I'm having a weird issue where the licenses of one of my icx-6450 became invalid. I decided to redo your licensing guide but the same issue persists. The switch is in the stack and is not the master. I wonder if refollowing the guide only applies to the master and doesn't affect the other member. Even though I apply the license to unit 2.
Brocade ICX Series (cheap & powerful 10gbE/40gbE switching)
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Just out of curiosity, do the ICX6450 show up in the Ruckus Unleashed interface or does it need to be a 7150/7250?
Also, interested to hear people's experience with the reliability of the ICX6450-48P? A ICX7150-C12P fits my requirements fine but really struggling to justify paying >500USD (400GBP) for one when used ICX6450-48P are 150GBP and used ICX7250-48P are around £300.
There is also the option of going for the vanilla ICX6540-48 with no PoE option and just get use injectors for my two APs... Cheap as chips option at 70GBP
Thoughts?
Also, interested to hear people's experience with the reliability of the ICX6450-48P? A ICX7150-C12P fits my requirements fine but really struggling to justify paying >500USD (400GBP) for one when used ICX6450-48P are 150GBP and used ICX7250-48P are around £300.
There is also the option of going for the vanilla ICX6540-48 with no PoE option and just get use injectors for my two APs... Cheap as chips option at 70GBP
Thoughts?
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Needs to be a icx7*** series and a recent FastIron firmware for unleashed integration, but the unleashed ICX integration really isn’t anything to pay extra for.Just out of curiosity, do the ICX6450 show up in the Ruckus Unleashed interface or does it need to be a 7150/7250?
Also, interested to hear people's experience with the reliability of the ICX6450-48P? A ICX7150-C12P fits my requirements fine but really struggling to justify paying >500USD (400GBP) for one when used ICX6450-48P are 150GBP and used ICX7250-48P are around £300.
There is also the option of going for the vanilla ICX6540-48 with no PoE option and just get use injectors for my two APs... Cheap as chips option at 70GBP
Thoughts?
the icx6450 is great and reliable as most enterprise grade hardware especially for the price. If you have the space and don’t need fanless dead silent no reason to get the 7150 c12’s when 7250-48p and 6450-48p’s can be had so cheaply.
When I used an Intel X520-DA2 NIC in one of my ESXi 6.7 servers I found that reloading my 6610 switch would take the NIC down -- no idea why. But I could get both ports back up with these commands:
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esxcli network nic up -n vmnic4
esxcli network nic up -n vmnic5Nowadays I use a SolarFlare SFN6122F, which isn't affected by reloading the switch.
the "hw pid-prom" commands that set the correct license ID, if ran on a stack, will only apply to the master switch, there's no way to make them run on the secondary. it sounds like you ran it on the master, then imported the matching licenses on both switches? that would certainly make the second one go invalid as it no longer has a matching LID
I think you'd have to now unstack the second 6450 and wipe it, then follow the license guide on it to get the LID changed and licenses imported. then once its all valid, and your master is too, re-add it to the stack. this is why it's highly recommended to license all your stuff before stacking it
(theoretically, in a stack, you can jump to the console of secondary units by using the "rconsole 2" command, but I've tested this and it won't let you run the "hw pid" commands from that remote console)
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Also I suppose instead of unstacking it, you could also just use the other hidden method of changing the serial and LID, from the bootloader. console cable to your secondary 6450, reboot it and stop it in the u-boot bootloader, then run:
eeprom clear
eeprom sn 2ax5o2jk68e
reset
it'll reboot and let it boot fully and rejoin the stack like usual. I think you might have to reboot it twice with this method as the first boot after clearing the LID from u-boot has it re-generate one, but not take effect. second reboot has it come up fully changed. then ssh to the stack and import licenses to it, by specifying unit 2:
copy tftp license 192.168.1.8 ICX64xx/1-6450-prem.xml unit 2
copy tftp license 192.168.1.8 ICX64xx/2-6450-ports.xml unit 2
