UK Dell VEP1400 (4-Core C3000, 2x1G SFP, 6x1GE) eBay ~$488 / 2x10G for $200 more

[oneplane]

Edit: the VEP1400 models are only 1G SFP, but the VEP1405 is 10g! Dell VEP1425 4C 2.2GHz 8GB RAM 128GB SSD Switch - Ref | eBay but it's $200 more than a VEP1400...

Spotted this guy: Dell VEP1400 4C 2.2GHz 4GB RAM 64GB Flash Switch - Ref | eBay

It's not the top-end model or anything like that, but a solid C3000 series SoC, two 10G and six 1G ports is a pretty good set of features.
Also has 4GB RAM and 64GB Flash (probably eMMC), but no OS. BSD and Linux systems boot flawlessly, UEFI over serial works great too.

They used to be priced lower, but ever since the brexit it's been all over the place for stuff from there.

Edit: they have a lower-storage model too, even cheaper! Dell VEP1400 4C 2.2GHz 4GB RAM 16GB Flash Switch - Ref | eBay

 

[Samir]

Neat--what the best use case? Switch or router?

 

[oneplane]

Neat--what the best use case? Switch or router?

Router; they are sold by Dell (and VMware) as "Virtual Edge" or "Smart whatever" but they are just an Intel C3000 series SoC with a bunch of network interfaces. Essentially a NUC with a better CPU and instead of video it has a bunch of network ports. So essentially a PC. Each one of the ports is a 'real' port, not behind some internal switch, so ironically, using it as a switch is probably the slowest performance you'd get

Inside you can actually use the miniPCIe slot to get some PCIe lane(s) to attach a GPU if you wanted, and use it as a desktop PC

 

[Samir]

Router; they are sold by Dell (and VMware) as "Virtual Edge" or "Smart whatever" but they are just an Intel C3000 series SoC with a bunch of network interfaces. Essentially a NUC with a better CPU and instead of video it has a bunch of network ports. So essentially a PC. Each one of the ports is a 'real' port, not behind some internal switch, so ironically, using it as a switch is probably the slowest performance you'd get

Inside you can actually use the miniPCIe slot to get some PCIe lane(s) to attach a GPU if you wanted, and use it as a desktop PC

Ahhh, so a nice pfsense, et al, box. Nice find since it's rocking 10Gb on board.

 

[flobert]

Are you sure it has 10G? I cant see SFP+ ports. I think that are normal 1G ports.

 

[Bjorn Smith]

Are you sure it has 10G? I cant see SFP+ ports. I think that are normal 1G ports.

Yeah, docs says 2x SFP ports - but i can understand the confusion.

 

[Bjorn Smith]

These are the specs for the 1405 series, which is probably similar: https://dl.dell.com/topicspdf/dell-emc-networking-vep1445-vep1485_release-notes13_en-us.pdf

 

[dreamsin]

Wish they were in the EU

 

[Cruzader]

These would be oh so tempting if they had 10gbe

 

[oneplane]

These would be oh so tempting if they had 10gbe

They have 10gbe in SFP form (well, not all of them, but a ton of models have, except the very lowest tier). According to Dell, 10gbe starts with the
VEP1405 models.

I have updated the description as to not disappoint everyone

 

[Cruzader]

They have 10gbe in SFP form (well, not all of them, but a ton of models have, except the very lowest tier). According to Dell, 10gbe starts with the
VEP1405 models.

It would need 10gbe at the price point of the first linked one to remain interesting tho.

At 600-700$ its just meh compared to what you can get at that point.

 

[bob_dvb]

Wish they were in the EU

I too wish we were in the EU still.