Within Canada the shipping cost was 50 CAD. But it's irellevant because they all sold out within 2 hours$25 is outrageous, until I noticed the seller charged $75 for shipping. But it was CAD not USD.
RoachedCoach, looking at possibly doing your mod as well except with the 24 port model. I've tried replacing the rear fans with three different models, and anything quiet just doesn't provide adequate cooling. One of the switches sits on a shelf on my desk and I don't think I can live with the fan drone as it is.
Here's my post on a 7250-48p. I did this in 2020 and it's been running solid ever since so I think it worked out pretty well. Not sure if all the fans are still available, but there should be similar ones from the same manufacturers (check spec sheets for decibel levels and air flow).
The key is to add a fan to the ASIC. A few people have also added fans to the PSU on the side.
Hi jmdomini! I want to make it clear that it isn't TRULY silent - there is still a 'machine running in the same room as you' fan noise. Mine sits in a rack about 3 feet from me, and I don't notice it unless it's off (which is basically never). But it's also that low constant woosh sound, not a drone, so hopefully that'd be ok for you.RoachedCoach, looking at possibly doing your mod as well except with the 24 port model. I've tried replacing the rear fans with three different models, and anything quiet just doesn't provide adequate cooling. One of the switches sits on a shelf on my desk and I don't think I can live with the fan drone as it is.
Dumb questions, what did you use to splice the fan wires and how did you attach the fan to the ASIC?
That's a killer deal on a 7250-48P.$25 is outrageous, until I noticed the seller charged $75 for shipping. But it was CAD not USD. When I changed the URL to .com the shipping price was reduced to US$35 instead of ~US$50. Looks like the shipping was reduced recently as well and is CAD$51.
Note that switch is non-PoE. I feel this is a better deal Brocade ICX7250-48P-2x10G Enterprise 48-Port Network Switch 30 DAY WARRANTY | eBay. US$85, free shipping for a 7250-48P that has 6 SFP+ ports and still supported with more modern firmware.
ICX | End of Sale | End of Support |
ICX 6650 | October 28, 2016 | December 28, 2021 |
ICX 6430/6450 | November 2, 2018 | November 2, 2023 |
ICX 6610 | November 2, 2018 | November 2, 2023 |
ICX 7450-32ZP | February 26, 2018 | August 26, 2023 |
ICX 7250 | February 7, 2022 | December 31, 2027 |
ICX 7150-24F ICX 7150-C08P ICX 7150-24F-C08PT | February 7, 2022 | December 31, 2027 |
ICX 7750 | December 31, 2023 | December 31, 2028 |
ICX 7650-48F ICX 7650-48P | December 31, 2023 | December 31, 2028 |
ICX 7450 | November 14, 2024 | November 14, 2029 |
ICX6610-Router>show license
Index Lic Mode Lic Name Lid/Serial No Lic Type Status Lic Period Lic Capacity
Stack unit 1:
1 Node Lock ICX6610-PREM-LIC-SW 01234567890 Normal Active Unlimited 65535
2 Node Lock ICX6610-10G-LIC-POD 01234567890 Normal Active Unlimited 8
3 Node Lock ICX6610-ADV-LIC-SW 01234567890 Normal Active Unlimited 1
Out of curiosity can you post the full output of "show version" ? Did you edit that license output to have that serial to avoid posting your real serial? If not and it actually shows that, someone else has figured out how to arbitrarily generate licenses lolSo I got an ICX6610 on somewhat of an impulse buy. I had my eye on this model for a few weeks and saw what seemed like a solid deal on one that looked like it was in great condition, and pulled the trigger.
I followed most of the guide so far from:
TFTP Setup = Done - Brocade Overview - Fohdeesha Docs
Done - FCX / ICX6610 - Fohdeesha Docs
My questions / reason for posting are admittedly n00bish, as I confess I did not do a serious deep dive beyond "what hardware fits my use case" - I'm coming from using a blend of 4 to 8 port "retail" un/managed switches, and 24 to 48 port "retired" Enterprise Cisco switches, and this licensing concept to enable hardware ports on a piece of equipment I bought, install and paid for shipping myself for is somewhat baffling
- So shout out to fohdeesha for the FANTASTIC guides and Extraordinarily generous contributions of time and energy on helping us all out! I probably won't have bought this beefchunker if I didn't have the guides to give me more confidence I'd get this figured out quickly!
That said, I wanted to try to understand "what do I have already", in terms of "licenses" and my particular flavor of hardware, before I get any further:
Code:ICX6610-Router>show license Index Lic Mode Lic Name Lid/Serial No Lic Type Status Lic Period Lic Capacity Stack unit 1: 1 Node Lock ICX6610-PREM-LIC-SW 01234567890 Normal Active Unlimited 65535 2 Node Lock ICX6610-10G-LIC-POD 01234567890 Normal Active Unlimited 8 3 Node Lock ICX6610-ADV-LIC-SW 01234567890 Normal Active Unlimited 1
I'm not sure what these Licenses that are already installed are for - Am I missing anything that is shown in the ICX6610 Licensing guide here?:
- ICX6610 Licensing - Fohdeesha Docs
How can I tell what "features" the licenses that are already on this beefmonster are for? (Also curious if this switch has had the same guide ran on it before, as its clearly the "best of web" for these makes/models/series)
I see just the 3 license files, and I have those 3 lines there, so maybe I have them all already?
I'm not sure.
How do I even begin to find out?
