Jl. on 05 Dec 2007 12:53 am
Equipment in the Lab
03.11.09: Another upgrade: 2 HP DL360’s @ 2.8ghz ea w/ 4gb RAM. Soon to be modded to a SATA RAID system, rather than the stock UW320 HotSwap SCSI config that’s in there now.
10.28.08: A short while ago, I acquired a major update to my lab. I have now got two core routers (a beast of a 7507, a slightly smaller 7010) and a core switch (a Catalyst 5000). They’re populated with FDI, ATM, high speed serial, routing and switching modules, and just about anything else I could need for a setup such as this.
In addition to that, I acquired several additional 2500s, and an associate has decided to integrate his 2500s and a 2511 access server into my lab. We also have a Xyplex terminal server, but cannot find the proper wiring combination for either terminal-console or router-console access.
As I have time, I’ll complete an inventory of the modules and IOS revisions on the lab. And at some point I’ll put up a photo of the blinky lights in the dark, as that is definitely the main goal of the lab…
I’m running:
- (1) Cisco 2610 w/ 64mb DRAM, 16mb Flash
IOS version Somethin or other
NM4 A/S 4 pt Serial module, Ethernet, WIC-T1, 2nd WIC-T1,
Console & Aux
- (3x) 2503 w/ 4 to 8mb RAM, and 2 to 4mb Flash each (varied)
IOS version Somethin or other
2 DB60 Serial pt, 1 AUI Ethernet pt (w/ Transceivers), 1 BRI ISDN port,
Console & Aux
- (1) 2501 w/ 4mb RAM, 4mb Flash
IOS version something or other
2 DB60 Serial pt, 1 AUI Ethernet pt (w/ Transceivers)
Console & Aux
- (1) Catalyst 2900XL
24 port 10/100 switch
IOS 12.0, 32mb RAM, and the WS-X2922-XL-V 100mbit fibre module.
- (1) Catalyst 1900
24 port 10mbit switch
I also use the Boson NetSim software, which is good, but not that great. It’s good practice, but the cause-and-effect learning of connecting the cables isn’t something you can simulate.
My servers:
- Stargate
SBS2003, 2x P3 866mhz, 1.5gb PC133 ECC RAM,
1 (broken) mirrored 18gb SCSI array (system partition), [fixed the broken RAID by popping in an IDE drive and using software RAID thru Win2k3. Ugly, but works.]
1 mirrored 50gb SCSI array (data),
Adaptec 2100 SCSI RAID controller
- Centaurus
A VirtualPC instance running CentOS 4.5
- Dives
IBM T30, WinXP, P4 2ghz, 2gb RAM, 40gb drive, WiFi
Ignignokt: No one can defeat the Quad Laser.
Err: Jumping is useless.
on 10 Dec 2008 at 5.45 pm 1.Alicia said …
You’re such a Geek! So am I but you take Geekdom to a whole new level.
I love your sites. I didn’t even know you had them until I was poking around in LinkedIn.
Keep it up…
Alicia