Is this a requirement: Specific default gateway per VLAN?
Or
Are you simply as you said trying to get inter-vlan routing off the firewall? Ie. use the ICX6450 as your "core router"?
I'm going to leave this drawing here and see if it helps:
Brocade ICX Series (cheap & powerful 10gbE/40gbE switching)
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Are you simply as you said trying to get inter-vlan routing off the firewall? Ie. use the ICX6450 as your "core router"?
I'm going to leave this drawing here and see if it helps:
Hi, can someone confirm that the following license hack ONLY unlocks 10gb SFP+ ports and not 40gb ports at the back of the Brocade ICX 6610 model?
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How can I unlock those two 40gb ports?
ICX6610 Licensing - Fohdeesha Docs
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How can I unlock those two 40gb ports?
the 4 QSFP ports on the back are not locked. See post #4
they are however configured by default for stacking.
this post talks about a mix of stack and not stacking qsfp ports.
You can configure all 4 QSFP for no stacking and then use them to connect to hosts e.g. 2x 40Gbps and 8 x 10Gbps.
As much as I know I do need a separate gateway for each vlan as there are different wan-gateways/purposes for each vlan.
#1 gateway vlan 71 -> default gateway wan
#2 gateway vlan 72 -> vpn
#3 gateway vlan 73 -> vpn-streaming
#4 gateway vlan 74 -> vpn-work
Having vlan99/ve99 for all four vlans will not work as I don't see a way to separate the traffic for the different gateways.
I'm thinking about a setup like:
(icx-6450 -> pfsense -> gateway)
#1 vlan71 (ve 71: 192.168.71.253, default-gateway: 192.168.171.254) -> vlan171 (192.168.171.0/24, 192.168.171.254) -> default-gateway: 10.0.71.1
#2 vlan72 (ve 72: 192.168.72.253, default-gateway: 192.168.172.254) -> vlan172 (192.168.172.0/24, 192.168.172.254) -> default-gateway: 10.0.72.1
#3...
#4....
The documentation (for configuring the default-gateway) I do see is for fastiron 08050 - a version I will not get with the 6450!?
I suspect I fixed this, but will know for sure later as my lab lives in a datacenter so gotta go back to test... I never disabled stacking on my switch.
This sort of thing is what VRFs were invented for. You create a VRF for each 'virtual routing table' you need, with the proper routes to external networks, and assign VLANs to the VRFs they need.
The issue here is not the existence of different gateways, it's the existence of different routing tables.
and @DerTom
Concur that VRF would solve this.
But, does the ICX6450 have VRF support?
AFAIK - I do not think VRF support is available on the ICX6450 (first post in the thread and here.)
Thank you so much for explanation!!
On another note does anyone know what does "Premium software" vs "Base software" mean from "BROCADE ICX 6610 ORDERING INFORMATION" section in this document?
Practically speaking show we worry about loosing some features when buying ICX6610-24P-E vs ICX6610-24P-PE? "PE" models of 6610 are more expensive.
Yes, the 6450 will not support VRF...
Is there another way to solve this?
If not, I will have to wait until an ICX7250-24p is within my budget...
Sorry for newbie spamming here. some crazy idea.
Has anyone thought about taking out all the internals from for example ICX 6610 and placing them in a generic 2U rack case with cutting out the front panel. And then using 3d printing print a custom panel with cutouts for this specific ICX 6610 ports arrangement. After that we can use bigger and less noisy fans that push more air.
Or included fans are custom and programmed in a way no other fans can be used with custom connections?
Has anyone thought about taking out all the internals from for example ICX 6610 and placing them in a generic 2U rack case with cutting out the front panel. And then using 3d printing print a custom panel with cutouts for this specific ICX 6610 ports arrangement. After that we can use bigger and less noisy fans that push more air.
Or included fans are custom and programmed in a way no other fans can be used with custom connections?
Do you need L3 routing on the switch itself? It looks like you could use pfsense to route based on L2 VLANs.
Can someone recommend a known working 40G to 4x 10G breakout cable? Ideally via Amazon so I can get it quickly..
Confirmed working. (can't find em anywhere else except ebay)
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And wow, have they gone up in price! I bought 4 of these in 2018 for $50 shipped!
A little bit of a necro, but I had the same issue (I didn't read all the thread before I tried) with mine. I tried this module:
HiSense SFP-10G-SR from Amazon (Size: 10GBase-T: 30m)
Edit: What was received was an ASF-10G2-T.
It seems to work. I plugged my ATT gateway into the 5gb port (on the gateway) into this module and it lit up and I have internet. The switch shows a 10gb link and ATT gateway shows a 5gb link.
I ran speedtest and I was maxing the connection on both upload and download. I will probably try the 2gb service soon to see how that works.
Code:
SSH@switcheroo(config)#show media e 1/2/8
Port 1/2/8: Type : 10GE SR 300m (SFP+)
Vendor: OTHERS Version: 02
Part# : SFP-10G-SR Serial#: XXXXXXXXXXXX
Code:
SSH@switcheroo(config)#show interfaces brief e 1/2/8
Port Link State Dupl Speed Trunk Tag Pvid Pri MAC Name
1/2/8 Up Forward Full 10G None No 30 0 xxxx.xxxx.xxxx
Code:
SSH@switcheroo(config)#show media validation
Port Supported Vendor Type
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1/2/8 Yes OTHERS Type : 10GE SR 300m (SFP+)GBASE-T transceivers performance with NBASE-T - Marvell 88x3300 v/s Aquantia AQS-107 | ServeTheHome Forums
So, I might have some issues when I go to 2gb
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This module, like the S+RJ10 basically turns the 10g port on the Brocade into a multigig port. Of course Brocade doesn't "see" that, it just sees that there is a 10gb SFP+ module. The ATT gateway has a port that supports 1gb, 2.5gb and 5gb. So, when I put that into this module, the module and ATT negotiate 5gb and Brocade is non the wiser.huh??
I'm aware of modules that do that. But "HiSense SFP-10G-SR" doesn't seem to be something special. It's simply a transceiver?
Perhaps I am just misinformed (good chance, since I'm new to this stuff). I was under the impression that you needed a special transceiver to get these switches to play nice with 2.5/5gb devices, otherwise it wouldn't work unless the both devices supported 10gb.