Network pics thread

I think Ubiquiti needs to rename their cameras to WireCams... Why would a company built on wireless technology innovation bring out a line of cameras called Aircams and then make them POE? I will probably try them out, but I was hoping for WIRELESS cams from Ubiquiti.
 
Seriously these HP server rails are the worse. Top is mounted correctly, bottom incorrect.

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The back have to be mounted incorrectly because with this IBM cabinet you just can't do it right unless you want to take everything apart.
 
athlon1.2 said:
Seriously these HP server rails are the worse. Top is mounted correctly, bottom incorrect.

The back have to be mounted incorrectly because with this IBM cabinet you just can't do it right unless you want to take everything apart.
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Bottom one is supposed to go from the rear.

ie the scresw, poke thru the square hole, then you compress the rail length wise.... and fit the rear of the rail the same

in a square hole rack, you dont actully screw anything in...they just FIT

they are designed to fit either round hole or square hole racks.
 
athlon1.2 said:
Seriously these HP server rails are the worse. Top is mounted correctly, bottom incorrect.

The back have to be mounted incorrectly because with this IBM cabinet you just can't do it right unless you want to take everything apart.
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Bottom one is supposed to go from the rear.

ie the scres, poke thru the square hole, then you compress the rail length wise.... and fit the rear of the rail the same

in a square hole rack, you dont actully screw anything in...they just FIT

from memory

they are designed to fit either round hole or square hole racks.
 
Stanza33 said:
Bottom one is supposed to go from the rear.

ie the scres, poke thru the square hole, then you compress the rail length wise.... and fit the rear of the rail the same

in a square hole rack, you dont actully screw anything in...they just FIT

from memory

they are designed to fit either round hole or square hole racks.
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actually scratch that.... my memory is fading:rolleyes:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01213138&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

has someone put the screws in backwards?
 
So excited I couldn't resist shutting down the server and re-racking it properly. Looks like someone dropped the server at some point.

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Office is doubling in size, everything is a disaster right now.

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Mounted some of the access control stuff and called it a night

1200 lbs magnetic lock:
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push-to-exit button:
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access controller (from another install):
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Hello all,

New to the forum, figured I would contribute my lame setup.

Work in progress. Trying to get ESXi up and running on the Rackable.

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Almost done, ProCurve's in, trunked together with 2 x 1GbE from each one to the next. Also as dash noticed this right off the bat, that fancy power strip will be replaced by a UPS for that cisco bringing my fiber in.

 
Man Mike how many sites do you have to deal with? Let alone how many are you redoing.

What is the cisco Metro E 3750?
 
calvinj said:
Man Mike how many sites do you have to deal with? Let alone how many are you redoing.

What is the cisco Metro E 3750?
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Four primary sites, redoing all of them and the CEO's office is a 5th (but that's small time).

The other sites are 3400 ME's, I did not look at the model on this one, but it has 8 shared fiber/copper ports from what I saw.
 
Pardon my noobishness, but why would you use a Cisco ME over, say, a regular Cisco Router? What do they do that a router doesn't? Does Metro Ethernet come right over copper or does it come over fibre and then convert to ethernet?
 
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Pardon my noobishness, but why would you use a Cisco ME over, say, a regular Cisco Router? What do they do that a router doesn't? Does Metro Ethernet come right over copper or does it come over fibre and then convert to ethernet?
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I don't know, ask AT&T, they manage it up to the cisco, I plug in a cable and use my /30 for my router and /28 or /29 from there to my other public network devices for my use.
 
I know we use Cisco routers for our fibre -> ethernet conversions, was just curious what the ME series does different than a router.
 
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I know we use Cisco routers for our fibre -> ethernet conversions, was just curious what the ME series does different than a router.
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I'm not sure, I've never really looked into it. I just told them I wanted a high speed Ethernet hand-off to replace my slow as fuck T1's. :) I also told them that I wanted the minimum upgradability of 100Mbps. Though I should be able to get up to 1Gbps, but my routers currently max at 100Mbps. If we could afford 1Gbps I'd have really badass routers anyway though. I'm hoping at the end of our 24/mo term that I can get more speed for the same amount of money. As I'm certain that the build-out costs for the fiber is in the cost; naturally.

Everybody else wanted to bond a bunch of T1's. Which would have been lower capacity and more cost for us in our area. AT&T actually stepped up to the plate on this one. We're of course dumping their VoIP services and bringing that back in house.
 
Once you go 100/100 fiber, there's no going back. Especially between sites. Makes installing software, copying files, etc really nice. I hate having to go out to our remote locations (200 people towns) and trying to install drivers or whatever on their 5/5 fibre connections back to the main location. It's painful.
 
