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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Somnipotent

My CCIE rack. Wired per the INE v5 blueprint. From top to bottom:

TERMINAL SERVER:
2650XM (128/64)

R1 - 3:
3825x3 (512/12

SW1 - 4:
3750-24PoEx2 EMI
3560-24PoEx2 EMI

R4 - 6:
2811x3 (512/12

BB1/FRS - BB3:
2560XMx3 (128/64)

Happy labbing!

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olaHalo

You guys have some serious setups!

Here is my workstation at work.
Just beginning to study for CCENT.
Switches I ordered came in the mail already. Still waiting on the routers.

xtropx

Been viewing this thread for a while. I finally have something that is post-worthy. Most of everything is in the rack - not shown is my 4U whitebox, 1 Cisco 3750G-24TS-S, 1 WS-C3750G-12S-S on loan from ISP I work at, and an Extreme Summit 200-24. Now that I have a L2 tunnel between the office where the server is and the lab here at home, I can get to work on VOICE. Just need a terminal server yet and another router + misc cables/wic's.

olaHalo

Just two 2960s and two 2621s

I also got this amazing NIC on my workstation.

Ivanjam

@Somnipotent - what rack is that? I could not make out the details.

Somnipotent

Ivanjam wrote: »

@Somnipotent - what rack is that? I could not make out the details.

It's a Dantrak Skeletek 28U

sucanushie

I can get a 42U rack from work... It's too big for my home lab, so I might try to cut it down to about 20U.

Hopefully I can post some pics once it's done

sucanushie

Not sure how I feel about the size... but it was free.

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whatthehell

What NIC is this? How do you like it? Can you please provide details? Thanks!

olaHalo wrote: »

Just two 2960s and two 2621s

I also got this amazing NIC on my workstation.

fov001

After reading all the comments here....this is what I got!

phonic

Just finished building this for my VCP lab. Once I'm done (soon I hope), I'll move on to some MS certs my company needs me to get:

Dell 2410 Cabinet
3x PE1950 Servers (esxi hosts)
1x PE2950 Server (iSCSI SAN)
1x Meraki MS Switch (general and iSCSI network)
1x Meraki MX Router
and some random Cisco routers I'm not currently using.

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sucanushie

Finally the Skeletek rack has arrived!

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Magic Johnson

Wow this thread is awesome! Must also account for at least 20% of the world's electricity usage?! Haha.

fov001

Not even man...everyone that looks at this thinks the same, but in reality, I only turn on my equipment on weekends to do some labbing for a few hours, and the ethernet power controller I have lets me manage / monitor electricity wattage.

olaHalo

whatthehell wrote: »

What NIC is this? How do you like it? Can you please provide details? Thanks!

There ya go
Amazon.com: Gigabit Et Quad Port Adapt: Electronics

Its expensive but I have seen them installed on cheap servers sold on ebay. The servers with the card cost less than the card.

I like it a lot. Makes labbing much easier especially when using VMs

whatthehell

Thanks for the info!
I agree that it is pretty pricey, but seems almost worth the cost.

olaHalo wrote: »

There ya go
Amazon.com: Gigabit Et Quad Port Adapt: Electronics

Its expensive but I have seen them installed on cheap servers sold on ebay. The servers with the card cost less than the card.

I like it a lot. Makes labbing much easier especially when using VMs

TechGuru80

Just ordered a Skeletek Rack, and have a 2960, 2511RJ, and 1841 coming then I will put up a picture!

Until then this has been my setup.

Top-down:
(2) - 2950
(1) - 3550
(3) - 2611xm (1 with CME)

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navsuri

R1 cannot send packets to r3?????

R1

Exabyte

Am I prepared for CCENT Labs?

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Cerebro

Exabyte wrote: »

Am I prepared for CCENT Labs?

Sweet mother of god, I think you just need some LED strip lights around the rack

gbdavidx

olaHalo wrote: »

You guys have some serious setups!

Here is my workstation at work.
Just beginning to study for CCENT.
Switches I ordered came in the mail already. Still waiting on the routers.

How do you get to study for CCENT at work, i hate my job!

bryantstewart

Here is a shot of the ccent lab that we are putting together at work. Still waiting for a few more modules/cables...

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veritas_libertas

@BryantStewart: Can you say overkill? LOL

bryantstewart

veritas_libertas wrote: »

@BryantStewart: Can you say overkill? LOL

Haha This is actually what we are putting together to get through our CCNP studies.

olaHalo

gbdavidx wrote: »

How do you get to study for CCENT at work, i hate my job!

Perks of the nightshift

Corndork2

These are the standard Quad Intel NIC's installed in Dell Servers. You can find them for 20.00-30.00 on Ebay. They are PCI-E x8

Corndork2

whatthehell wrote: »

Thanks for the info!
I agree that it is pretty pricey, but seems almost worth the cost.

These are the Quad Intel Gigabit NIC's installed Dell Servers. They can be found on Ebay for about 20.00. If you guys need some I have close to 20 of them from server decommissions.

BobbyDC

I'd be interested in 1-2. I'm slowly building up my lab and these would be useful.

JaydenMoon

Awesome lab pics everyone - I hope to post mine soon!!

Krusty_47

Corndork2 wrote: »

These are the Quad Intel Gigabit NIC's installed Dell Servers. They can be found on Ebay for about 20.00. If you guys need some I have close to 20 of them from server decommissions.

I would like 2 as well if they are PCIe