Greetings from sunny Brisbane
Before I start let me say that despite working hand-on in the IT industry for over 40 years, my experience of networking previously has been limited to plugging RJ45 cables into dumb unmanaged switches. If I sound like a total noob it's because, well, I am.
Having got that out of the way, we recently bought 4 x ICX6610s and I am currently working my way through learning about them. We have "just plugged one in" to connect our servers temporarily and am working through another one of them using the guide on fohdeesha.com.
My first issue is that we need to transfer a lot of data (umpteen TB) from one server to another as we transition hardware and at the moment everything plugged into the switch is running by default at 1gbE. I understand that the 8 ports on the left hand side of the front of the switch are SPF+ and can run at 10gbE. I'm guessing that I need some kind of adapter to plug RJ45 cables into these. So my first question is, what do I look for when I go searching for them? Are there any that work better than others? Any that should be avoided?
The second question is regarding the breakout ports at the back of the unit. The diagram I am looking at says that the rightmost pair of 40gbE ports can break out into 8 x 10gbE. Again, what do I need to do this.
Third question is about the uplink ports (the left most two on the back of the unit). I have cables that came with the units. Is there any special way that these need to be connected together or are they just daisy chained from one switch to another?
Apologies for all these dumb questions - I've been reading and playing (and going deaf from the noise) for a week or so and I could really use the input.
Thanks and Regards
Nigel.
Before I start let me say that despite working hand-on in the IT industry for over 40 years, my experience of networking previously has been limited to plugging RJ45 cables into dumb unmanaged switches. If I sound like a total noob it's because, well, I am.
Having got that out of the way, we recently bought 4 x ICX6610s and I am currently working my way through learning about them. We have "just plugged one in" to connect our servers temporarily and am working through another one of them using the guide on fohdeesha.com.
My first issue is that we need to transfer a lot of data (umpteen TB) from one server to another as we transition hardware and at the moment everything plugged into the switch is running by default at 1gbE. I understand that the 8 ports on the left hand side of the front of the switch are SPF+ and can run at 10gbE. I'm guessing that I need some kind of adapter to plug RJ45 cables into these. So my first question is, what do I look for when I go searching for them? Are there any that work better than others? Any that should be avoided?
The second question is regarding the breakout ports at the back of the unit. The diagram I am looking at says that the rightmost pair of 40gbE ports can break out into 8 x 10gbE. Again, what do I need to do this.
Third question is about the uplink ports (the left most two on the back of the unit). I have cables that came with the units. Is there any special way that these need to be connected together or are they just daisy chained from one switch to another?
Apologies for all these dumb questions - I've been reading and playing (and going deaf from the noise) for a week or so and I could really use the input.
Thanks and Regards
Nigel.