I think) you could use any of:
1 port each switch - linear stack
2 ports each switch - either trunked linear stack or a non trunked ring stack
4 ports each switch - trunked ring stack

 

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I hate to revisit this mention from a few years back, but can you apply ACLs to a single port when running the router image on an ICX6450?

For some reason, I’m only seeing the ‘ip access-group’ option when configuring a ``ve`` not a physical interface (and because I’m looking to add 802.1p marking to packets flowing across a single, unrouted VLAN, that doesn’t seem to work).
enable
conf t
enable acl-per-port-per-vlan
write mem
reload


 
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Hey @fohdeesha is this going to happen in the near future? Just picked up a new switch and I'm debating on waiting for the revised guide before messing with it or if I should just use the guide as it stands now and do it all over when you update it with the latest firmware. Thanks for your hard work!
I would just follow it now, I hope to get it updated this week but work has been really unpredictable. Once you follow the guide, when the new version / later codetrain is out, you will be able to jump to it with a single command
 

fohdeesha

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6610 can only use the rear 40gbe ports for stacking. all of this and pretty much every question on the last 3 pages is answered in the documentation included in the firmware zip. specifically fastiron-08030b-switchstackingguide.pdf for the 6 series and fastiron-08080-switchstackingguide.pdf for the 7 series

I'll be disappearing from this thread in a month or two so you all need to get accustomed to reading documentation :)