I didn't have any DB9 ends so I just cut the RJ45 end off of a Cisco console cable and recrimped an end on with the appropriate pin-out.
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I didn't have any DB9 ends so I just cut the RJ45 end off of a Cisco console cable and recrimped an end on with the appropriate pin-out.
What do you think of those net-irons?
PS.. Your cabling needs work
Smartass.
Been using Foundry (now Brocade) gear personally for almost 10 years now, love em. We still have FastIron 800's in production that have been running 24/7 for 8 years, and as of yet have had 0 hardware failures.
They're fast, well built and last forever (at least so far...).
Dark Shade
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We just installed four Brocade ICX 6000 series switches in our DR site. Nice little machines, not a hiccup since they started, and handy that the OS is nearly identical to the Cisco IOS
I once saw 2 of these units ( they looked more higher end more ports and $$$$ ) at a bank they were nice ! I drooled !
blinkenflamingo
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Happy to see EMC isn't the only one "pimpin it out" .
.I've posted pics of our main data room racks, but here it is again
Catalyst 4507R+E is our core. PowerConnect 6248's are the access layers. Also have two ASA5520's, a 3945e Gen 2 for our head end vpn router, and a Cisco 2921 as our main internet router.
Admin Building rack - 4507R+E is the core, single ASA5520, and PowerConnect 6248P's is the access. Not in the pics is another 3945e Gen 2, 2921.
New Equallogic PS6110 - 24 600GB 15K SAS drives
Dual Controllers with 10Gb SFP+
Current Production SANs covered up, not counting the soon to be added PS6110
Uncovered to show off the disky goodness.
Hey ToX, I signed up just to ask you some questions -- I tried to send a PM but not sure if it went through. Do you have a preferred method of contact?
I guarantee it is not spam =]
Not really, i get to do a few commands and let the "TECH" in and he does the rest, i stay on site till they close the connection and setup the tunnel etc etc.
Hence why i'm always lookig to get free units to play with and learn them
Danny_Payne
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Got this little beast through the post yesterday;
Plugged in and working;
Quite happy with it, seems pretty speedy for what it is. Only problem I have so far is every time I want to use it, I'll have to plug it into the TV downstairs as my comp screen doesn't support HDMI. Guess I could get around it by installing a VNC server on there but eh.
Plugged in and working;
Quite happy with it, seems pretty speedy for what it is. Only problem I have so far is every time I want to use it, I'll have to plug it into the TV downstairs as my comp screen doesn't support HDMI. Guess I could get around it by installing a VNC server on there but eh.
jeffmoss26
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I just looked on Allied Electronics' website...12 week lead time!! I was thinking about ordering one before I saw that!
Danny_Payne
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Mine got here alot quicker than that. Ordered directly to Farnell / Element14, they received my order on the 24th May.
Tbh, I forgot I ordered it, so it was a nice suprise when it came though the post lol. It's defo worth the wait though, really really cool device. Going to see if I can get a webserver up and running on it, if that fails I've a few more ideas in mind
Red Squirrel
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Those look awesome, I'd like to buy one some day to mess around with if ever they become easily available in Canada.
Yeah I was following the project long before they released. Still haven't been able to get one. So many things I could use them for, so little availability. Sadface.
This arrived today for my home lab
Pic is nasty, used my phone, will take better ones when I rack and wire it.
24 port ? layer 2 ? gig ?
Correct on all 3--Procurve 2810-24G, 24 gig ports, fully managed layer 2. My first managed switch I'll get to mess around with.
Been playing with pi for quite a while- they're bloody brilliant. Depending on what you intend to use it for- ssh or vnc is the way forward
I ordered mine the other week. I should have it about mid-August. I'm going to try to make it into a XBMC client. Should be fun playing around with it.
U will love it !
Seen RaspBMC i take it? Really couldn't get any easier than that
Here's the one i've been playing with most:
Here's my RaspBMC one:
I have created a subreddit that would love some of your pictures and post. Hope this is not too spammy.
http://www.reddit.com/r/bandwidthporn/
As for my network it is not worthy of submitting any pictures of. Just 100/10 Cable, WNDR3700 Router, Shitty Netgear CG3100 modem...
