Brocade ICX Series (cheap & powerful 10gbE/40gbE switching)
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I have yet to be impressed by any of them. Personally if you want quieter, buy a newer less power hungry switch.
I'm very pleased w/ my 7250 mod, but I agree with you - there comes a point when someone should likely consider a different switch entirely.
I thought my 7250-24P’s fan mod was pretty good, took about 20 db off it. Needed the 8 SFPs otherwise I would have used a 7150 to spare anyone staying in the spare room the whirring
The FastIron CLI is reasonably similar to Cisco IOS, I think, so if you can find tutorials for that you will be able to learn quite a lot.
Are you already familiar with VLANs in general (tagging, access/trunk ports, etc.)?
I believe I am, but need to want to verify by testing. Thanks for the suggestion on the Cisco IOS. I will look for them.
I hope this isn't a question that has been answered definitively already. If so, I apologize as I have looked ALOT for an answer.
I purchased a Brocade ICX6610-48P recently for $80 (excellent condition) for the amount of 10GB ports I can use on it. The goal is a management network for a ProxMox cluster I'm building / testing. After thoroughly reading the front page of this thread, I decided I could live with the sound (it wasn't that bad in my basement office area). But what I didn't realize was the wattage usage / power draw this switch potentially has.
Because this is in a basement of a home built about 15 years ago, and I want to be conscious about raising my elec bill in these trying economic times, the reports of this switch running upwards of 160 watts at idle is concerning. I would only plan on using 8-10 SFP+ ports and maybe 10 copper RJ45 ports at max so I suspect that would go well over 200 watts of usage 24/7. PoE would *NOT* be used on this switch, only for server connections.
I've also seen some posts within this thread that others report that it only runs around 75-80 watts 24/7.
Is any of this accurate at all??? Has anyone tested this switch with a watt meter under any type of load similar to what I'm looking at?
If this switch will run around 200 watts or higher, I'd rather look into selling this and going with an ICX7250-24P. I could live with the lesser SFP+ ports on a switch that looks to run around 40watts idle.
Any info is GREATLY appreciated.
I purchased a Brocade ICX6610-48P recently for $80 (excellent condition) for the amount of 10GB ports I can use on it. The goal is a management network for a ProxMox cluster I'm building / testing. After thoroughly reading the front page of this thread, I decided I could live with the sound (it wasn't that bad in my basement office area). But what I didn't realize was the wattage usage / power draw this switch potentially has.
Because this is in a basement of a home built about 15 years ago, and I want to be conscious about raising my elec bill in these trying economic times, the reports of this switch running upwards of 160 watts at idle is concerning. I would only plan on using 8-10 SFP+ ports and maybe 10 copper RJ45 ports at max so I suspect that would go well over 200 watts of usage 24/7. PoE would *NOT* be used on this switch, only for server connections.
I've also seen some posts within this thread that others report that it only runs around 75-80 watts 24/7.
Is any of this accurate at all??? Has anyone tested this switch with a watt meter under any type of load similar to what I'm looking at?
If this switch will run around 200 watts or higher, I'd rather look into selling this and going with an ICX7250-24P. I could live with the lesser SFP+ ports on a switch that looks to run around 40watts idle.
Any info is GREATLY appreciated.
My ICX6450-48P just spams this error over and over again, PoE doesn't work and the PoE firmware is up to date.
Code:
PoE Info: Hard Resetting in slot 1....
PoE Info: Resetting module in slot 1....completed.
PoE Error: Device 0 failed to start on PoE module.
PoE Error: Device 1 failed to start on PoE module.
Resetting module in slot 1 again to recover from dev fault
ICX6610 and ICX7450 cooling mods question. I just bought the switch I have been pining over for like +four years, an ICX7450-32ZP-E. I know it will be too loud and I plan to do the cooling mods on it using a pulse generator of some kind. I've read a lot, but there is so much here I am sure I missed more than what I have actually read.
My question is, is there any consensus as to whether it's better to use a simple frequency generator or if an Arduino is actually better. Honestly, a solid-state frequency generator set with my oscilloscope seems the most reliable to me, but in reading some say they can be problematic for various reasons (are not stable, power board errors, etc.). If I get a $5 frequency generator, I will immediately change all the caps (or add caps) to remove the low-quality off brand Chinese ones they all come with.
This generator had been used by may:
But this one looks very nicely built to me as well:
Separate question. I don't need the 40GbE ports at the moment. I bought this switch for the 2.5GbE POE ports. The four 10GbE SFP+ are enough for me. Is it OK to remove the 40GbE ports and run the switch that way? I presume this will save quite a bit of power consumption?
Thanks all. I am so glad to see this thread alive and going after all these years. fohdeesha, this thread is epic!
My question is, is there any consensus as to whether it's better to use a simple frequency generator or if an Arduino is actually better. Honestly, a solid-state frequency generator set with my oscilloscope seems the most reliable to me, but in reading some say they can be problematic for various reasons (are not stable, power board errors, etc.). If I get a $5 frequency generator, I will immediately change all the caps (or add caps) to remove the low-quality off brand Chinese ones they all come with.
This generator had been used by may:
But this one looks very nicely built to me as well:
Separate question. I don't need the 40GbE ports at the moment. I bought this switch for the 2.5GbE POE ports. The four 10GbE SFP+ are enough for me. Is it OK to remove the 40GbE ports and run the switch that way? I presume this will save quite a bit of power consumption?
Thanks all. I am so glad to see this thread alive and going after all these years. fohdeesha, this thread is epic!
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New to networking and running an old ICX7450-24p with most recent version 9 router image. Following Fodeesha's guides I'm able to set and configure with ease. I little research and experimentation and my primary router / cellular hot spot is routing with the icx7250. Creation of vlans, ve, and dhcp-server pools all done. No issues to date. The cellular hotspot is at 192.168.1.1 and the icx7250 lives at 192.168.1.6 with the 0.0.0.0/0 route to 192.168.1.1 being accessed through interface ethernet 1/1/1. I have multiple lan connections from the hotspot but only one is being used as a trunk uplink. What I would like to accomplish is create a layer 3 lag on ports 1/1/1-4 and run all four lans from my hotspot to this lag. I do not have a diagram. I can create the lag but only for connections to devices like servers and computers. If I try to connect the hotspot as an uplink to the lag the icx7250 looses its routing and can only be accessed via serial com. I have combed through the comscope and rukus info and cannot find anything specific that would allow this type of setup.
I didn't take notes but IIRC removing them did not matter much, maybe a couple of watts. It's ok to remove them tho.
edit: Haha I took notes on this thread: https://forums.servethehome.com/ind...erful-10gbe-40gbe-switching.21107/post-403735
well, it's really nothing but a PHY/MAC combo converting SerDes lanes off the main ASIC into QSFP ports, it's not doing anything fancy. that's all happening on the ASIC
I have a very serious question.
WTF is Ruckus doing with their logo.
This pupper? Super cute. Stubby tail. Flopper ears. Long ass noodle legs. Cute lil bork.
This one? Who likes this square sharp mf? What we lifting weights now? Ugly. Why so serious? Ok I get it the bark is like signal strength.... So square. So rigid. The total opposite of loose noodle vibes.
Use noodle leg dog you cowards.
WTF is Ruckus doing with their logo.
This pupper? Super cute. Stubby tail. Flopper ears. Long ass noodle legs. Cute lil bork.
This one? Who likes this square sharp mf? What we lifting weights now? Ugly. Why so serious? Ok I get it the bark is like signal strength.... So square. So rigid. The total opposite of loose noodle vibes.
Use noodle leg dog you cowards.
on a serious note I've noticed this "aggressiveness-ization" in so many companies the past few years. Everything has to be edgy. Hell even half the mcdonalds out there now look like a soulless brutalist dungeon
