Post Your Lab (PICS)

alxx

found one pic . was a 4U APC psu

picture inside bridge cabin


still have the rack and the UPS at work (ups has had new batteries since then)

shows the bridge cabin when partially raised to let boats go under
(bridge goes up , bridge goes down , rack and equipment go bounce a few times at least every day)

mattlee09

Ok ok you win!! Nice pics.

Probably need a few screws for that situation, lol.

TheShadow

wow, I wonder if the hard drive warranty covers vertical bridge bounce. Nice pictures alxx.

NOC-Ninja

2x 3550
2x 3560

Connected to GNS3

martell1000

NOC-Ninja wrote: »

2x 3550
2x 3560

Connected to GNS3

nice setup. but how on eart do you sit on that table?

or do you stand in front of it, getting the real datacenter feeling

hiddenknight821

NOC-Ninja wrote: »

2x 3550
2x 3560

Connected to GNS3

Nice set up. I can see you went for a very cost-effective solution. I hope to do the same when I decided to go for my CCNP. By the way, you really have a small desk. I wonder how do you type.

ZeroHunter

martell1000 wrote: »

nice setup. but how on earth do you sit on that table?

or do you stand in front of it, getting the real datacenter feeling

Noting that its a 12U rack with a laptop on top of it he may very well be standing.

BTW they make a Laptop shelf for the top of those Dantek Racks:

TIA568B

lenell86 wrote: »

As for the cage nut, I just popped it in, I will have to youtube your procedure with a screwdriver, just in case I get what your saying and to confirm I didn't do my initial mount wrong.

I suspect me using a screw driver is more to do with the cheap and nasty cage nuts I've been using most of the time as pretty much all of the ones I have at home are from my last job

I'm loving those Skeletek racks, unfortunately they don't seem to be readily available in the UK. I've got a pretty heavy duty 12U rack, but it doesn't have an open back so it's not great for a lab (a freebie from my last workplace!) so I ended up buying a cheap open equipment rack meant more for DJ stuff, I'll post a pic as soon as I find or buy mounts for my 2501 (probably just as cheap to buy a replacement).

NOC-Ninja

I use my desktop to cli into my switches. The laptop is there for watching videos. I might go for a full blown lab soon. I'm having lots of problems with GNS3.

I can type on the table with no problem. All I need is my wrist at the edge of the table.lol but I do need a better table.

alxx

nice and shiny !

where did you get the pick cables from ?
I'm getting complaints that mine looks drab and boring (with blue and black cables)

ccie2be

alxx wrote: »

nice and shiny !

where did you get the pick cables from ?
I'm getting complaints that mine looks drab and boring (with blue and black cables)

Pink patch cables are some old CAT5e cables I had for years. Havent seen them anymore though.

cyberguypr

alxx wrote: »

nice and shiny !

where did you get the pick cables from ?
I'm getting complaints that mine looks drab and boring (with blue and black cables)

Cheap and colorful cables always available at Monoprice.com

cyberguypr

ccie2be wrote: »

Be nice and give us a rundown of all that gear.

ccie2be

cyberguypr wrote: »

Cheap and colorful cables always available at Monoprice.com

Thx! Been looking for other color patches.

smcquilling

Since this site was so instrumental in researching/purchasing my lab, here are some pics. This is to get me through ccna.

3 x 2950
3 x 1721 (128/32)
1 x 2511
1 x 2611XM

getitngo

My CCNA Lab in Progress.

2509
2610 NW-4A/s
1760 WIC-2T
2610 WIC-2T - on the way
2610 WIC-2T - on the way
2950
2950
2950

Plan on ordering Skeletek C12U 24"
Will post again once lab is completed for CCNA

cisco_nerd

TIA568B wrote: »

My fiance made me a T-Shirt of "There's no place like 127.0.0.1" in the matrix green on black! haha i want that sticker though!

saspro

Top to bottom

Old Compaq PDU
Brush Panel
Cyberoam cr50i
2x Pix 515
1760 w/ Wic-1T & ISDN
2x 2610XM w/ 2x Wic-1T in each, NM-1E in one
2x 2611XM w/ 2x 1Wic-1T, 1x Wic-2T, 1x ISDN
3640 w/ 2x NM-1FE2W, 1x NM-1E, 1x Serial 8A/S
3x 2950
4u of space (junk in there until I get my 3550's etc)
3660 w/ 3x NM-1FE2W, 1x NM-1E, 1x Serial 4A/S, 1x quad ISDN, 3x Wic-1T, 1x Wic-ADSL, 1x ISDN
4u Rack drawer

That should be enough to get me through my exams

phoeneous

TIA568B wrote: »

Todo:

• Tidy things up and rack mount them (if I can find the lugs for the 2500).
• Find affordable USB - RS232 adaptors that actually work
• Find an IOS update for the 2620 routers

All that's got to wait until I pass CCNA as it's time to panic as I've been focusing on toys too much!

Why do you have a patch panel for a home lab??

alan2308

phoeneous wrote: »

Why do you have a patch panel for a home lab??

Because this is techexams, and that's how we roll.

gramacorp

Yep!

smcquilling

3x1721(128/32), One setup with (2) WIC-2T as a frame relay switch.
1x2611XM
1x2511 Access Server
3x2950

Did i mention the wife love love loves all the noise from the fans. :P

MAC_Addy

phoeneous wrote: »

Why do you have a patch panel for a home lab??

It's what all the cool kids are doing these days.

If you were anything like me (and it seems like a lot of people are the same), you like a nice and tidy rack (no pun intended, wait, maybe a little).

ZeroHunter

MAC_Addy wrote: »

It's what all the cool kids are doing these days.

If you were anything like me (and it seems like a lot of people are the same), you like a nice and tidy rack (no pun intended, wait, maybe a little).

I agree, I have a patch panel in my Cisco Lab Rack, and my Server lab Rack, and did you see this company: 12 Port Cat 5e Patch Panels

MAC_Addy

ZeroHunter wrote: »

did you see this company: 12 Port Cat 5e Patch Panels

MMM! Delicious! I might have to buy one. Even though I have a patch panel in my 20u rack - I'm thinking of getting another rack, possibly 16u.

TheShadow

Must not pull trigger..... Oh well $60 demerits to paypal. do not hate the messenger shadow

TIA568B

phoeneous wrote: »

Why do you have a patch panel for a home lab??

The sad thing is I got the patch panel and the rack before I started my CCNA.

phoeneous

MAC_Addy wrote: »

It's what all the cool kids are doing these days.

If you were anything like me (and it seems like a lot of people are the same), you like a nice and tidy rack (no pun intended, wait, maybe a little).

You can achieve a tidy rack without a patch panel. In fact, it's just one more point of failure (8 to be exact). Unless you have multiple racks or an mdf/idf in your home then why terminate to a panel? Just go straight for the gold.

alxx

Looking through the thread not many people with fibre connections

Just got a 3550-fx so need to get a few patches to connect it to my 2950 switches

Need a couple of mtrj to mtrj for the fx to 2950fx's , then an sc to sc for the gbic to 2950sx


I'd love to properly tidy up the cable mess at work in our server rack but I'm not the admin so not allowed to touch it
(had a power outage today and our admin hadn't plugged our main switch or a couple of servers into the ups only dirty power
also using ancient dumb power board not a proper rack pdu )

MAC_Addy

Here's some pictures of my progress, these are a few weeks old. I have configured my console server and am making the cables tonight. I shall get some more pictures and post them tomorrow.