at the global configure level, do you have a "breakout" command? type breakout and hit tab a bunch
Brocade ICX Series (cheap & powerful 10gbE/40gbE switching)
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Breakout is not an available command at global or interface level. I wonder if it auto-configures if you plugin a 4x10G breakout DAC.
Edit: right below where it says 4x10G, it says no. Is that row indicating the support in a given slot?
Edit: right below where it says 4x10G, it says no. Is that row indicating the support in a given slot?
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Go get some coffee mate
Confirmed here as well..commands not an option.
Thank you for all of the information and help, everyone. Maybe I'll get lucky and find a 4x10GF module for less than $300-800 that they are all priced at now!
I just got the Brocade ICX 6450-48p from eBay. I am able to log in but can't seem to erase the username and password and factory set-default command does nothing, I cannot confirm it with the command Y. I followed the setup guide and all worked well in the beginning until I went to type Enable and it asked me for a username and password.
did you follow the instructions in the very first post of this thread and specifically for the 6450? Including "Brocade Overview" and then "Setting up Brocade ICX6450" ?
There's a factory reset in that process that happens before the switch is booted up into its OS...
That's exactly what I'm talking about. I followed it but when I type in the command factory set-default I get a blank response.
in the bootloader what does version or show version say? (can't remember exact command)
if you succesfully followed the bootloader and OS update bits, then you should be able to pull power and clean boot the switch to boot into the latest working bootloader you flashed, then follow this block again
setenv ipaddr
saveenv
factory set-default
I figured it out, didn't set the right TFTP ip address but I can't seem to get the POE to update now, I'm getting TFTP session timed out POE Error: Firmware tftp timeout.
Alright. Its been a hella long time since I took cisco classes in college. I did however manage to follow and get through the setup guide, very well done, thank you so much. This 24Port POE 6610 switch would have been a $160 brick without your help.
That being said I have an edge router mikrotik 305 upstairs for 10G connectivity and breakout for another 1G POE switch for cameras and a pc with a DAC cable. I am using mikrotik S+Rj10 SFP+ adapters to connect the cat 5e run in my wall from the brocade in my garage to my mikrotik upstairs. No dice unless I use a 1G port on the brocade, then it links up likity split at 1G speeds. I cannot get any auto negotiation when I plug the cable from the 1G port on brocade to a sfp+ port with an S+RJ10 adapter. These SFP+ adapters can only use auto negotiate according to their wiki. Am I missing something dumb on the brocade? Do I need to turn on auto negotiate speed for the front SFP+ ports? I do have my unraid server down there in the same rack plugged into one of the front brocade SFP+ ports with a 2 meter DAC cable and it just works at 10G speed when I plug it in automagically...
I cannot run a DAC or fiber cable from my garage where the rack and brocade and server are up to the third floor. I only have the CAT 5e cable in the wall. Its not an easy pull, the previous owner cut a lot of sheetrock holes to wire up the house. I wish I could just use a fiber cable, seems like they give better signal?
Also I may be doing something wrong on the mikrotik switch, in order to get it to link up to the 1G port on the brocade I have to first plug the FSP+ adapter into the 1G dumb switch that is next to it, and get it to link to that. then if I swap wires to the wire going down to the brocade they will connect at 1G speed. If I don't do the cable switcheroo they wont link up, and according to the wiki for these FSP+ adapters you can't just force set them to a lower speed like say 5G or 2.5G, in case they wont talk at 10G speeds. I would hope they just auto negotiate down, but I've waited for minutes with no link up. I also can't deffinitively find out the maximum distance for these FSP+ adapters but if they are 30 meters I should be ok, as its only 40-50 foot distance of cat 5e cable...
That being said I have an edge router mikrotik 305 upstairs for 10G connectivity and breakout for another 1G POE switch for cameras and a pc with a DAC cable. I am using mikrotik S+Rj10 SFP+ adapters to connect the cat 5e run in my wall from the brocade in my garage to my mikrotik upstairs. No dice unless I use a 1G port on the brocade, then it links up likity split at 1G speeds. I cannot get any auto negotiation when I plug the cable from the 1G port on brocade to a sfp+ port with an S+RJ10 adapter. These SFP+ adapters can only use auto negotiate according to their wiki. Am I missing something dumb on the brocade? Do I need to turn on auto negotiate speed for the front SFP+ ports? I do have my unraid server down there in the same rack plugged into one of the front brocade SFP+ ports with a 2 meter DAC cable and it just works at 10G speed when I plug it in automagically...
I cannot run a DAC or fiber cable from my garage where the rack and brocade and server are up to the third floor. I only have the CAT 5e cable in the wall. Its not an easy pull, the previous owner cut a lot of sheetrock holes to wire up the house. I wish I could just use a fiber cable, seems like they give better signal?
Also I may be doing something wrong on the mikrotik switch, in order to get it to link up to the 1G port on the brocade I have to first plug the FSP+ adapter into the 1G dumb switch that is next to it, and get it to link to that. then if I swap wires to the wire going down to the brocade they will connect at 1G speed. If I don't do the cable switcheroo they wont link up, and according to the wiki for these FSP+ adapters you can't just force set them to a lower speed like say 5G or 2.5G, in case they wont talk at 10G speeds. I would hope they just auto negotiate down, but I've waited for minutes with no link up. I also can't deffinitively find out the maximum distance for these FSP+ adapters but if they are 30 meters I should be ok, as its only 40-50 foot distance of cat 5e cable...
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I got almost everything working and followed the guide. I'm able to login via SSH. The only thing not working, is that the switch doesn't seem to be working as a regular switch and I can't see the switch listed on my router as a device. Maybe there's something I missed but I'm not too sure what to look for to troubleshoot this.
Nevermind, everything seems to be working now. Thanks everyone and thanks to the OP for writing up the guides!
It's a mini USB port wired for serial. If you connect it to your computer with a regular USB cable, you'll be lucky if it doesn't burn it out.What is the management port connection on the 6650? it looks like micro USB
What do you mean by regular USB? I was going to buy https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00NH13S44/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 as I can't put a DB9 connector in my laptop
Do I need to get something like https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cisco-Cons...ocphy=9050376&hvtargid=pla-570384800065&psc=1
Neither of those cables will work as-is. The first one assumes that the link between the machines is USB, but in this case it is RS-232. The second one would be a starting point, but the RJ45 connector would need to be removed and replaced with a properly-wired mini-USB-B connector.