Brocade ICX Series (cheap & powerful 10gbE/40gbE switching)

[Sea Monkey]

Getting stuck here:

copy tftp flash 192.168.1.8 ICX7xxx/SPR08095mufi.bin primary
erase flash secondary
reload

It returns

Error: copy tftp operation is in progress. Please try again.

and eventually

ERROR::: Flash access is going on for more than 30 mins... Resetting it

Is the flash going bad? Anything I can do?

*edit* Copying from USB instead of TFTP worked. I don't know why, as TFTP for everything up to that point worked.

 

[sbsth]

Are clients getting 10.0.255.1 as their gateway address? If so, then I would not expect things to work.

Each client would need to get the ve address of the vlan they're attached to as their gateway address (e.g. 10.0.1.5 for vlan 1) for routing to work.

Sorry if I was unclear - each client gets their respective ve address as their gateway, not 10.0.255.1.

 

[dbvader]

Ok, apologies. I see I missed that in a previous posting.

show running-config

would probably reveal what's going on. I also hope clients(' IP addresses) are ending up in their expected subnet and not some other subnet that doesn't correspond with their vlan.

 

[sbsth]

Ok, apologies. I see I missed that in a previous posting.

show running-config

would probably reveal what's going on. I also hope clients(' IP addresses) are ending up in their expected subnet and not some other subnet that doesn't correspond with their vlan.

I think I'm making progress. Pinging VLAN 5 and VLAN 10 is failing because of the ACL. I'd missed that I'm only allowing TCP established there.
The test host I was pinging in VLAN 2 was unreachable because of its own static networking config I'd clearly forgotten I did at some point. Undid that and things are working as I expect now!

 

[shpitz461]

Hi everyone, got myself an ICX-7150ZP, following Fohdeesha's guide, flashed the uboot and image, but now I'm stuck at setting up VE:

ICX7150-48ZP Switch(config-vlan-1)#router-interface ve 1
Invalid input -> router-interface ve 1
Type ? for a list

Any idea what I'm missing?
Thanks!

 

[kpfleming]

Hi everyone, got myself an ICX-7150ZP, following Fohdeesha's guide, flashed the uboot and image, but now I'm stuck at setting up VE:



Any idea what I'm missing?
Thanks!

What version and flavor of the software did you install?

 

[shpitz461]

show version
Copyright (c) Ruckus Networks, Inc. All rights reserved.
UNIT 1: compiled on May 17 2021 at 06:38:01 labeled as SPS08095d
(31457280 bytes) from Primary SPS08095d.bin (UFI)
SW: Version 08.0.95dT211
Compressed Primary Boot Code size = 786944, Version:10.1.18T225 (mnz10118)
Compiled on Mon Jul 13 08:53:29 2020

HW: Stackable ICX7150-48Z-HPOE
==========================================================================
UNIT 1: SL 1: ICX7150-48ZP-8X10GR POE 48-port Management Module
Serial #:FJN3235P00C
Software Package: BASE_SOFT_PACKAGE
Current License: 8X10GR
P-ASIC 0: type B160, rev 11 Chip BCM56160_B0
==========================================================================
UNIT 1: SL 2: ICX7150-8X10GF 8-port 80G Module
==========================================================================
1000 MHz ARM processor ARMv7 88 MHz bus
8 MB boot flash memory
2 GB code flash memory
1 GB DRAM
STACKID 1 system uptime is 25 minute(s) 6 second(s)
The system started at 06:41:08 GMT+00 Mon May 17 2021
--More--, next page: Space, next line: Return key, quit: Control-cTFTP ses
The system : started=cold start

 

[shpitz461]

Also, fans are really loud with nothing connected to the switch, is there a way to lower the fan speeds?

Fan 1 ok, speed (auto): [[1]]<->2
Fan 2 ok, speed (auto): [[1]]<->2

dm fan-speed
Fan 1 Speed at 8709 RPM.
Fan 2 Speed at 9246 RPM.

 

[kpfleming]

SPS08095d.bin

You installed the layer 2 (switch) firmware, so you cannot create router interfaces which are layer 3 entities. The general recommendation is to always install the SPR (router) firmware, even if you are only going to use layer 2 features, but you did the opposite

 

[shpitz461]

Haha, well, I'm just following orders...

