I must be a complete failure on some level. When I'm under the configuration for a port, just to be curious about setting MTU size, I go to type "ip", and my only options are "ipg" and "ipv6-neighbor". Doing "ip" and space says "unrecognized command." I'm about to just send this thing back and wait until I can afford a bunch of other switches I can stack together to give me all the ports I need.
Brocade ICX Series (cheap & powerful 10gbE/40gbE switching)
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Have you read the config doco that is linked in the first post - there is a comprehensive doc from the manufacturers on all the options in L3 mode
Craig
I don't know what this stuff means, so I don't even know what documentation I'm looking for. I'm in over my head, and it would be best to just sell it all.
Well you are dealing with enterprise level gear so there will be a steep learning curve to scale if you have not worked with this type of equipment before - or at least had exposure to similar network gear and concepts.
Craig
Thanks for the reply.
Switch is an ICX 6610 with router FW. Ports I'm using are 1/2/2 and 1/2/3. Dynamic LACP. Latest stable version of TrueNAS core on the other end, went thru the prompts to create the lag on the TrueNAS and everything is all good only had to reboot the switch to make the other port come up. I suspect STP like I said or just general weirdness with using the breakout cables on the rear ports? I can't seem to make speed-duplex 10g-full stick on 1/2/2 either. Command doesn't produce any error but the config doesn't show like the other ports. No issues setting up the other LACP lag for my Cisco switch either, it's just using the 1Gbe copper ports on the front though...
Relavent Config Sections:
Code:
Current configuration:
!
ver 08.0.30uT7f3
!
stack unit 1
module 1 icx6610-48p-poe-port-management-module
module 2 icx6610-qsfp-10-port-160g-module
module 3 icx6610-8-port-10g-dual-mode-module
!
global-stp
!
!
lag cisco2960 dynamic id 1
ports ethernet 1/1/45 to 1/1/46
primary-port 1/1/45
lacp-timeout short
deploy
!
lag testing dynamic id 2
ports ethernet 1/2/2 to 1/2/3
primary-port 1/2/2
lacp-timeout short
deploy
...
vlan 13 name Management by port
tagged ethe 1/1/45 to 1/1/46 ethe 1/3/1 to 1/3/4
untagged ethe 1/1/1 to 1/1/2 ethe 1/2/2 to 1/2/3
router-interface ve 13
spanning-tree
...
interface ethernet 1/1/45
dual-mode 10
!
interface ethernet 1/3/1
speed-duplex 10G-full
!
interface ethernet 1/3/2
speed-duplex 10G-full
!
interface ethernet 1/3/3
speed-duplex 10G-full
!
interface ethernet 1/3/4
speed-duplex 10G-full
!
interface ethernet 1/3/5
speed-duplex 10G-full
!
interface ethernet 1/3/6
speed-duplex 10G-full
!
interface ethernet 1/3/7
speed-duplex 10G-full
!
interface ethernet 1/3/8
speed-duplex 10G-full
!
...1) The Speed/Duplex settings are meaningless on the 1/2/1 to 1/2/10 ports so they accept the commands but do nothing with them (and do not store in the config - so you are good there
2) Dynamic LACP is a bit hit and miss between vendors - maybe go for static and see how you go
3) You should have Stack Disable in your config at the end of the 3 lines on the initial config - this is mine
SSH@6610-Basement#show run
Current configuration:
!
ver 08.0.30uT7f3
!
stack unit 1
module 1 icx6610-48-port-management-module
module 2 icx6610-qsfp-10-port-160g-module
module 3 icx6610-8-port-10g-dual-mode-module
stack disable
4) Have a read back a couple of pages to some stuff i have posted about issues with my ESXI and 10GB - worth reading through as a couple of the suggestions were to do with Global STP, VRE routing and the like.
Craig
Between a switch and TrueNAS -
I'd stay away from LAG config, where both link are active at the same time. Instead one link should be active and the other standby for redundancy. Both active never worked well for me (I think they also discourage this somewhere in docs).
Before I go through the manual and reset and config my 7250 I'm curious how it will play with my two 6610 I've already deployed. Mainly wanting to setup a LAG between my 6610 rear breakout and a 7250's SFP ports. The 6610 is on 8.0.30 and the 7250 can go up to 8.0.95. Will these different series and FastIron releases work well together? Getting my serial cable tomorrow. Thanks!
I have lacp between ICX and Arista, and between ICX and Juniper, and between Arista and Netgear. Different version shouldn't matter at all.
As long as both sides of the LAG are the same mode, you shouldn't have a problem. Like vangoose, I have an ICX connected to an Arista using LACP; no issues.
I guess an extension of this question - if i have 2 x 6450 - do i just connect them together through the front SFP+ ports with a DAC and all done ?
