Network pics thread

[Protoform-X]

Bunch of 7975's and a UC540 I'm configuring. Yes, I know my desk is too small.

 

[moose517]

can i have just one of them i want one for my office real bad but cant justify the cost LOL.

 

[Protoform-X]

They're very pricey! I have no clue how we manage to keep selling them. I guess they just look so damn cool.

 

[djBon2112]

Upgrades!

The most obvious changes are the switch (upgrade from an HP 2524 to a D-Link DXS-3227, finally my main network is Gigabit!) and the disabling of my pfSense router because I messed it up (a D-Link DGL-4300 is taking up its slack). Plus, I finally got around to putting some sides on my rack (the pink foam insulation). I was hoping it would help the noise a bit more than it is, since the DXS is freaking loud, but hey what can you do!


The new switch, looking awesome.


Front


Old switch disconnected and ready to go.


New switch installed and looking good.

 

[thedintedcan]

I actually just bought a DXS-3227 off of Ebay
It came in today, and yes they are loud :S

 

[djBon2112]

I actually just bought a DXS-3227 off of Ebay
It came in today, and yes they are loud :S

I did too! Did you get the other $200 one?

 

[thedintedcan]

$137+ ship. I jumped on it quick.

 

[djBon2112]

$137+ ship. I jumped on it quick.

Nice find! I jumped on mine quick too, guess I should have waited a few days

 

[Berg0]

@xphil3

nice, I like the square hole 2-post racks, all mine have stripped out threaded holes every few U

I'll need to post up a few pics, I'm up to 4 separate racks at home, not nearly as full though!

 

[thedintedcan]

Ok, so I finally got all of the junk in to get everything mounted and tidy in my rack, so here go the pics.

(The last time I posted my stuff in here... ~3 years ago, it was all shambled into an old glass front audio cabinet )

This is the rack as was in its temp state. (Dont you hate how flashes make everything look dirty?)

Some of the new stuff waiting to go in.

All of the old stuff out.
Left to right, top to bottom:
Belkin UPS, Moto modem for ATT dsl, netscreen 5xp, wrt300n (running tomato, used as a wap,) Marconi Fore ES something or other, 2924, DXS 3227, 3524, C2D e4300 file/game/etc server (Sv2k3,) Supermicro 5013 running pfsense 1.2.3 RC3 (4xgig,) 2910, 2920, X2 5200 ESXi server (will be role-swapped with c2d server once ram upgrades roll in.)

Everything in its place

The marconi is going to a friend, and the amd server is getting a rack case, so they didnt make final pics.

I have a 12 port patch panel in the rear of the rack which is going to connect to ports 1-12 of the main patch once I get time to punch everything. This will be to send cat5 to pcs and such around the house.

 

[Deleted member 80813]

My modest home network.

 

[sxesynesthesia]

ok ok a few years have gone by and i've never posted anything.

Here's what we have going on right now

Fiber to the wall

Insides

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external hdd on top, att uverse 2wire 3800 gateway underneath.

pfsense on the right, whs on the left

pfsense specs:

 

[moose517]

slight update, replaced the 3524 with a 3550

did a little cable work, and did some re-arranging of the devices, also added VLANs

 

[jeffmoss26]

What are all the switches with just fiber connections being used for?

 

[moose517]

mainly lab scenarios, or an uber LAN haha

 

[MinPins]

Those Christmas lights really jazz up the room!

 

[CaseyBlackburn]

Some quick pictures of various residential network closets at my school:

Sorry if the pictures look bad, they were taken with my cell phone. I'd post more pictures, but they all look the same pretty much.

 

[moose517]

very nice cable work, for fun, can i unplug the red cables

 

[Captain Colonoscopy]

nice cabling, what kind of switches are those?

 

[CaseyBlackburn]

nice cabling, what kind of switches are those?

In the closet in the building I'm in right now it's some Enterasys Matrix 1H582-51 switches. I believe we use the same everywhere, maybe not the same model everywhere though. We mainly have Enterasys hardware here.

 

[jeffmoss26]

Krone blocks? Never see anybody actually use them. Where are you located?

 

[houkouonchi]

Kind of an old pic (like 1.5 years old or so) but here is the core router at work:

 

[iGamer]

That is sexy!

 

[xphil3]

Kind of an old pic (like 1.5 years old or so) but here is the core switch at work:

Fixed
Refreshing to see some higher end gear. Nice 10Ge uplinks

 

[Vito_Corleone]

We mainly have Enterasys hardware here.

Ewww. My company tried to force Entarasys on us (they own a chunk of the company as of a couple years ago), thankfully we were able to put a stop to that bs... for now.

 

[versello]

man, my previous IT Director totally went out and bought all Enterasys switches for our closests because he used it at his previous school... now me (previously the network engineer, now the IT Director) is stuck with this crap equipment. The only good thing about them is that they're cheap.

 

[CaseyBlackburn]

Yeah, we aren't all that pleased with them, but it gets the job done. Well...except when they don't. Or when we had ports go bad and need the equipment replaced but the RMA process takes forever.

 

[Greatone123]

I believe I posted in here before... but it was an older setup... I've moved to a new rack since then.

Dunno why I can't get a better image.. took it 3 times... laziness mostly...

One day I might get to add this to the 10TB+ thread... someday...

No real point... I just liked the blur effect

Cleaned up and progressed...