I do not know of an emoticon to express how crazy amazing/awesome my new job it.

Things that are not awesome: Inheriting 8 years of "oh this will work for now". No UPS's, no documentation, almost no labeling, and about 1000 projects that need to be done.


This is the only picture I know I can post right now, awaiting approval for the rest tomorrow.
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That's just a standard ME 3400-24TS.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/col...s6580/product_data_sheet0900aecd8034fef3.html

Metro-E switches differ from standard business switches as they are aimed for ISP's. 5minutes on Cisco's website will give you the jest of what they're designed to do. (I'm not going to list them, because there is a crap ton)

MikeTrike,
Just out of curiosity, how geographically diverse are those locations running metro-e?
 
WesM63 said:
That's just a standard ME 3400-24TS.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/col...s6580/product_data_sheet0900aecd8034fef3.html

Metro-E switches differ from standard business switches as they are aimed for ISP's. 5minutes on Cisco's website will give you the jest of what they're designed to do. (I'm not going to list them, because there is a crap ton)

MikeTrike,
Just out of curiosity, how geographically diverse are those locations running metro-e?
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All in Texas, San Antonio, Pharr, Laredo and Corpus Christi.
 
MikeTrike said:
Almost done, ProCurve's in, trunked together with 2 x 1GbE from each one to the next. Also as dash noticed this right off the bat, that fancy power strip will be replaced by a UPS for that cisco bringing my fiber in.
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Are you using an LES there? What is the box at the very top? Is that a self built NAS / SAN?
 
Jay_oasis said:
Are you using an LES there? What is the box at the very top? Is that a self built NAS / SAN?
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It's just a fancy fiber box that connects the main building to the other building. I'll post up a pic of the fancy network gear over there later. :p
 
Seriously these HP server rails are the worse. Top is mounted correctly, bottom incorrect.
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I completely agree..the HP Rail system sux. Dell's rail system is so much better, and faster to install.
 
Nice job Mike. I don't understand why at&t puts those patch panels right underneath the switches for metro ethernet...couldn't they just plug right into the switch port?
We have 10/10 fiber here...goes into a small ME switch and then a 1841 router (both provided by at&t) and then to our firewall.
 
jeffmoss26 said:
Nice job Mike. I don't understand why at&t puts those patch panels right underneath the switches for metro ethernet...couldn't they just plug right into the switch port?
We have 10/10 fiber here...goes into a small ME switch and then a 1841 router (both provided by at&t) and then to our firewall.
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I can somewhat understand, if you jerk a cable and tear up a port on the cisco vs. tearing up a patch panel port. I know not very likely, but that seems like a good enough reason; if that even is the reason... lol
 
jeffmoss26 said:
Nice job Mike. I don't understand why at&t puts those patch panels right underneath the switches for metro ethernet...couldn't they just plug right into the switch port?
We have 10/10 fiber here...goes into a small ME switch and then a 1841 router (both provided by at&t) and then to our firewall.
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A telco must have a demarcation point. Where it is usually depends on the telco. Back in the day they would do exactly like you see in that picture. Some will now allow you to decide where the demarc point is.

For instance, our existing setup looks like this.

Qwest fiber -> Fiber LIU -> Qwest Metro switch -> Fiber LIU -> our cisco 4500

With the second fiber liu being the demarc. Qwest is responsible for all cabling, etc up to that point.
However they are now allowing us to choose where the demarc is, so I am having them come out (as part of an upgrade order) and reconfigure things to look like this.

Qwest Fiber -> Fiber LIU -> Qwest metro switch -> Our cisco 4500.

The demarc point is now their fiber SFP on their metro switch. Past that point I am responsible. cuts down on rackspace and makes things easier for everyone.
 
Jay_oasis said:
Nice, but I those APs are supposed to go on the celing
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I didn't mount it, I'm going to return to our corp office and yell at somebody for making that whole thing look like shit; including the AP. It had a half dozen 20 foot cables that looked like they were covered in dog shit just dangling there bunched up. I should have taken a before picture, but I was pissed the fuck off. :(
 
MikeTrike said:
I didn't mount it, I'm going to return to our corp office and yell at somebody for making that whole thing look like shit; including the AP. It had a half dozen 20 foot cables that looked like they were covered in dog shit just dangling there bunched up. I should have taken a before picture, but I was pissed the fuck off. :(
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always take pic's dude.! then you can show before & after to your boss.. Good work tho..
 
New 1U Pfsense box i built from Extreme Networks 200-48's chassis :D

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Still needs new 40x40x20mm fans and I will give the top couple layers more paint.
 
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