Running out of 10g ports on Brocade ICX 6610, what to do?

[kapone]

it would also add as much power draw as just chucking on an lb6m

Exactly.

 

[kapone]

I think....I may just have to sell this one and find a replacement that has enough ports. That would keep the power consumption in check, keep cabling simple and take up less rack space.

Of course, a switch with ~16 10g ports and 24 or more 1g ports AND good layer 3 functionality is not that easy to find.

 

[pyro_]

Only way you are going to find that in a single switch is getting a larger core switch chassis and buy the modules needed for the ports you want which is probably not going to save you any on the power front

 

[kapone]

Only way you are going to find that in a single switch is getting a larger core switch chassis and buy the modules needed for the ports you want which is probably not going to save you any on the power front

Exactly.

If Brocade had not locked out the 40g ports...

 

[Geekness07]

sell this one, get a different switch altogether which will satisfy the growing needs?

For me, I would get another 10G switch using with the existing one. Meet today's and tomorrow's need.