After unstacking it, setting the serial, and adding the licenses again. It's still displayed as invalid. Not sure why.the "hw pid-prom" commands that set the correct license ID, if ran on a stack, will only apply to the master switch, there's no way to make them run on the secondary. it sounds like you ran it on the master, then imported the matching licenses on both switches? that would certainly make the second one go invalid as it no longer has a matching LID
I think you'd have to now unstack the second 6450 and wipe it, then follow the license guide on it to get the LID changed and licenses imported. then once its all valid, and your master is too, re-add it to the stack. this is why it's highly recommended to license all your stuff before stacking it
(theoretically, in a stack, you can jump to the console of secondary units by using the "rconsole 2" command, but I've tested this and it won't let you run the "hw pid" commands from that remote console)
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Also I suppose instead of unstacking it, you could also just use the other hidden method of changing the serial and LID, from the bootloader. console cable to your secondary 6450, reboot it and stop it in the u-boot bootloader, then run:
eeprom clear
eeprom sn 2ax5o2jk68e
reset
it'll reboot and let it boot fully and rejoin the stack like usual. I think you might have to reboot it twice with this method as the first boot after clearing the LID from u-boot has it re-generate one, but not take effect. second reboot has it come up fully changed. then ssh to the stack and import licenses to it, by specifying unit 2:
copy tftp license 192.168.1.8 ICX64xx/1-6450-prem.xml unit 2
copy tftp license 192.168.1.8 ICX64xx/2-6450-ports.xml unit 2
post the unedited output of both "show version" and "show license", i'm sure it's something simple
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Copyright (c) 1996-2016 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
UNIT 1: compiled on Feb 13 2019 at 17:44:29 labeled as ICX64R08030t
(9868556 bytes) from Primary ICX64R08030t.bin
SW: Version 08.0.30tT313
Boot-Monitor Image size = 786944, Version:10.1.05T310 (kxz10105)
HW: Stackable ICX6450-24
==========================================================================
UNIT 1: SL 1: ICX6450-24 24-port Management Module
Serial #: 2 `5o2j
License: ICX6450_BASE_ROUTER_SOFT_PACKAGE (LID: H `KTH3 )
P-ENGINE 0: type DEF0, rev 01
==========================================================================
UNIT 1: SL 2: ICX6450-SFP-Plus 4port 40G Module
==========================================================================
800 MHz ARM processor ARMv5TE, 400 MHz bus
65536 KB flash memory
512 MB DRAM
STACKID 1 system uptime is 2 day(s) 3 hour(s) 39 minute(s) 51 second(s)
The system started at 19:00:31 Eastern Wed Dec 31 1969
The system : started=warm start reloaded=by "reload"
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Index Lic Mode Lic Name Lid/Serial No Lic Type Status Lic Period Lic Capacity
Stack unit 1:
1 Node Lock ICX6450-PREM-LIC-SW H4CKTH3PLN8 Normal Invalid Unlimited 1
2 Node Lock ICX6450-10G-LIC-POD H4CKTH3PLN8 Normal Invalid Unlimited 2well there's your problem, how did you set the serial to that? Be sure to run these exact commands, copy/paste them over a telnet/ssh/serial console connection. Are you on a non-US PC region settings/keyboard/etc? it's almost like certain characters got turned into something else:
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enable
hw pid-prom serial 2ax5o2jk68e
hw pid-prom clear-sw-lid
reloadI'm honestly confused as well. I'm doing this via ssh, with just a copy and paste. My keyboard is a Corsair K55, and I am in the US so I assume everything is US settings. I gonna try just manually typing the commands
Edit: Made no difference copy and paste, or manually typing it in. And it is the same keyboard I used with the other brocade icx6450 and it was fine
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Sorry, I didn't noticed the update, well... all is good and fully unlocked, many many thanks!
I currently have two 7250's and two 30gb lags - I am debating buying more fiber but am trying to figure if I need it. Is there a way to see the traffic statistics in a 'human' way? du -hs /traffic?
Im a little confused on how to see how much bandwidth my lag is using vs the lag capacity.
Freshly rebooted
Im a little confused on how to see how much bandwidth my lag is using vs the lag capacity.