The guide said to set image to ICX7xxx/SPR08090mc.bin which is what I did.



Do i need to flash 'mufi' instead? it's twice the size.

Thanks

 

[kpfleming]

You have SPS firmware on the device, not SPR, so something didn't happen the way you expected it to. You also have subversion 'd' and not 'm'. You will need to attempt to flash the firmware again, and certain that you use SPR08090mc.bin and that there are no errors, and when you reboot you boot into the partition (primary or secondary) where you flashed it.

A 'show flash' command could be useful here, in case you did the flash to the secondary partition.

 

[shpitz461]

Oh, this is what I see:

#show flash
Stack unit 1:
NAND Type: Micron NAND 2GiB (x 1)
Compressed Pri Code size = 31457280, Version:08.0.95dT211 (SPS08095d.bin)
Compressed Sec Code size = 31457280, Version:08.0.95dT211 (SPS08095d.bin)
Compressed Pri Boot Code size = 786944, Version:10.1.18T225 (mnz10118)
Compressed Sec Boot Code size = 786944, Version:10.1.19T225 (mnz10119)
Code Flash Free Space = 1110659072

I'll try the flashing again, thanks!

Do I have to reboot the switch in order to get into the bootloader? or can i switch from console to boot via commandline?

I get this warning when I try to reboot:

#reload
Warning: Console login authentication is enabled, Please make sure users are configured
Are you sure? (enter 'y' or 'n'):

 

[Gerhen]

I have a similar Boot Code version on an icx-7150-zp using SPR09010j.bin (UFI), Version:10.1.26T225 (mnz10126), curious why you think this incorrect? BTW Ruckus released a minor update RUCKUS ICX FastIron 09.0.10j_cd1 (GA) Software Release (.zip) you can try.

FYI very minor fixes in that release.

 

[TeleFragger]

I did not go in and follow the instructions yet on how to license the switches, etc yet...

i just plugged the xfp adapter into the switch, the xfp LC adapter in, ran fiber (just got cable in), into intel x520...

Getting half the speed of my old ConnectX-2 cards... could it be because of the license?

 

[shpitz461]

duh, i'm retarded! I missed the 'update_primary'!!!
Doing it now, thanks!

 

[shpitz461]

Success! Much appreciate the help @kpfleming !

 

[shpitz461]

Is there a way to set the fans to slower speed?

 

[TonyArrr]

Is there a way to set the fans to slower speed?

You’d need to replace the fans with quieter models. Dunno how the ZP models react to that though, and I’d probably not do so if you’ll be using HPoE… but maybe someone here has already done this and can report back on working options?

 

[shpitz461]

Bummer, my ICX 6610 runs @ ~6500 rpm, the 7150ZP runs @ ~9000 rpm in mode 1
I also tried to turn on fanless mode, but i get an error that it is not supported.


Has anyone done a fan-mode with straight up wires?
Any idea what pins are inside the plug? I'm thinking I can extract the pins and replace them, just don't know where I can find blank pins that go inside the connector.

 

[TeleFragger]

just pulled this out of my brocade 648s:

Brocade>show version
Copyright (c) 1996-2016 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
UNIT 1: compiled on Feb 13 2019 at 18:30:50 labeled as FCXR08030t
(10545807 bytes) from Primary FCXR08030t.bin
SW: Version 08.0.30tT7f3
Boot-Monitor Image size = 370695, Version:10.1.00T7f5 (grz10100)
HW: Stackable FCX648S
==========================================================================
UNIT 1: SL 1: FCX-48GS 48-port Management Module
Serial #: BCX2206H02Z
License: FCX_FULL_ROUTER_SOFT_PACKAGE (LID: dezHHFLjFHb)
P-ENGINE 0: type DB90, rev 01
P-ENGINE 1: type DB90, rev 01
==========================================================================
UNIT 1: SL 2: FCX-2XGC 2-port 16G Module (2-CX4)
==========================================================================
UNIT 1: SL 3: FCX-2XG 2-port 10G Module (2-XFP)
==========================================================================
800 MHz Power PC processor 8544E (version 0021/0023) 400 MHz bus
65536 KB flash memory
256 MB DRAM
STACKID 1 system uptime is 1 hour(s) 14 minute(s) 3 second(s)
The system started at 06:28:15 GMT+00 Thu Feb 07 2036