Post Your Lab (PICS)

Hey Everyone,
I couldn't find any other thread similar to this after searching for a while, so I wanted to get one going. It would be great if everyone could post pictures of their current home or work lab (Big or Small). Hopefully we can get the CCNP/CCIE folks to post in here as well.

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alxx

Nice.

I'm using a beagle board, 2x pandaboard (one ES version) , a ngw100 (avr32) and an eeebox as hosts.
Nice and small and can access them via serial console (except eeebox) plus can fit in a 2 ru space
BeagleBoard.org - default
Pandaboard
Atmel Products - Atmel AVR 8- and 32-bit Microcontrollers - 32-bit AVR UC3 - Mature NGW100 Network Gateway Kit

Thinking of getting a few beaglebones to use as hosts and for other projects(sensor stuff)
http://beagleboard.org/bone
not bad for $89

Oscedumir

Here's my current lab setup at home just waiting on the PDU's to arrive:

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From top to bottom:

1760 1xWIC-1T / 1xVIC2-DID
2960 24PT
1760 1xWIC-1T / 1xVIC2-DID
2811 2xWIC-1T

3550 48 PT EMI
2511 Terminal Server with 2x 8 Port Octal Cables
3550 24 PT EMI
2611XM NM-4AS / WIC-2T / WIC-1T
2610XM 2xWIC-1T

2621XM
2950 12 PT
2610XM NM-4AS / WIC-2AS / WIC-1T
3620 2xFE 2xWIC-1T
3640 WIC-2AS / WIC-1T / 2xFE
3640 2xWIC-1T / 1xFE
3640 2xNM-4AS / WIC-1T / 1xFE

dredlord

Hear is mine (Im still trying to source a reasonably priced cabinet - Shipping of racks is expensive

anyone in the EU found a cheep rack?? )

4x CISCO1841 (one not pictured) , 3x CISCO2600XM, 5x CISCO2500, 2x WS-C3560, 2x WS-C3550, 1 ASA 5510, 1 ASA 5505, 4x 3640 Routers (Not pictured)

WICS - 8x WIC-2T, 1 NM-4AS, 1 ADSL WIC,

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shodown

IMAG0196 by shodown, on Flickr

IMAG0201 by shodown, on Flickr

IMAG0202 by shodown, on Flickr

Basics

7 7961 IP phones
2 2801 Routers with DSP, VWIC, and WIC cards
1 2651XM PSTN router with CME 4.x
3 3550, 2 of them POE
1 Dell server with CUCM,CUC, CUPS, UCCX 7/8 and Asterisk

ciscoman2012

Here are some pictures of my setup. Sort of basic as I'm just working on CCENT/CCNA certs.

1x Eliminator E107 Power Strip
3x 2950 Switch
2x 2610XM w/ T1 CSU/DSU WIC

Netwurk

ciscoman2012 wrote: »

Here are some pictures of my setup. Sort of basic as I'm just working on CCENT/CCNA certs.

1x Eliminator E107 Power Strip
3x 2950 Switch
2x 2610XM w/ T1 CSU/DSU WIC

Your power strip looks just like mine, for me it's an ADJ PC100-A

I use it to power on/off my switches, probably the same reason you have one.

Nice lab.

ciscoman2012

Netwurk wrote: »

Your power strip looks just like mine, for me it's an ADJ PC100-A

I use it to power on/off my switches, probably the same reason you have one.

Nice lab.

Thanks man, and yes that's the same reason I bought one for my rack. I love being able to turn each unit on/off independently. Also, it was only $20 on Amazon with free shipping for Prime users. Really can't beat that..especially when getting 5% of purchase price back with Amazon Rewards card. The rack was also purchased off Amazon for $27.99

Ltat42a

ciscoman2012 wrote: »

The rack was also purchased off Amazon for $27.99

What rack did you get??

NCIT

Once I get my CCENT I will get a 3550, unless I can pick one up cheap

2511RJ
2501
2501
2610XM
2611XM
2950T
2950T
2950T

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spiderjericho

syrushcw wrote: »

A core i3 server with 3 quad nic's for GNS3, along with an old Xeon with quad nic's running virtual machines to do end hosts.

What OS are you using and Quad NICs are you using in your box?

ciscoman2012

Ltat42a wrote: »

What rack did you get??

OnStage Rack for $27.99

mni14

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hi,

here's mine.

from top:
2811
1841
WS-C2950G-24-EI x 2

vanquish23

Not much yet but still adding on every pay check.

