Network pics thread

[jeffmoss26]

^^ just wow

 

[calvinj]

Keeping up with the Jones.. New core switch for the lab.. which in turn replaces every switch in my lab

 

[ChRoNo16]

lol. Calvin if I knew u wanted one of them I could have sent one ur way long ago. Hit amazon they have the 48 port gigabit blades for 100 bucks.

 

[ToX]

nice switch calvin.

I'd love to have one of those for a lab setup other than the power draw.

 

[wra18th]

http://i.imgur.com/1ZmEn.jpg

wtf?! maybe someone should start a network cable management pic thread.

 

[Jay_2]

Will that run on a standard power outlet?

 

[ChRoNo16]

The 4006? oh yeah. they arent as bad as you'd think. Mine only used around 200watts

 

[calvinj]

lol. Calvin if I knew u wanted one of them I could have sent one ur way long ago. Hit amazon they have the 48 port gigabit blades for 100 bucks.

I would have been in debt for the 70 lbs of shipping it would have cost. No thanks! On another note I wish it did POE, but I'll live

Will that run on a standard power outlet?

Yes. We plugged it in to a standard wall outlet before I took it home. Fired right up and was able to get in and see the existing config

 

[Nacho]

Poor network rack almost full in one of my cages. Pile of load balancers and firewalls (clustered and non).

 

[Red Falcon]

But why are the ethernet cables pink?!

 

[Wayshot]

But why are the ethernet cables pink?!

I also wondered about those when I came into the comms room to set up the connection. Maybe someone in the municipality IT staff isn't too straight ...

 

[Digital-Vortex]

I had the pink cables in one of my last jobs, the boss (female) insisted on .

But I did some checks and found we got better throughput on the pink cables than any other!
Even the ones with go faster stripes couldn't keep up with them.

 

[ToX]

Poor network rack almost full in one of my cages. Pile of load balancers and firewalls (clustered and non).

now this is what this thread needs. Care to elaborate on makes and models? other pics?

 

[stidrvr]

I had the pink cables in one of my last jobs, the boss (female) insisted on .

But I did some checks and found we got better throughput on the pink cables than any other!
Even the ones with go faster stripes couldn't keep up with them.

It's because they are CAT 5E Type-R

 

[Jay_2]

some times with Cisco equipment you get pink cables.

 

[dashpuppy]

some times with Cisco equipment you get pink cables.

I got boxes of yellow ones LOL !

 

[FLECOM]

now this is what this thread needs. Care to elaborate on makes and models? other pics?

all the yellow ones are KEMP load balancers, blue stuff is Juniper, a router on the bottom and I think the other ones are firewall/vpn boxes?

 

[Nacho]

now this is what this thread needs. Care to elaborate on makes and models? other pics?

Kemp LM2200's
Juniper SRX 240's
Juniper SSG 350's

There is a pair of 6503's with sup720-3bxl's for routing on the way bottom out of frame.

 

[haunter]

But why are the ethernet cables pink?!

who cares? I have purple at one site, pink is next if I need another color.....

 

[agrikk]

who cares? I have purple at one site, pink is next if I need another color.....

Because it looks like crap, that's why.

We like pretty cabinets and elegant cabling solutions 'round these here parts.

 

[haunter]

Because it looks like crap, that's why.

We like pretty cabinets and elegant cabling solutions 'round these here parts.

you can like that all you want

usability is KEY, clean cables and sometimes color coding is the only way to go


the cabling in that pic was ugly. but a pink cable on its own shouldnt be a big deal.

it looks like the pink is for between device connections, which is great, because now you know NOT TO TOUCH THAT ONE EVER



how big is round these parts?

got any pics to share?

 

[agrikk]

how big is round these parts?

Well this thread, of course.

got any pics to share?

Plenty. A lot of these appear in this thread.

 

[p3n]

Pink hater bait: http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/10/ff-inside-google-data-center/

 

[haunter]

Well this thread, of course.

I thought you meant your stuff, sorry, confusion solved

Plenty. A lot of these appear in this thread.

for shame you have different colored patch cables in one of those

 

[mikeblas]

Pink hater bait: http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/10/ff-inside-google-data-center/

Because there's one pink cooling water pipe in the whole facility? What am I missing?

 

[p3n]

Because there's one pink cooling water pipe in the whole facility? What am I missing?

I even used the word bait ... don't argue about opinions on the internet... clowns.

 

[bmh.01]

Built myself a new 1U pfSense box. Intel D2500CC board for the onboard dual 82574L controllers and chucked a 1000MT adapter I have lying around in just in case I needed some more physical interfaces.

Tops out at 800mb/sec it would seem, the i3-2130 based system its replacing would do wire speed gigabit but for 25w loaded I can suffer it. Need to measure what the i3 system was using exactly but the ups shows 0.15A less. Case was a bargain at £35 and 7 volted they are the quietest 40mm fans i've ever heard and still move enough air.

 

[dashpuppy]

^^^ looks really good,

My tip,

take that 24 pin power connector from the psu to the main board and route it sideways so air can flow better over that heatsink

usually i just black tape it to make it one piece.

 

[Jay_2]

Why have you got so many switches?

 

[klank]

Did someone say switches?!?!



Needless to say I have a few spare switches, routers, and battery backups.

 

[Cmustang87]

Google's Datacenter:

http://imgur.com/a/xQPKq

 

[Red Squirrel]

Pink hater bait: http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/10/ff-inside-google-data-center/

That is awesome!

 

[dashpuppy]

Google's Datacenter:

http://imgur.com/a/xQPKq

these, are huge, you can literally walk inside them! VERY dangerous too ! that arm MOVES FAST !

 

[agrikk]

The soothing glow of LED lights blinking endlessly as petabytes of data are moved around the world...

I could spend hours here just wandering around in openmouthed awe at the infrastructure.

 

[dave99]

I'd be curious to know how hot those sealed hot-aisles are when everything is running.

 

[JPF_]

I made it to round 1 interview at the Berkley County (Moncks Corner) location.

I knew I would not get it (needed HVAC exp). But I asked how many filled out the app (this was a basic entry level tech position). Over 38,000 resumes/app's were submitted for this basic basic job.

You would troubleshoot servers and chew the hard drives up.....for this position.

 

[agrikk]

I'd be curious to know how hot those sealed hot-aisles are when everything is running.

From the article it says that they shut down all servers on a hot aisle if someone has to go in there.

Which means it must get pretty frickin' hot. Easily over 100F I'd imagine. Probably closer to 120F.

 

[vsboxerboy]

Which means it must get pretty frickin' hot. Easily over 100F I'd imagine. Probably closer to 120F.

That's really not that hot - I mean it is, but considering that it gets over 120 ambient in some parts of southern california, I can't imagine someone can't go in there with some appropriate gear without having to power down the servers.

 

[dashpuppy]

That's really not that hot - I mean it is, but considering that it gets over 120 ambient in some parts of southern california, I can't imagine someone can't go in there with some appropriate gear without having to power down the servers.

True, i agree.

 

[ToX]

That Google article and the pictures are fucking sweet. I'd love to get into a spot there if there was a DC closer to where I'm at.