All done... ... for now...

found the an old one

This isn't that bad... still not perfect

 

[Adam]

Ope I spy a Norco 2U rack... how ya like that? I used that 2U Norco for my HTPC at my office, which wasnt fun to put together and we'll be using them for about 25 computers. Good airflow if i recall with fans in the front?

I also spot below that a 4U Case i picked up on newegg as well... time to clean the dust filter, lol

 

[Greatone123]

ya i like the 2U cases for small builds because it lets me use an ATX psu. i just wish i knew if the super micro mATX board with dual 771 sockets will fit in it.... since the sm is 10 x 10 not standard.

the biggest annoyance is the harddrive bays. if u use more then 2 they will start floating over the motherboard, not fun.


ya i need to clean that havent run that system in a while lol
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[Greatone123]

sorry this post is not intended, my phone is getting horrible signal. i hit edit and for some reason it replied...

 

[Vito_Corleone]

Built out my CCIE rack over the past few days. I need another 2500, so I'll grab that tomorrow. Here's a terrible pic:

R1 - 2610XM
R2 - 3640
R3 - 3640
R4 - 3725
R5 - 1760 (might replace this one)
R6 - 2801
FR Switch - 2621 + NM-8A/S
SW1 - 3560-48
SW2 - 3560-48
SW3 - 3550-48
SW4 - 3550-48
Term Server - 2512 + 2514
BB1 - 2501
BB2 - 2514

Going to grab another 2501 from work for BB3. Need a ton of WIC-1Ts too. I doubt I'll do the cabling until after I move (two weeks).

 

[secure.boy]

 

[MinPins]

I finally got around to fixing up my home rack, not to impressive compared to most on this thread but I'm proud of it. Got most of the new items on eBay.

Changes:

• Added a locking steel door
• Added wheels on the bottom
• rack-mounted my switch
• added shelves and a cool anodized steel drawer
• I now have wire management (yay!)
• got rid of the old UPS and now use a SUA1000RM1U (which did not fit in my rack) and is mounted to the wall behind it
• Added an AP9619 to the new UPS
• Epoxyed a hardened steel loop 6" into the concrete floor and cable locked my server to it

Before:

After:

 

[Captain Colonoscopy]

wow

 

[deaddawg]

I don't even know where to start ...


I guess I will start with my VMware Test SAN upgrade. I used NexentaStor for it (free for under 4TB)

Dell PE 2900 III, had 3 x 300GB 15K SAS drives, I added 7 more to total 10.

Before Upgrade:

Needed to add a 1x2 flex bay (to support drives 9 and 10)

The new drives ...

All done !

You can see my new R610 in the previous picture ... here is the inside (yes, it is sitting on my bed for this picture (!) )

Now for the overall test lab pictures .... my lab is a bit crowded at home, I need more space !


Left Side:

Stack of 2500's / 2600 cisco routers
2821 router
UC500 router
Mitel 1000 system
Cisco PIX 506e (behind)
Cisco ASA 5505 (behind)
Cisco 1841 (behind)
Cisco 877W (behind)
Mitel 3300 MXe Controller
Various Mitel / Cisco phones
Couple Procurve 2610-24PWR
Couple Cisco 3550-24 POE
Cisco 3750G-24
Cisco AP 1250 ABGN
Cisco 2940 8 port
Old Netscreen


Middle:

Left tower
- e6600, 8gb ram, 2x250gb, 3x10/100/1000
Right Tower
- q9550, 8gb ram, 2x320gb, 4x10/100/1000
R610 1U
- 2 x x5550, 48gb ram, 2x160gb sas, 4x10/100/1000
PE 2900 III
- 2 x e5440, 16gb ram, 10x300gb 15k sas, 4x10/100/1000
(missing, norco 4220, currently at work for testing)
- q8200, 4gb ram, 2x320gb, 20x1.0tb, 4x10/100/1000

Middle Right:

Escalade file server
- 2 x 3.4 irwindales, 2gb ram, 1x300gb, 10x500gb, 2x10/100/1000
Powerware 9120 3000VA UPS
- all equipment runs from this, it is connected to a 30A outlet I "created" from a stove outlet circuit
Mitel 5330 .. test phone

And ... my recently complete VMWare FastTrack training books. VCP here I come !

Right (workstation):

Dell XPS M1730 (my gaming rig turned into a test ESX server, now i use this)
- c2 extreme x7900, 4gb ram, bluray, 2x8700m sli, 2x200gb raid1
LG L227WTG 22" monitor
Cheap Bookshelf speakers
Cheap Sony 5.1 Receiver to power them
Another Mitel 5330 (work phone)


Behind the servers is my internet connection (and many cables)

Before ethernet cable ties:

After ethernet cable ties:

Since I can only get 5mbit DSL, I went to quad bonded DSL using MLPPP and the mightly Mikrotik RB750G Usually between 15 - 17 mbit down and 2.1 - 2.3 mbit up.

Well, that is about it for now ! But, everything is always changing.

 

[jtg1993]

All I can say is wow and that you need a rack.

 

[Shockey]

All I can say is wow and that you need a rack.

Yeah even a make shift 2 by 4 shelf rack would be better than that

 

[deaddawg]

All I can say is wow and that you need a rack.

I have a 42U APC cabinet and a 2 post network rack, but I will not get them back until April. It is very depressing, indeed.

 

[Digital-Vortex]

Hey Deadddawg, Fancy sending me that UC500? Since your not using it

How do you find them anyway. Been looking into them for some small clients but cant seem to get anything beyond marketing.