I should note that I've been able to enable the Web UI and figure out how to "enable" all of the front SFP+ 10G ports, and since I only have one long enough QSFP breakout that is long enough to reach my test NIC on my test box in the current testing location I can only confirm that the Breakout Cable works great, but not able to test other ports just yet (the 1Gbe's) except for the RJ45 "Management Port" which seems to work great (though I'm questioning if I can actually use that for a "regular switch port", too?)
I have also had somewhat of an awkward realization that I have the "R type" which is showing "ICX6610 Router" from the Console prompt - Which... I have no idea what the difference is between models, but I'm thinking "that's a good thing" as "Router" implies some additional possible functionality?
I know there is no NAT (Definitely have that covered already anyway),
but what are the functional differences between the "switch" and "router" type of switch?
(That actually hurts my brain just to type in out - Super confused how a Switch can be a router? I get most routers have switches built-in, but not sure how the inverse is true?)
I'm holding off on "upgrading" licenses from the guide until I understand whether or not I even need to apply them (am I to understand there is a limited amount of available licenses, too?)
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Out of curiosity can you post the full output of "show version" ? Did you edit that license output to have that serial to avoid posting your real serial? If not and it actually shows that, someone else has figured out how to arbitrarily generate licenses lol
I did obfuscate the Serial since I wasn't sure how "sensitive" it might be. A lot of these older switches have CVEs that will never get patched (in Cisco world, anyway) so I was being extra cautious. (check your DMs)Out of curiosity can you post the full output of "show version" ? Did you edit that license output to have that serial to avoid posting your real serial? If not and it actually shows that, someone else has figured out how to arbitrarily generate licenses lol
Thank you for this detailed answer! This is exactly what I was trying to understand.Your 6610 is fully licensed. The important column is License Capacity for 10G. Maximum is 8 since there's 8 SFP cages. The License/Serial No column isn't a normal value so the previous owner had applied the "community" license. I never did it for my 6610 and left the original licenses intact and it has a "valid" value--doesn't have the unlikely serial of 01234567890.
The difference between router vs switch is the former can actually perform routing at wire speed. You can define a layer 3 interface and give it an IP address. That will be a gateway so all routing will occur inside the switch without relying on another device.
You can use your breakout cable and connect the SFP+ ends to the front ports. Once you do that if they link up use the CLI and obtain their speed (show interfaces brief).
show inline power detail
Device HW version : 0:V1R3 1:V1R3 2:V1R3 3:V1R3 4:V1R3 5:V1R3
Device Temperature(deg-C) : 0:31 1:33 2:35 3:31 4:33 5:27
Device Status : 0:VOP-Sev1 1:Recovered 2:Recovered 3:Recovered 4:VOP-Sev1 5:Recovered
VOP-Sev1
Recovered
Yep I am running ICX7xxx/SPR08095qufi.bin as per the guide.No idea about the status because my 7150's PoE status are all "Good" running 08.0.90.
Did you update to the latest recommended FW that should update PoE FW per @fohdeesha's guide?
PoE Info: PoE module 1 of Unit 1 on ports 1/1/1 to 1/1/48 detected. Initializing....
PoE Info: PoE module 1 of Unit 1 initialization is done.
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HW/SW INFO : ICX7250-48-HPOE/SPR08095m
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Firmware
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02.1.8 Build 004
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V1R3
Device HW version : 0:V1R3 1:V1R3 2:V1R3 3:V1R3 4:V1R3 5:V1R3
Device Temperature(deg-C) : 0:37 1:39 2:40 3:37 4:37 5:37
Device Status : 0:VOP-Sev1 1:Good 2:VOP-Sev1 3:VOP-Sev1 4:VOP-Sev1 5:Good
Firmware
Version
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02.1.8 Build 004
Hardware
Version
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V2R2
Device HW version : 0:V2R2 1:V2R2 2:V2R2 3:V2R2 4:V2R2 5:V2R2 6:V2R2 7:V2R2
Device Temperature(deg-C) : 0:35 1:37 2:35 3:31 4:33 5:29 6:29 7:29
Device Status : 0:VOP-Sev1 1:VOP-Sev1 2:Good 3:Good 4:Good 5:Good 6:Good 7:Good
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Startup-config data location is flash memory
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Startup configuration:
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ver 08.0.30uT313
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stack unit 1
module 1 icx6450-48p-poe-port-management-module
module 2 icx6450-sfp-plus-4port-40g-module
no legacy-inline-power
priority 128
stack-port 1/2/1 1/2/3
stack unit 2
module 1 icx6450-24p-poe-port-management-module
module 2 icx6450-sfp-plus-4port-40g-module
stack-port 2/2/1 2/2/3
stack enable
stack mac <removed in-case sensitive>
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vlan 1 name DEFAULT-VLAN by port
router-interface ve 1
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vlan 10 name V10 by port
tagged ethe 1/1/2
untagged ethe 1/1/3
uplink-switch ethe 1/1/2
router-interface ve 10
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vlan 50 name V50 by port
tagged ethe 1/1/2
untagged ethe 1/1/7
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aaa authentication web-server default local
aaa authentication login default local
enable aaa console
hostname beef
ip dhcp-client disable
ip dns server-address 192.168.3.1
ip route 0.0.0.0/0 192.168.3.1
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no telnet server
username root password .....
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clock timezone gmt GMT-07
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ntp
disable serve
server 216.239.35.0
server 216.239.35.4
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web-management https
hitless-failover enable
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interface ethernet 1/1/1
inline power
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interface ethernet 1/1/3
inline power
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interface ethernet 1/1/7
inline power
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interface ve 1
ip address 192.168.3.2 255.255.255.0
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interface ve 10
ip address 192.168.10.2 255.255.255.0
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