You can't afaik. 2 of the ports you can get breakout cables for DAC or fiber, the other 2 are 40G only. The front ports you could add 10GBase-T if you really wanted to, but it's the worst 10G interface for cost and power use.I was eyeing the ICX6610-48P-E for home setup. I have a few 10GbE capable devices and this port has PoE+ so it fits the bill well. However, I need help to understand how to use the QSFP+ ports to add 10GbE RJ45 copper? I am a newbie and a bit lost here.
The first page of this thread that has the 6610's features, it says the following -You can't afaik. 2 of the ports you can get breakout cables for DAC or fiber, the other 2 are 40G only. The front ports you could add 10GBase-T if you really wanted to, but it's the worst 10G interface for cost and power use.
This gave me the impression that the switch supports 16x 10GbE connections, 8 of which will come out of the 2 QSFP+ breakout ports. What am I missing?16x 10gbE (8x SFP+ in the front, 8x via 2 QSFP+ breakout ports on the rear)
The two QSFP+ ports require a breakout cable to get 4 male SFP+ connectors per port. AFAIK breakout cables to RJ45 connectors do not exist.The first page of this thread that has the 6610's features, it says the following -
This gave me the impression that the switch supports 16x 10GbE connections, 8 of which will come out of the 2 QSFP+ breakout ports. What am I missing?
Actually there is a rather mysterious cable from Dell that *claims* to do what you want:The two QSFP+ ports require a breakout cable to get 4 male SFP+ connectors per port. AFAIK breakout cables to RJ45 connectors do not exist.
You have old stacking configs still lingering on your switch. You have to delete them and reload....
So then I try this and this is what I get:
ICX6610-48P Router#stack unconfigure clean
This command is not available on standalone or Active Controller
What should I do from here? I would have thought a factory reset command would have done it, but it did not. I am on the latest bootloader and software from the guide (at least I think I am, I followed the instructions to update in the guide).
Thanks!
over serial (will not work over telnet/ssh)
#at any OS level:
#press ctrl+y, let go, then press m, then hit enter
#at the new console, show files with:
dir
#delete all the config files
del stacking.boot
del startup-config
del startup-config.backup
del startup-config.old
#reboot
reset
That seems pretty hot. Maybe there is not enough room around the switch for proper cooling with all the POE stuff going on?Hey folks, long time lurker, first time poster. I've scanned through this thread and have gotten mixed results (some people saying their 6610s ramp the fans to a million RPM all the time, others who never see north of 40C), and I think I just need to ask flat out:
Got an ICX6610 that I've been running for a few months now, and most of my learning has been from this thread (came from a Cisco C3750X-48P to a ICX6610-48P). Quick question - what do people see as far as temps are concerned with these? Mine seems to sit at 75C in a room that is around 72F-74F, and I can't figure out why it's so hot. I've heard it runs a bit spicy, but I didn't think it lived at its fan speed switching point.
Thoughts?
EDIT: Just glanced, my R720XD two rack-Us away from this switch sits at 21C.
you've sort of lost me there. Thanks for the input! but can you elaborate on how to determine if the traffic in the 6450 needs to be routed there?I don't think there is a 'best practice'.
The first step is to determine whether the traffic in the 6450 needs to be routed there, or can go over the transport link to the 6610 and back. If it can do that, then your life with layer 3 routing and access-lists will be easier as they will only live in one location. You could even have the 6450 setup in purely layer 2 mode and not even worry about VEs and IP addresses on it.
If you have more than 10Gbit/s of traffic between devices attached to the 6450 *and* that traffic crosses VLANs, then you need layer 3 routing on the 6450 because otherwise the 10GbE link between it and the 6610 would be a bottleneck.you've sort of lost me there. Thanks for the input! but can you elaborate on how to determine if the traffic in the 6450 needs to be routed there?
this makes perfect sense! Thank you @kpfleming!I don't think there is a 'best practice'.
The first step is to determine whether the traffic in the 6450 needs to be routed there, or can go over the transport link to the 6610 and back. If it can do that, then your life with layer 3 routing and access-lists will be easier as they will only live in one location. You could even have the 6450 setup in purely layer 2 mode and not even worry about VEs and IP addresses on it.
Have you confirmed that the SFP module is functional in another system? If not, you're dealing with at least two variables, instead of oneIn the guide it says "By default, all ports are in VLAN 1" for the ICX 6450 does that include the 4SPF+ ports? I have an "Cable Matters 1000BASE-T Gigabit SFP to RJ45 Copper Ethernet Modular Transceiver" but doesn't work(ve interface 1 IP doesn't ping). Using any of the ethernet ports direct works (Cat 7 Ethernet Cable High-Speed Flat Gigabit RJ45 LAN)
If not how can I add them?
I don't have a 6450, so I don't know, but do you have to manually set the speed for a SFP+ port if you're not using a 10G module, or will it properly auto-detect?In the guide it says "By default, all ports are in VLAN 1" for the ICX 6450 does that include the 4SPF+ ports? I have an "Cable Matters 1000BASE-T Gigabit SFP to RJ45 Copper Ethernet Modular Transceiver" but doesn't work(ve interface 1 IP doesn't ping). Using any of the ethernet ports direct works (Cat 7 Ethernet Cable High-Speed Flat Gigabit RJ45 LAN)
If not how can I add them?