Routers:

-1 x 3660
2 x AC Power Supplies
1 x NM-1E-2W
1 x WIC-1DSU-T1
1 x WIC-1T Serial
1 x WIC-ADSL

-3X 3640's

1 each NM-4E

-2511 Terminal Access Router
2 Each ASync (RJ) Cables
Serial 0 connects to 3660 via WIC-1T

-878W Wireless Router

Switches

-3 x 3550 24 Port PoE Ready
3 each Fiber SC modules (GigaStack)

Firewall/VPN

1 x ASA 5505 (Upgraded RAM)
1 x PIX 505

And I got bored at work and praticed my Visio skills which are crap. Just through a scenerio together for Frame Relay, Tunnels, and GigaStack for the switches. Yes I am a Terminator fan so I used Skynet for my lab name.

No pictures??....what a tease...

alan2308

ciscoman2012 wrote: »

No pictures??....what a tease...

No kidding. It's right there in the title of the thread that we want pics.

cyberguypr

vanquish23

Sorry will get some pics up soon. Dont have a rack so it looks like crap. Also, just ordered another 3550 EMI PoE switch with another ASync Octal cable because I ran out of console ports.

alxx

Couldn't look worse than my stack of stuff sitting on top of a bookcase

Oscedumir

vanquish23 wrote: »

Sorry will get some pics up soon. Dont have a rack so it looks like crap. Also, just ordered another 3550 EMI PoE switch with another ASync Octal cable because I ran out of console ports.

May I ask where you ordered your 3550 EMI PoE switch from? I want one of those for my lab setup without having to break the bank to get one

vanquish23

I got it from Cisco Certification: CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, used Cisco router, Cisco switch, Cisco routers. for 169.99. They beat ebay prices as well, and every time I have ordered from them its only a scratch or two and never had any problems. When I first bought my switches I forgot the 3550 switches were layer 3 routing so now I have 9 routers. Oopps :P

vanquish23

Added pictures to my first reply. Sorry about that. Excuse the mess, its under a fold out table for now until I can afford the shipping cost of a rack.

Edit: Just made a offer on ebay for a 3745 router and two 3550 switches with EMI image 48 ports. They wanted 450 for all three. Dang my Cisco fetish.

alxx

Finally got all the optic fiber "cables" needed for the switches.
Still mostly sitting on top of the bookcase

2950c
2950c
3550fx
1841
1760
2950sx
2950G
3550
1760
1760
3640

on the right
4x 2600xm's
3x 2950T

the bedroom lab (mostly to be sold , just going to keep the 1751's).
Good example of what you can get for cheap ebay if you aren't in a hurry.
Cost of this pile of 1700's and 2600's was $268 including p&h and fuel for pickup

Not shown
3745 ,3640 ,3660 , 3x 2950, 2x 2950g

chappys4life

Here is my humble setup
2x 2950
3524
2950 12port
cyclades ts200 access server
2620 with NM-4A/S
2x 2610xm each with a wic-2t & t1 card

I still plan on getting another router prob a 2650xm. If I go for my ccnp I will scrap the 3524 and 12 port 2950 for 3550's. Also need to upgrade the routers have 48mb/256mb memory kits just haven't installed them yet.

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alxx

Nice!

don't need to upgrade the boot rom as well ?
My 2600xm's won't recognise more than 128MB without getting an upgraded bootloader(bootrom).
Can run a few versions of 12.4t with 128MB ram(k9 if you want ssh)

Could mount the brackets on the other end if you want the routers to be easily accessible.

chappys4life

I have the upgraded bootroms too

veritas_libertas

alxx wrote: »

the bedroom lab (mostly to be sold , just going to keep the 1751's).
Good example of what you can get for cheap ebay if you aren't in a hurry.
Cost of this pile of 1700's and 2600's was $268 including p&h and fuel for pickup

I don't understand the popularity of the 1700 series of routers for labs. Could could someone please explain?

Ltat42a

veritas_libertas wrote: »

I don't understand the popularity of the 1700 series of routers for labs. Could could someone please explain?

I have a 1751 & a 1721, got em real cheap. I'm using them in my topologies for the LAN segments and basic routing configurations. I have 2-2620XM's to do things like EIGRP, OPSF, & Frame relay. The 1721 & 1751 will be used for my spokes. They were quite a bit cheaper than putting out more for 2620's.

angel.oa

They can be dirt cheap and the 1721 with the right ios can be a decent ccnp router

alan2308

veritas_libertas wrote: »

I don't understand the popularity of the 1700 series of routers for labs. Could could someone please explain?

They're dirt cheap as already mentioned, and the dirt cheap 1721's and 1760's can run 12.4T.

veritas_libertas

Thanks for the information guys