But once i was i charge of a multi rack setup for the site Funplanet.com.
Pictures below are OLD AS FUCK!
Firewall and two 3Com swithces:
Cluster of Webservers (Dual P3 running too many shitty perl scripts) :
DB, NFS-server, Misc-server :
Funplanet was one of the most visited site in Sweden then. And what kind of bandwidth was all this glorious servers fed? 8Mbit!!!!!
http://www.reddit.com/r/bandwidthporn/
As for my network it is not worthy of submitting any pictures of. Just 100/10 Cable, WNDR3700 Router, Shitty Netgear CG3100 modem...
But once i was i charge of a multi rack setup for the site Funplanet.com.
Pictures below are OLD AS FUCK!
Firewall and two 3Com swithces:
Cluster of Webservers (Dual P3 running too many shitty perl scripts) :
DB, NFS-server, Misc-server :
Funplanet was one of the most visited site in Sweden then. And what kind of bandwidth was all this glorious servers fed? 8Mbit!!!!!
ToX doesn't talk to mere mortals.
Well look who it is.
I do my best to help anyone I can.
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Saw a set up like that when i was in Q9 in toronto few weeks back, wondered what it was!New toys
Can i ask what an entry level one of those set up's cost?
got a 48P coming myself in a week for a new server network layout, cant wait!
blinkenflamingo
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Better wacht out with NFS and the autoDOS function in P2.2 of the Procurve switches.
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Switch...to-DoS-quot-prevents-NIS-and-NFS/td-p/4693460
Took me weeks to find out why ESX didnt mount my datastore.
Some DIY goodies: DIY NAS mdadm/Arch linux and ESX whitebox
Normally it sits in a EMC VNX shipping rack, but there is no power and network in the attic yet.
Also awaiting 2 dual NIC cards for both the NAS and the ESX because traffic from the Avamar Virtual Edition screws up my cifs shares.
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Switch...to-DoS-quot-prevents-NIS-and-NFS/td-p/4693460
Took me weeks to find out why ESX didnt mount my datastore.
Some DIY goodies: DIY NAS mdadm/Arch linux and ESX whitebox
Normally it sits in a EMC VNX shipping rack, but there is no power and network in the attic yet.
Also awaiting 2 dual NIC cards for both the NAS and the ESX because traffic from the Avamar Virtual Edition screws up my cifs shares.
USF-Nealio
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It's probably a CCNA/CCNP lab.
EDIT: He beat me to it.
EDIT: He beat me to it.
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Looks like the device ve Ben tripping over for th last year lol... ( the 1u router)
It's an F200. Not sure on the total cost. The main cost with things like this is the stupid licensing for each hard drive, I believe for this it's about $3k per drive.
Red Squirrel
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Ebay. I offered the guy 30 and he accepted.
dirtyonekanobi
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I've been a longtime troll in the forum, and it's time I post some stuff from my job & studies.
In my previous job I dealt with a lot of customer premise work... which meant I dealt with a lot of MESSY CABLE WORK! Most surprisingly, this is normally in very important places.
Spaghetti @ a Tier 1 auto manufacturer:
more Spaghetti in a physicians office:
Got a saying that a medical customer believed they crossed one of our wires, as their VPNs would no longer work since they moved (this is a NEW SITE.)
Looked at the front, not so bad:
Looked @ the MDF - not so bad:
Went around back & SCREAMED!!!!
In my previous job I dealt with a lot of customer premise work... which meant I dealt with a lot of MESSY CABLE WORK! Most surprisingly, this is normally in very important places.
Spaghetti @ a Tier 1 auto manufacturer:
more Spaghetti in a physicians office:
Got a saying that a medical customer believed they crossed one of our wires, as their VPNs would no longer work since they moved (this is a NEW SITE.)
Looked at the front, not so bad:
Looked @ the MDF - not so bad:
Went around back & SCREAMED!!!!
dirtyonekanobi
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In my new job, I do a lot more Network Systems Admin/Engineering work. Which is a lot more enjoyable:
Brand new core router ready for MPLS deployment:
One of our colos:
The start of my Home Lab:
The updated home lab:
Brand new core router ready for MPLS deployment:
One of our colos:
The start of my Home Lab:
The updated home lab: