Network pics thread

Its all purely for lab use like i said, but the 6509 on the floor on the left side taht has the SFM's he only paid 100 for, all the blade included. Apparantly the dude he bought it from didn't know the value of it LOL. I can verify its in his house though, very noise even over VoIP
 
SFMs are pretty cheap on Ebay. Sup2s aren't too bad either.

Power would be a nightmare for all that stuff. Sick lab though.

There was one module that I recall being extremely expensive (a few grand) on ebay - I think I'm mixing that up with the SFM.

Must have been the FWSM.
 
if I ever get a house I would get a basement and start my own mini lab and such. Because my 2 bedroom apt is already getting smaller with one bedroom with all my computer stuff for my wisp business in there.
 
There was one module that I recall being extremely expensive (a few grand) on ebay - I think I'm mixing that up with the SFM.

Must have been the FWSM.

Sup720s, some line cards (6700, especially), and many service modules are $$$$.
 
Woah moose that's a crazy setup!

Could you also post a pic of the nuclear reactor that powers all of that? LOL

Actually, how much watts does all that use? I'd be curious to know. I know my SAN (posted earlier in this thread) uses about 900watts lol. All that is probably like 3-5kw maybe?
 
Is the 6506 good if you can get it cheap?

Just the chassis? There's a lot more to it. Honestly, a 6500 is overkill for 99% of home labs. You can typically test the features you need on much cheaper hardware (which also uses far, far less energy).

A 6500 could be cool in a home lab if you want to play with features that don't exist outside of chassis (SSO, NSF, etc). Though, that's what work-provided labs are for, IMO. Service modules would be another reason, but again, that's something for a company's lab, not home. And you can buy used appliances instead of SMs for much cheaper in most cases.

For PoC, or testing specific scenarios before implementation, one would likely use company-provided hardware. So, all that said, I don't think buying a 6500 for a home lab is a good idea, at all. Now, if someone were to give you everything, that might be a different story.
 

Someone needs to update that, no Sup7 in that list.

As Vito said as well, not worth having those huge devices in a home lab. It's had to complain if they were free, but damn i would hate to see that power bill.

@AMD_Gamer
The chassis is the cheapest part. You'll also need a fan try (sometimes included with chassis), Power Supplies, Supervisor Engine and any line cards. The Sup and line cards add up fast. If you're really serious about the chassis switch, look into the 4503's (with a Sup2+), they can be had relatively cheap.


And since we're on the subject, a 6513. This is from one of my previous jobs, client upgraded from a 6509 to the 6513. (2x Sup720's, 6x 6548V's and 2x 6748's)

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That's an oddly populated 6513. Are those all 6148s?

Edit: I can't read, lol.

heh, it was a weird install. An operations building with everything ran to this single room. The 6548V's were for all the end users and phones the 6748's were for the servers in the same computer room.

The current place I'm working has a few 6513's in our server farm, except those are all 6748's.
 
The current place I'm working has a few 6513's in our server farm, except those are all 6748's.

If it's a 6513, they're not all 6748s.;)

My last shop had them in the DC. They're good closet switches, but not fit for the DC, IMO. The new 6513-E combined with a Sup2T fixes those issues though. Finally.
 
If it's a 6513, they're not all 6748s.;)

My last shop had them in the DC. They're good closet switches, but not fit for the DC, IMO. The new 6513-E combined with a Sup2T fixes those issues though. Finally.

ooo i forgot all about that, only slots 9-13. Now i'll have to look closer tomorrow. We are also running the VS-Sup720's as well. All of our new stuff is Nexus equipment, and we're slowly migrating away from the 6500's. Although, we'll still have a few 6509's Edge and Distribution switches.
 
Been working on this for a whyle on and off at night, as i have 3 jobs right now.

Its still in progress, the shorter cables are all over because we ere trying to figure out if one of the switches was down or not,

Sorry for cell pics, i will change them to better ones after.

Before :

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After :
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Will take better pics in a day or so, and show cleanup of short patch cables this weekend.

note the 3 modems :) 2 shaw 1 telus for failover.
 
Ewwww Telus :D

telus stands for Telus how shitty we are!

I hate telus, if telus was the last isp on the market i would ditch the internet 100%

Their phones suck
their tv sucks
their internet sucks.

ANYTHING TELUS SUCKS!!!!
 
in the UK I think the equiv to Telus is TalkTalk

Like you I would rather just not have the internet
 
Funny... I have never had an issue with Telus. I've used their DSL pretty much since it became available in my area... probably 10 years ago, and I've had their sat TV for almost 2 years now with no complaints either. Have also used their cell phones for ages too.
 
Funny... I have never had an issue with Telus. I've used their DSL pretty much since it became available in my area... probably 10 years ago, and I've had their sat TV for almost 2 years now with no complaints either. Have also used their cell phones for ages too.

Sorry to hear this!
 
Funny... I have never had an issue with Telus. I've used their DSL pretty much since it became available in my area... probably 10 years ago, and I've had their sat TV for almost 2 years now with no complaints either. Have also used their cell phones for ages too.

I'm located in Utah down in the states and I've had issues with Telus. I had to take a few remote locations and basically tell Telus to DIAF and move to a new isp. After I moved 2 locations they realized I meat business and they shaped up. Bad routing, connections randomly dropping. Horrible horrible tech support... I never had a good experience with them. As far as Bad ISP's go, they are #2 in my book with McLeod being #1
 
I love shaw, great service great customer service and never have any down time.

Not a fan of their tech's tho, ;azy and always do shotty work.

We have a few clients on Shaw and they are constantly having problems with DNS and uptime. We get them to move over to Sasktel, not a single problem. (Yes, we've tried just changing the DNS addresses, but it still gets interfered somehow.)
 
Still got a bunch of work to do, but here's some cam phone shots of my rack:







Compaq 42U rack
Netgear GS724T
Supermicro 1U Atom 330 Router running ClearOS
Norco 4U with an Phenom x4 running Windows 2008 R2
APC SUA2200RM2U

Still need to get my patch panel hooked up and a legit rack mount for my UPS.
 
Still got a bunch of work to do, but here's some cam phone shots of my rack:







Compaq 42U rack
Netgear GS724T
Supermicro 1U Atom 330 Router running ClearOS
Norco 4U with an Phenom x4 running Windows 2008 R2
APC SUA2200RM2U

Still need to get my patch panel hooked up and a legit rack mount for my UPS.

some stuff in common :) running clear os right now too, ( hate it sucks badly )
same server case ) norco one )
 
So if i could get a 6506 with the power supplies and one supervisor engine for $45 is it worth it?
 
I specialize in cleaning up wiring disasters!

Hahah you have no idea... Someone decided to wire a 100ft USB cable by splicing a ethernet cable and cat5 never mind all the ramdom serial, telephone and BNC that I have no idea where it goes to. :/ It's a horrible mess beyond what you see in those pictures. You have no idea.
 
Hahah you have no idea... Someone decided to wire a 100ft USB cable by splicing a ethernet cable and cat5 never mind all the ramdom serial, telephone and BNC that I have no idea where it goes to. :/ It's a horrible mess beyond what you see in those pictures. You have no idea.

in the last few weeks, i have seen some VERY horrible installs, it amazes me how people just don't know how to do networking, let alone how to keep it clean and organized.
 
in the last few weeks, i have seen some VERY horrible installs, it amazes me how people just don't know how to do networking, let alone how to keep it clean and organized.

I know. It really surprises me when I walk into a neat and clean switch closet. It's a very big building and want to start pulling all the wires that are deemed outdated as It was wired for dumb terminals all over. Any good ideas on how to clean this mess up?
 
I was helping a buddy run some MC cable for electrical outlets in the building he manages. This tenant was moving some stuff around and relocating copiers and printers. Their maintenance guys ran new Cat 6 cable and the 'network admin' made up her own color code and crimped plugs on both ends. It was totally wrong yet somehow it worked...why they didn't bother to punch down to the patch panel IN THE SAME RACK AS THE SWITCH is beyond me!
 
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