Dell PowerConnect 5524p Switch With 24 port (price for 2 switches!)

[MatrixMJK]

Dell PowerConnect 5524p Switch With 24 port (price for 2 switches!)

Dell PowerConnect 5524p Switch With 24 port (price for 2 switches!) | eBay

Looks like a good deal to me. Two 24 port PoE switches with two 10G SFP+ and easy HDMI stacking for $150.

I got a couple on the way. Does anyone know how picky these are with SFP's and DAC cables?

 

[StammesOpfer]

I have two non-poe and one poe in a stack. It has worked with every SFP+/DAC I have tried so far. That is a pretty good deal especially if it provides enough 10GbE capacity. The 5524p runs a little louder than I would want near where I work but it isn't crazy loud. Shouldn't be surprising considering it is a POE switch. GUI is decent and the CLI is easy enough to adapt to.

 

[MatrixMJK]

Cool, thanks for the info! That makes these even easier for me.

Here is another post from Patrick about serial cables for it that some may find useful:
https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/dell-powerconnect-5524-5548-serial-cable.4171/

 

[StammesOpfer]

Cool, thanks for the info! That makes these even easier for me.

Here is another post from Patrick about serial cables for it that some may find useful:
https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/dell-powerconnect-5524-5548-serial-cable.4171/

Yeah my non-POE one are actually Patricks old ones. Bought them from him about a year ago. Then picked up the POE on Ebay for about $100 for a single and that was a steal at the time. Good deal and as long as it provides the ports you need you should be happy.