Craig
You should configure the ports first, otherwise you'd have spanning tree will down a port or you forgot about spanning tree and you have a loop.
Or down the ports, cable them, configure, then enable them.
I don't know if the 6450 has any automatic stacking; the 7450's I deployed at work automatically stacked using the 40G ports, but I connected them in a linear stack first, waited for it to configure, then closed the loop.
Here're some config snippets from my 7450 at home using both 40G ports as a LACP bundle to my Arista core:
Code:
lag 40G-Core dynamic id 4
ports ethe 1/3/1 ethe 1/4/1
port-name 40G-Core:E35 ethernet 1/3/1
port-name 40G-Core:E36 ethernet 1/4/1
!
...
interface lag 4
spanning-tree 802-1w admin-pt2pt-mac
!Here's the Arista side, which is more or less Cisco syntax:
Code:
interface Port-Channel1
description 1G Core LAG
switchport trunk allowed vlan <range>
switchport mode trunk
port-channel min-links 1
!
...
interface Ethernet35
description To Core:1/3/1
switchport mode trunk
channel-group 1 mode active
!
interface Ethernet36
description To Core:1/4/1
switchport mode trunk
channel-group 1 mode active
!
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Cheers mate - much appreciated.
No stacking ports per se on the 6450 - i think they are really designed to be closet switches on the edge of the network - cabled back through 10GB to a central 6610 etc
Craig
The ICX family doesn't have dedicated stacking ports, but the configuration has some presets. The 6450 for example: Brocade ICX 6610 Stackable Switch Hardware Installation Guide - Manual (Page 46)
Hoping someone has an answer that will help...
I just received my 6610 switch today and am trying to access it via the (serial) console port.
I tried the default 96008N1 using Putty and Terra Term.
Characters display, but they are non-sensical. i.e., ööïïïïïï¨^y½y[^jÙYöVmvöËÔéz¨^y½y[^jÙYöVmvöËÔéz¨^y½y[^jÙYöVmvöËÔéz¤®ï¶¤®ïa¤®ïïfa¤®ïïïËV6i½ïïï¿ï#s¿ïïïïïû+6½ïïïï¿ï¿#s¿ïïïïï¦+6½ïïï{#s¿ïïïï¶a¤®ïï®a¤®ïïï*6½ïïïooov*lR.ooooooo}*lR.ooooooo&ooo¨^y½y[^jÙYöVmvöËÔéz¨^y½y[^jÙYöVmvöËÔéz¨^y½y[^jÙYöVmvöËÔéz¨^y½y[^jÙYöVmvöËÔéz6$6ïï{ïï¿ï
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I have tried a variety of baud rates thinking perhaps the default 9600 had been changed. I get different characters, but still nothing recognizable.
Any suggestions? I have tried several usb to serial adapters I have from Arduino projects. The PC I am using does not have a built in serial port...
I will try again later, off to a family dinner... I have another PC that I think has a serial port and can give that a shot...
I just received my 6610 switch today and am trying to access it via the (serial) console port.
I tried the default 96008N1 using Putty and Terra Term.
Characters display, but they are non-sensical. i.e., ööïïïïïï¨^y½y[^jÙYöVmvöËÔéz¨^y½y[^jÙYöVmvöËÔéz¨^y½y[^jÙYöVmvöËÔéz¤®ï¶¤®ïa¤®ïïfa¤®ïïïËV6i½ïïï¿ï#s¿ïïïïïû+6½ïïïï¿ï¿#s¿ïïïïï¦+6½ïïï{#s¿ïïïï¶a¤®ïï®a¤®ïïï*6½ïïïooov*lR.ooooooo}*lR.ooooooo&ooo¨^y½y[^jÙYöVmvöËÔéz¨^y½y[^jÙYöVmvöËÔéz¨^y½y[^jÙYöVmvöËÔéz¨^y½y[^jÙYöVmvöËÔéz6$6ïï{ïï¿ï
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I have tried a variety of baud rates thinking perhaps the default 9600 had been changed. I get different characters, but still nothing recognizable.
Any suggestions? I have tried several usb to serial adapters I have from Arduino projects. The PC I am using does not have a built in serial port...
I will try again later, off to a family dinner... I have another PC that I think has a serial port and can give that a shot...
I was reading thru this thread and saw a few suggestions:
Reboot windows. And/or uninstall/reinstall the com port drivers.
Try a real serial port, not a USB converter.
So have you reset this switch and followed the OP to set it up - or is this one you have inherited with unknown settings ?
Try the base firmware reload from scratch - assuming a restart gives you something to work with and allows you into the initial boot screen.
Have you looked at flow control settings and is this a known console cable you are using - or just a spare cable lying around ?
Craig