Freshly rebooted
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Office7250#sh statistics lag 2
Lag lg2 Counters:
InOctets 55135230695 OutOctets 1903329184
InPkts 42194771 OutPkts 20688153
InBroadcastPkts 18043 OutBroadcastPkts 15654
InMulticastPkts 6399 OutMulticastPkts 11212
InUnicastPkts 42169960 OutUnicastPkts 20661287
InBadPkts 0
InFragments 0
InDiscards 0 OutErrors 0
CRC 0 Collisions 0
InErrors 0 LateCollisions 0
InGiantPkts 0
InShortPkts 0
InJabber 0
InFlowCtrlPkts 0 OutFlowCtrlPkts 0
InBitsPerSec 356719384 OutBitsPerSec 356719384
InPktsPerSec 34072 OutPktsPerSec 16706
InUtilization 0.89% OutUtilization 0.03%
Office7250#sh statistics lag 5
Lag lg5 Counters:
InOctets 1770536724 OutOctets 60676083553
InPkts 22583371 OutPkts 43451094
InBroadcastPkts 9978 OutBroadcastPkts 24850
InMulticastPkts 455 OutMulticastPkts 17323
InUnicastPkts 22572829 OutUnicastPkts 43408921
InBadPkts 0
InFragments 0
InDiscards 0 OutErrors 0
CRC 0 Collisions 0
InErrors 0 LateCollisions 0
InGiantPkts 0
InShortPkts 0
InJabber 0
InFlowCtrlPkts 0 OutFlowCtrlPkts 0
InBitsPerSec 11768232 OutBitsPerSec 11768232
InPktsPerSec 18365 OutPktsPerSec 35346
InUtilization 0.03% OutUtilization 0.99%Configure SNMP, get interface statistics that way. Use a package like LibreNMS to graph it or parse the SNMP data into Influx (using Telegraf maybe?) and display with Grafana or other equivalent tool. The on-switch statistics are either instantaneous or a short rolling average, I haven't really dug into them. So an actual monitoring solution so you can look at the averages is the best way to get what you need.
I have managed to fix the serial problem. Yet, the licenses are still invalid. Any other suggestions on how to resolve this?
Code:
Copyright (c) 1996-2016 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
UNIT 1: compiled on Feb 13 2019 at 17:44:29 labeled as ICX64R08030t
(9868556 bytes) from Primary ICX64R08030t.bin
SW: Version 08.0.30tT313
Boot-Monitor Image size = 786944, Version:10.1.05T310 (kxz10105)
HW: Stackable ICX6450-24
==========================================================================
UNIT 1: SL 1: ICX6450-24 24-port Management Module
Serial #: 2ax5o2jk68e
License: ICX6450_BASE_ROUTER_SOFT_PACKAGE (LID: H4CKTH3PLN8)
P-ENGINE 0: type DEF0, rev 01
==========================================================================
UNIT 1: SL 2: ICX6450-SFP-Plus 4port 40G Module
==========================================================================
800 MHz ARM processor ARMv5TE, 400 MHz bus
65536 KB flash memory
512 MB DRAM
STACKID 1 system uptime is 10 minute(s) 33 second(s)
The system started at 19:00:30 Eastern Wed Dec 31 1969
The system : started=warm start reloaded=by "reload"
Index Lic Mode Lic Name Lid/Serial No Lic Type Status Lic Period Lic Capacity
Stack unit 1:
1 Node Lock ICX6450-PREM-LIC-SW H4CKTH3PLN8 Normal Invalid Unlimited 1
2 Node Lock ICX6450-10G-LIC-POD H4CKTH3PLN8 Normal Invalid Unlimited 2delete all the lics, reboot the switch, then re-import the licenses
if that still doesn't work you might still have a weird space or invisible char in your serial string
That resolved the issue.
I guess the main thing is knowing when to reboot.You have to hold your pinky at the right angle when casting the spell, else it won't workThat resolved the issue.
under "normal circumstances" you should only have to reboot once (after you change the serial), and that should be it. I think since you had already loaded licenses, and then had a broken serial/LID, the safenet SDK cached the license state of "nope"That resolved the issue.